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HMAS ADELAIDE
HMAS ADELAIDE

HMAS ADELAIDE

Date1918-1925
Object number00031360
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotographic print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 90 x 140 mm
ClassificationsPosters and postcards
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Joyce Linquist
DescriptionThis black and white postcard presents a ship, possibly HMAS ADELAIDE, from port side just off land. This postcard is part of a collection of objects held in the Australian National Maritime Museum which belonged to Wesley Arthur Stanley, a draughtsman at Cockatoo Island dockyard between 1908 - 1950s.SignificanceThis postcard is part of a the WA Stanley collection, which document the history of Cockatoo Island, one of Australia's most important dockyards, and provides insight into the lives of the people who worked there.