The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
QUEENSLAND. 1898. THE CREW OF HER MAJESTY'S QUEENSLAND SHIP GAYUNDAH AT THE SHIP'S RECOMMISSIONING. COMMANDER DRAKE (SHIP'S CAPTAIN) IS STANDING BEHIND THE FLAG. HMQS GAYUNDAH (ABORIGINAL FOR LIGHTNING) AND HER SISTER SHIP HMQS PALUMA (THUNDER) ORIGINALLY ARRIVED IN BRISBANE IN 1885. AFTER FEDERATION THEY BOTH WERE INTEGRATED INTO THE RAN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
1889. GUNBOAT PALUMA SHOWING HER PORT SIDE WHILST OPERATING AS A SURVEY VESSEL. PALUMA, BUILT IN ENGLAND FOR THE QUEENSLAND MARINE DEFENCE FORCES, ARRIVED IN BRISBANE ON 1885-05-07. SHE SPENT HER FIRS
HMAS Gayundah, Kangaroo Point Dry Dock. Gayundah and her sister ship Paluma were the first vessels ordered by the Queensland government for the Maritime Defence Force. Gayundah's main duty was the pro
BRISBANE, QLD. 1893-02. STERN VIEW OF THE SURVEY SHIP HMS PALUMA, A QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT OWNED GUNBOAT LENT TO THE ADMIRALTY AND COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A SURVEY VESSEL, HIGH AND DRY IN T
BRISBANE, QLD. 1893-02. THE SURVEY SHIP HMS PALUMA, A QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT OWNED GUNBOAT LENT TO THE ADMIRALTY AND COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A SURVEY VESSEL, HIGH AND DRY IN THE BOTANICAL G
The gunboat Paluma which was brought to Australia by the British Admiralty arriving in May 1885. The Admiralty carried out survey work with the ship, until 1894, in northern Australia and the Great Ba
Rear Admiral Hugh David Stevenson RAN, Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty’s Australian Fleet (FOCAF), speaks with R61350 Leading Seaman Fire Control (LSFC) Leslie William (Les) Horton, of Pinjarra, W
