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HMAS Nirimba Plaque

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Townsend Productions

1985

Overview

Wooden shield-shaped plaque with raised painted metal emblem of HMAS Nirimba.

Historical information

Presented to the Town Council by Mr John Waghorn.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2013.5.102

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

132 mm

Height or length

180 mm

Weight

246 g

Inscriptions and markings

"NIRIMBA / SUCCESS FROM ENDEAVOUR"
Rear "To the Town Council / from John Waghorn ETS RAN / S/36100 / King Division / HMAS Nirimba / Quakers Hill / NSW 2764 / 1985" with makers sticker "AUSTRALIAN MADE / Townsend Productions / BADGES AND CRESTS / 10 HILLSIDE PLACE / WEST PENNANT HILLS, 2120. / TELEPHONE: (02) 871 6948 / Correspondence to P.O. Box 121, Epping, N.S.W. 2121"

Keywords

Royal Australian Navy

Place made

West Pennent Hills
NSW
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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