Arrival of submarine HMAS Oxley at HMAS Platypus Submarine Base
C.J. Duff (Australian Photographic Agency)1967
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Sydney, Australia
Formerly a gasworks, torpedo factory and submarine base, Sub Base Platypus is an emerging public domain on the foreshore of North Sydney, homeland of the Cammeraygal People. The Harbour Trust envisions Sub Base Platypus as community hub where historic spaces are revealed, reimagined and activated by a range of cultural, recreational and commercial uses.
Image description: Arrival of submarine HMAS Oxley at HMAS Platypus Submarine Base on its commissioning by Allen Fairhall, Minister of State for Defence, 1967.
Image courtesy of the State Library of New South Wales (Australian Photographic Agency)
Image File Number: Australian Photographic Agency - 26463
- Title: Arrival of submarine HMAS Oxley at HMAS Platypus Submarine Base
- Creator: C.J. Duff (Australian Photographic Agency)
- Date Created: 1967
- Location Created: Sub Base Platypus, North Sydney, Sydney Harbour, NSW
- Physical Dimensions: 6cm x 6cm
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: State Library of New South Wales
- Medium: Photonegative
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