Darwin scenes, chiefly 1940s

PXA 1997

fonds

chiefly 1940s

Graphic Materials, Photographs

1079220

71 photographs - 17 x 22 cm. or smaller - b&w.

1. Adelaide River War Cemetery, Australian Section
(Adelaide River - Cemetery)
2. Adelaide River Railway Station, 1944
(Adelaide River, Railway Station)
3. Giant ant nest, Adelaide River area
(Adelaide River District)
4. Alice Springs General Store
5. Australian Aborigines, south of Darwin?
(Not located)
6. Australian Aboriginal funeral corroboree (16 photos in 1 folder)
7. Berrimah Cemetery, 9 miles south of Darwin, containing 19 graves of unidentified Japanese airmen
8. Coronation Day celebrations, Darwin, 2nd June 1952 (29 photographs)
(Coronation Day Celebrations, Darwin, 2nd June 1952)
9-12. Darwin Bank of NSW, bombed 19.2.42
13. Commonwealth Bank, Darwin, bombed 19.2.42
14. The English Scottish & Australian Bank, Darwin, 1943, full of shell holes. Sergeant C.N. Govett pictured
15. Jetty at Larrakeyah Barracks, Darwin
16. Darwin near Larrakeyah Wharf
17. Larrakeyah Barracks camp show, 1946
18. Darwin Beach, 1944
19. Darwin Church of England Garrison Church. Bombed but not badly damaged in early raids
20. Roman Catholic church St Mary Star of the Sea. Had red roof, consequently Japanese did not destroy, as it was used as marker for bombing, 1943
21. Statue, St Mary Star of the Sea, Darwin, 1945. This statue was pierced by zero shell[s] during raid, 1942. Photo used on letterhead appeal for restoration donations. Box Brownie picture
22. Darwin Harbour (8 photos in 1 folder)
23. Darwin Hospital entrance, 1946
24. Darwin Hotel, 1946
25. Gordon's Don Hotel, Darwin, (showing bomb damage)
26. Gordon's Don Hotel, Darwin, bombed. Sign read "A bomb in the guts to see us go"
27. Mendil Beach, 1946
28. Darwin's first war memorial, situated near Government House
29. Plaque reading "Commemorating the earliest garrisons of the N.T. Stones of their forts are incorporated in this memorial"
30. Headquarters, Northern Territory Command, Darwin
31. Government House, Darwin, 1946
32. Darwin Station, 1946. Trains did not actually run to Darwin during the War - usual terminus was at Adelaide River, 72 miles south
33. Bombed residence, 1943, Darwin
34. Navy residences, Darwin, 1944. Captain Hughes AIF (Newcastle) shown
35. Darwin bomb damage 19.2.42. [Building] said to be US Embassy
36. Deserted private home, Darwin, war time
37. Darwin. Bomb damage, 19 February 1942. Kyriakos' Zero in the Tropics
(Darwin - Shops, Offices etc. -Kyriakos)
38. Vestey's Meatworks, Darwin. Used by Army during war as supply depot, 1944
(Darwin - Shops, Offices, Factories etc. - Vestey's Meat Works)
39. Darwin street, 1946
40. Smith Street Darwin, 1946
41. Paraparap Police Station
42. Building fired after bombing, Paraparap
43. Manton Dam, Darwin's water supply, 46 miles south
44. Road sign on Stuart Highway, south of Katherine
45. Katherine Post Office, about 212 miles south of Darwin
46. "Leaping Lena" locomotive, North Australia Railway near Parap, 1946
47. Looking east along the Mount Isa-Tennant Creek road
48. Roper River near Mataranka
49. Daly Waters. Upon this tree trunk explorer Sturt carved a large "S". Army preserved the trunk as shown

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Transferred from the Small Pictures File (Self Indexing File) as part of the eRecords Project, 2013-2014 and May 2018

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