- Bib ID:
- 4668802
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1953
- 1 photograph : b&w ; image 19.5 x 24.2 cm., on sheet 20.5 x 25.3 cm.
- Series:
- Thiess company and family photographs
- Summary:
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Photograph possibly of the Thiess brothers, exact location is unknown, either Noemfoor or Biak.
"After the World War II, Thiess won contracts to dispose of ex-military equipment in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the former Dutch New Guinea (now Papua, Indonesia). The best equipment was shipped to Australia for use, with the remainder being cut into scrap and sold to Japan"--Information from acquisitions documentation.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisitions documentation.
- Part of the collection: Thiess company and family photographs.
- Inscriptions: "Surplus WWII equipment Dutch New Guinea, 1953"--In pencil on verso.
- Condition: Hole punch.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151771341
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Thiess Pty Ltd., 2009.
- Subject:
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Thiess Bros
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1953
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