Royal Australian Navy Fleet in South East Asian Waters Colour Promotional Print

c. 1980

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2013.8.3

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Defence > Navy

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

487 mm

Height or length

345 mm

Weight

46 g

Inscriptions and markings

“Fleet ships in South East Asian waters.” Printed bottom right.

Contextual Information

Official RAN promotional poster showing HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Supply, 2 DDGs, and a River Class DE in South East Asian waters, with a Wessex Helicopter flying overhead.

This promotional poster is 1 of a set of 4 believed to have originated from Garden Island Naval Base, Western Australia.

Keywords

RAN Task Group

HMAS Melbourne

HMAS Supply

Wessex Helicopter

RAN Fleet

Place made

Australia

Photograph taken over South East Asian waters.

Year

c. 1980

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Scientific or research 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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