military

Schoolboy Arthur Crisp having his flag autographed by an Indian soldier following the 7^th Division parade in Brisbane in August 1944.

Queensland and Victorian nurses at Poona, India, 1918.

Indian servant outside Charles Brand’s nicely labelled tent, Jalna, India, 1910.

Charles Brand in India c1910, wearing his formal military uniform and campaign medal ribbon showing his South African war service.

Passages to India: military linkages with Queensland

Shipwrecks around an isolated continent in the southern hemisphere were common. As an imperial settlement, many ships carried troops as well as convicts and goods.

Grassy hills: colonial defence and coastal forts

Grassy hills, concrete battlements and gun emplacements in Brisbane, Townsville and Thursday Island evoke the British imperial presence of the late nineteenth century.

Battle of Brisbane – Australian masculinity under threat

When thinking of the great battlefields of World War II it is Stalingrad’s rooftops, London’s skyline and the jungles of Burma that come to mind, not the sleepy 'big country town' of Brisbane.

Maroochydore military map, 1942

Maroochydore, QLD

Australia

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1 January 1942

26 October 2010

Location

Maroochydore, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

26 October 2010

2/1 Australian Army Topographical Survey Company

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Maroochydore military map, 1942. Reproduced by 2/1 Australian Army Topographical Survey Company, November 1942. Surveyed in October 1942 by 3 Australian Field Survey Company with the aid of air photographs. ‘This map is an official document. If found, it must be handed in to the nearest military headquarters or police station.’ Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Caloundra military map, 1942

Caloundra, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

1 January 1942

26 October 2010

Location

Caloundra, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

26 October 2010

2/1 Australian Army Topographical Survey Company

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Caloundra military map, 1942. Reproduced by 2/1 Australian Army Topographical Survey Company, September 1943. Surveyed in August 1942 by 3 Australian Field Survey Company with the aid of air photographs. ‘This map is an official document. If found, it must be handed in to the nearest military headquarters or police station.’ Collection of the Queensland State Archives