WW2 Perth Air Raid Shelter sign

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Perth City Council

c. 1942

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Overview

Yellow tin sign with a black border and black stenciled words that was made by the Perth City Council for a WW2 Air Raid Shelter

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2024.139

Item type

Signs

Themes

War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Tin Alloy

Width

15 in

Height or length

9 in

Inscriptions and markings

PERTH CITY COUNCIL
AIR RAID SHELTER
---- FOR ----
EMERGENCY USE ONLY

Contextual Information

Air Raid Shelters were located in existing infrastructure, such as underground stations, tunnels, cellars in houses or basements in larger establishments and above ground railway arches.

Whilst Broome was the southernmost point for Japanese bombing raids in WA, Perth still prepared for the worst and air raid shelters were made ready in places like outside the Commonwealth Bank in Murray Street, Perth. This sign would have originated from one of these unused shelters.

Keywords

WW2

Air Raid Precautions

Place made

Perth
WA
Australia

Year

c. 1942

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Links to additional resources

Air raid shelters outside the Commonwealth Bank in Murray Street, Perth

Photo from the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia showing the air raid shelters outside the Commonwealth Bank in Murray Street, Perth