EN0428 Accession Number: EN0428

Description

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 Caribbean (based in Jamaica) and the Norath Atlantic off Long Island (based at Halifax) between 1915 and 1916, as part of the North American and Wesi Indies Squadron.

Details

Accession Number
EN0428
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
31 August 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor Stoker C Cootes
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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