The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Local people coaling HMAS Melbourne in the Windward Islands using large baskets carried on their heads. Along with HMAS Sydney, Melbourne was serving with the North American and West Indies Squadron, which had headquarters in Bermuda. The ships alternated between a northern patrol with a base at Halifax and a Caribbean patrol based in Jamaica.
Local men and women carry large baskets of coal on their heads while coaling HMAS Melbourne at the port in the Windward Islands. With HMAS Sydney, the Melbourne carried out alternate patrols of the C
Stuffed alligators, a souvenir of time spent in the Caribbean, posed on the deck of HMAS Melbourne. Along with HMAS Sydney, Melbourne was serving with the North American and West Indies Squadron, whi
Group portrait of band members from HMAS Melbourne during a visit ashore. Along with HMAS Sydney, HMAS Melbourne was serving with the North American and West Indies Squadron. The ships alternated be
Group portrait of unidentified crew members from HMAS Melbourne, in costume for a theatrical entertainment ashore. Along with HMAS Sydney, HMAS Melbourne was serving with the North American and West
Local men and women carry large baskets on their heads as they coal HMAS Melbourne in the Windward Islands. Along with HMAS Sydney, HMAS Melbourne spent 16 months between 1915 and 1916 on patrols of
Men of the West Indies are coaling a ship. HMAS Sydney and Melbourne carried out alternate patrols of the Caribbean (based in Jamaica) and the North Atlantic off Long Island (based at Halifax) between