Our torpedo defences

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Accession Number ART19849
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 28 x 40.6 cm; image: 20.3 cm x 30.6 cm
Object type Print
Physical description wood engraving on paper
Maker Unknown
Australasian Sketcher
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1885
Conflict Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This wood engraving was published in The Australasian Sketcher, 1 June 1885, page 89. It shows the work of the colonial Torpedo group in laying down mines, minefields and the torpedo defences at Queenscliff and Point Nepean in Victoria.