The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Men working on the bridge construction, with trees and background hills. At one point on the Burma-Thailand Railway a substantial bridge had to be built where the Mae Khlong and Khwae Noi rivers met. The prisoners were forced to use human-powered pile-drivers to sink the wooden supports for the bridge. On old mount (now attached to catalogue worksheet): 'Rough cartoon for a painting of the construction of the bridge/ over the Meklong [sic]. Human "pile-driver" arrangements to sink the support for the bridge. Chalk on cardboard. 1946.' JC
The Whyalla shipyards with the freighter 'River Murray' on the shipway as seen from the bridge of the vessel at the fitting out wharf. The 'River Murray' is under construction and surrounded by scaff
A highly graphic work: in the foreground is a viaduct on which a steam engine is travelling, in the mid ground is a bridge for cars and pedestrians. Below the bridges pass local men and donkeys. The
Home movies relating to the service of 18597 Captain Edward Michael Harold Heslin, 24 Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers in Sabah, Malaysia. Footage predominately involves the construct
This pamphlet is one of five Norman Lindsay leaflets issued by the Director-General of Recruiting in conjunction with the final federal recruiting campaign of October 1918. A fold out poster-pamphlet
This pamphlet is one of five Norman Lindsay leaflets issued by the Director-General of Recruiting in conjunction with the final federal recruiting campaign of October 1918. A fold out poster-pamphlet
