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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

6 INCH NAVAL GUN AT ALBANY FORTS, 1925

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1925

Overview

This is a black-and-white photograph of five young women around one of the six-inch naval guns mounted at the Princess Royal Forts Albany as part of the seaward defence against possible invading naval vessels. The gun is in a pit accessed by a ladder with a door leading to a shell room. The women are Grace Negus, Gwen Negus, Edna Strempel, Margaret Martin, and Meg Hinds. The photograph was taken by Edwin Negus, the younger brother of the Negus girls.

Historical information

All five women attended UWA in the early days of the university's first being established as Western Australia state university.

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Registration number

cwa-org-51-P2001.114a/b

Item type

Inscriptions and markings

Albany 1925

One of the "Guns"
At the forts.

Keywords

Princess Royal Forts

Five Women View Large Gun

Year

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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