'Bullring', Leave Transit Depot, Exhibition Park, Brisbane

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Accession Number ART25148
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 41.4 x 57 cm; image: 41 x 57 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink, watercolour on paper
Maker Rafty, Tony
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Troops awaiting in bull ring at the leave and transit depot, Brisbane, for movement. In the lower right hand corner of the grand stand is Sergeant-Major who is in charge of the parade and is using a microphone for calling up troops for different units. During the day troops were often seen sitting around the ring, some returning from New Guinea and others returning to units.