Exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture by Australian Official War Artists

58. NATIVES CONSTRUCTING TI-IF. FLOOR OF A HUT. Coloured Chalk and Wash. A R T H U R J. MURCH. 59. ADELAIDE RIVER CAMP. Oil. 60. HOSPITAL T E N T , ADELAIDE RIVER. 61. OBSERVATION POST. 62. A HUD SON BOMBER UNDER CAMOUFLAGE. 63. INTERIOR OF A COASTAL OBSERVATION POST. Oil. 64. T H E WR E C K OF THE Neptuna, PORT DARWIN. Oil. 65. A PRIVATE OF THE DARWIN BLACK WATCH. Oil. Private SamuelFeju is one of a num- ber of aborigines and half-castes serving with the forces at Darwin. They have been dubbed the "Darwin Black Watch." F R A N K NORTON. 66. JOINING THE TRANSPORT, SYDNEY, APR I L , 1941. Charcoal Drawing. 67. TROOPS' MESS, H .M. T . Queen Elizabeth. Charcoal Drawing. 68. H.M.A.S. Parramatta, PORT SAID. Oil. Parramatta is seen at anchor off Port Said in August, 1941, when acting as anti-craft defence ship. 69. ENG I NE R o o m , H.M.A.S. Stuart. Charcoal Drawing. Lifting the port turbine casing for inspection. 7 0 . TOBRUK , OCTOBER, 1941. Chalk and Ink Drawing. View through the scaffolding of the unfinished Admiralty House. An enemy shell is seen bursting in the town. 7 1 . WR E CKE D SHIPS, TOBRUK. Chalk Drawing. A t the date of this drawing, October, 1941, Tobruk harbour was strewn with the wrecks of at least fifty Italian and Allied ships. In the foreground is the Serenitas, which was then used as a destroyer berth. A pontoon bridge, hidden in the daytime, connected the wreck with the shore. Beyond the Serenitas is the burnt-out Liguria. 72. FLARES OV E R TOBRUK , 1941. Oil. Flares dropped from enemy planes lighting up the docks area preparatory to the bombing run. A R T H U R J . MURCH. Observation Post. 14