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SYDNEY, NSW, 1945. AERIAL VIEW OF THE BOOM DEFENCES IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM GEORGE'S HEAD AND LOOKS TOWARDS GREEN POINT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
The British aircraft carrier HMS formidable going through the anti-submarine boom in Sydney Harbour. The blackened funnel was the result of a kamikaze aircraft which crashed on deck. The photograph wa
SYDNEY, NSW 1945-03. AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE GREEN POINT END OF THE SYDNEY BOOM DEFENCES., LOOKING ACROSS THE HARBOUR TOWARDS GEORGE'S HEAD AND CHOWDER BAY. WATSON'S BAY IS IN THE LEFT FOREGROUND WITH A
SYDNEY, NSW 1942-08-14. AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE GREEN POINT END OF THE SYDNEY BOOM DEFENCES. LOOKING ACROSS THE HARBOUR TOWARDS MIDDLE HEAD AND MIDDLE HARBOUR. THE BOOM GATE IS OPEN TO ALLOW AN APPROACH
The Sydney boom defences, looking from George's Head towards Green Point. The anti-submarine net was designed in January 1942, and its construction began that month. It was located at the narrowest po
SYDNEY, NSW. 1941-08-10. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BRITISH CARGO VESSEL PORT AUCKLAND WHICH, IN 1942, BROUGHT BOOM DEFENCE EQUIPMENT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR BRISBANE HARBOUR DEFENCE. NOTE
SYDNEY, NSW. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL HMAS KOALA. NOTE THE ROUNDED BOWS, HORNS AND GALLOWS TO FACILITATE THE HANDLING OF BOOM EQUIPMENT. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN THE POSTWA
