Royal Australian Naval riggers securing a section of the boom defence net in Darwin Harbour. The ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number 306825
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made May 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Royal Australian Naval riggers securing a section of the boom defence net in Darwin Harbour. The riggers are working this section of the net from the Bar class boom working vessel, HMAS Kangaroo. The original print is annotated `Trunk chain of buoy' and 'Securing wire with slip to section chain'.