Black & White Photographic Postcard of HMAS PSYCHE

c. 1915

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2025.6.24

Item type

Postcards

Themes

Defence > Navy
War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

142 mm

Height or length

89 mm

Weight

3 g

Inscriptions and markings

Printed in white at bottom right corner – “H.M.A.S. PSYCHE”. On reverse is "POSTCARD / CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESS".

Contextual information

HMAS Psyche was a Pelorus-class light cruiser commissioned to the Royal Australian Navy in July 1915, carrying out patrols along the Burma coast and Malay Archipelago. This postcard is part of the DENNEY brothers collection donated by the family.

Keywords

HMAS Psyche

Navy

WW1

Royal Australian Navy

Place made

Australia

Year

c. 1915

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

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-35.030449, 117.912878

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Last modified

Thursday, 24 July, 2025

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