The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A boatload of provisions taken from Direction Island by a party from the German raider Emden that captured the cable station, but recaptured by the party that landed from HMAS Sydney two days later.
A party of armed sailors from HMAS Sydney lands on Direction Island. A party from the German raider Emden had landed and taken possession of the cable station on the island, but on the evening of the
HMAS Sydney steaming to Direction Island after her successful action against the German raider Emden on 9 November. A party from the Emden had landed on the 9th and taken over the Eastern Extension C
The interior of the cable station on Direction Island, showing the damage done by a party from the German raider Emden when they took it over on 9 November. When a party from HMAS Sydney landed on 11
Two Australian sailors repair the cable cut by a party of Germans from the raider SMS Emden. After the Emden was driven ashore at North Keeling Island by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, the German par
Germans commandeer cable station stores to provision the yacht Ayesha, owned by the Clunies-Ross family, after the German raider SMS Emden was driven ashore at North Keeling Island by HMAS Sydney on 9
The schooner Ayesha at Direction Island. The party from the German raider Emden used the Ayesha to escape from the island after raiding and taking possession of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Compan
