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Koorie Heritage TrustDocument - Printed Sheets, McBryde, I et al, The Distribution of Greenstone Axes in Southeastern Australia: preliminary report: Mankind Vol. 10 No. 3 June 1976: 163-174 "Wil-im-ee Moor-ring" or Where do axes come from? Mankind Vol. 11 1978: 354-82, 1976
... The Distribution of Greenstone Axes in Southeastern Australia: preliminary report: Mankind Vol. 10 No. 3 June 1976: 163-174 "Wil-im-ee Moor-ring" or Where do axes come from? ...The Distribution of Greenstone Axes in Southeastern Australia: preliminary report: Mankind Vol. 10 No. 3 June 1976: 163-174 "Wil-im-ee Moor-ring" or Where do axes come from? ...Two papers outlining the greenstone sites in Victoria, their distribution and role in exhange in the communities.163-174 P.; maps; figs.refs.; bib. and vol 11 354-382 P.; maps; notes; graphs;tables; bib. Two papers outlining the greenstone sites in Victoria, their distribution and role in exhange in the communities. greenstone - quarry sites - victoria., aboriginal greenstone ?xes - south-eastern australia - sites., exchanged - greenstone - aborighinals, victoria. mount camel. -
Koorie Heritage TrustBook, Butlin, Noel George, Our original aggression : Aboriginal populations of southeastern Australia, 1788-1850, 1983
... Our original aggression : Aboriginal populations of southeastern Australia, 1788-1850...Our original aggression : Aboriginal populations of southeastern Australia, 1788-1850 Book Butlin, Noel George Sydney; Boston : G. ...Contents: Introduction and Disease Background - Black fellow fall down, jump up white man; Death at a long distance. Demographic Modelling - Assumptions and procedures - Basis of modelling; Depopulating disturbances - Diseases and population recovery - Smallpox; the potential for population recovery; Other diseases; Summary diseases effects - Resource competition - Resource depletion and depopulation; Black and white options. Appraisal of estimates - '1788' population possibilities; Possible extrapolations; Summary results. Towards an Ecological Model - Economy and ecology; Some general inferences.xii, 186 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Contents: Introduction and Disease Background - Black fellow fall down, jump up white man; Death at a long distance. Demographic Modelling - Assumptions and procedures - Basis of modelling; Depopulating disturbances - Diseases and population recovery - Smallpox; the potential for population recovery; Other diseases; Summary diseases effects - Resource competition - Resource depletion and depopulation; Black and white options. Appraisal of estimates - '1788' population possibilities; Possible extrapolations; Summary results. Towards an Ecological Model - Economy and ecology; Some general inferences.aborigines, australian -- population. | aborigines, australian -- statistics, vital. | aborigines, australian -- treatment. | europeans -- australia. | australia -- history -- 1788-1851. | fire-stick farming -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Map - CITY OF SANDHURST RESURVEY SHEET 1, 21/05/1881
... Parish plan showing the Southeastern corner of the Municipality...Parish plan showing the Southeastern corner of the Municipality Map CITY OF SANDHURST RESURVEY SHEET 1 ...Map: City of Sandhurst resurvey sheet 1. Parish plan showing the Southeastern corner of the Municipalitymap, bendigo, parish plan, sandhurst, resurvey -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1994
... Purple felt Southeastern TTA Inc., runners up, Autumn 1994 Maccabi, D Grade...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt Southeastern TTA Inc., runners up, Autumn 1994 Maccabi, D Grade Flag ...Purple felt Southeastern TTA Inc., runners up, Autumn 1994 Maccabi, D Gradegala or award function, table tennis -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyBooklet - Geological Survey Report, Explanatory Notes on Ringwood, Victoria by A.H.M. Vandenberg, 1971
... Geological description of the eastern and southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Dandenong Ranges, Harkaway Hills and the Silvan and Macclesfield districts....Geological description of the eastern and southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Dandenong Ranges, Harkaway Hills and the Silvan and Macclesfield districts. ...Geological description of the eastern and southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Dandenong Ranges, Harkaway Hills and the Silvan and Macclesfield districts. -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1996
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A Grade Spring, Maccabi 1996...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A Grade Spring, Maccabi 1996 Flag ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A Grade Spring, Maccabi 1996gala or award function, table tennis -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1987
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: B Grade, Summer 1987...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: B Grade, Summer 1987 Flag ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: B Grade, Summer 1987gala or award function, table tennis -
Bendigo Military MuseumCertificate - CERTIFICATE OF SURRENDER MOUNTED, 6/9/1945
... Signed by Vernon Sturdee, LT General First Australian Army and Commander in Chief Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army (signed in Japanese characters)....documents-certificates japan military history Surrender Signed by Vernon Sturdee, LT General First Australian Army and Commander in Chief Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army (signed in Japanese characters). ...Copy of Instrument of Surrender of Japanese forces in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and Adjacent islands 6th Sept 1945Signed by Vernon Sturdee, LT General First Australian Army and Commander in Chief Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army (signed in Japanese characters).documents-certificates, japan, military history, surrender -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1996
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: B Grade Spring, Maccabi 1996...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: B Grade Spring, Maccabi 1996 Flag ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: B Grade Spring, Maccabi 1996gala or award function, table tennis -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1996
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A1 Grade Autumn, Maccabi 1996...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A1 Grade Autumn, Maccabi 1996 Flag ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A1 Grade Autumn, Maccabi 1996gala or award function, table tennis -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1996
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: D Grade Autumn, Maccabi 1996...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: D Grade Autumn, Maccabi 1996 Flag ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: D Grade Autumn, Maccabi 1996gala or award function, table tennis -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1989
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A Grade Winter, Caulfield Maccabi 1989...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A Grade Winter, Caulfield Maccabi 1989 Flag ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A Grade Winter, Caulfield Maccabi 1989gala or award function, table tennis -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1994
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: B2 Grade, Spring Maccabi 1994...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: B2 Grade, Spring Maccabi 1994 Flag ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: B2 Grade, Spring Maccabi 1994gala or award function, table tennis -
Robin Boyd FoundationSlide, Robin Boyd, 1969
... Colour slide in a mount. Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, . ...USA slide Made in Australia / 36 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 27 (Handwritten) Colour slide in a mount. Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, . ...Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, . (Architect: Paul Rudolph.)Made in Australia / 36 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 27 (Handwritten)usa, slide -
Robin Boyd FoundationSlide, Robin Boyd, 1969
... Colour slide in a mount. Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute 1963-6 (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA . ...USA slide Made in Australia / 29 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 26 (Handwritten) Colour slide in a mount. Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute 1963-6 (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA . ...Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute 1963-6 (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA . (Architect: Paul Rudolph.)Made in Australia / 29 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 26 (Handwritten)usa, slide -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1989
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: D Grade Summer, Caulfield Maccabi 1989...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: D Grade Summer, Caulfield Maccabi 1989 Flag ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: D Grade Summer, Caulfield Maccabi 1989gala or award function, table tennis -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1989
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: D Grade Spring, Caulfield Maccabi 1989...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: D Grade Spring, Caulfield Maccabi 1989 Flag ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: D Grade Spring, Caulfield Maccabi 1989gala or award function, table tennis -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1990
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A Grade Summer, St. ...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A Grade Summer, St. ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Premiers: A Grade Summer, St. Kilda Maccabi 1990gala or award function, table tennis -
Robin Boyd FoundationSlide, Robin Boyd
... Colour slide in a mount. The atrium, Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. ...He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings. slide robin boyd Made in Australia / 35 / JUL 69 M2 / Encircled 19 (Handwritten) Colour slide in a mount. The atrium, Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. ...Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. The atrium, Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. (Architect: Paul Rudolph.)Made in Australia / 35 / JUL 69 M2 / Encircled 19 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd FoundationSlide, Robin Boyd, 1969
... Colour slide in a mount. The atrium, Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. ...He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings. slide robin boyd Made in Australia / 34 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 16 (Handwritten) Colour slide in a mount. The atrium, Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. ...Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. The atrium, Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. (Architect: Paul Rudolph.)Made in Australia / 34 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 16 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd FoundationSlide, Robin Boyd, 1969
... Colour slide in a mount. The atrium, Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. ...He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings. slide robin boyd Made in Australia / 33 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 26 (Handwritten) Colour slide in a mount. The atrium, Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. ...Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. The atrium, Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, 1963-6, (now UMass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. (Architect: Paul Rudolph.)Made in Australia / 33 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 26 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd FoundationSlide, Robin Boyd, 1969
... Colour slide in a mount. Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute (now U Mass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, 1963-6. ...USA slide Made in Australia / 30 / JUL 9M2 / Encircled 25 (Handwritten) Colour slide in a mount. Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute (now U Mass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, 1963-6. ...Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute (now U Mass Dartmouth), Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, 1963-6. (Architect: Paul Rudolph.)Made in Australia / 30 / JUL 9M2 / Encircled 25 (Handwritten)usa, slide -
Maccabi VictoriaFlag, 1990
... Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Prem B Grade, St. ...Gala or Award Function Table Tennis Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Prem B Grade, St. ...Purple felt with yellow print & trim, S.E.T.T.A. (SouthEastern Table Tennis Association) Inc. Prem B Grade, St. Kilda Maccabi, Winter 1990gala or award function, table tennis -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, O'Keefe, Brendan, Medicine at War: Medical aspects of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1950-1972, 1994
... ... Southeastern...Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 - Medical care Agent Orange - TBoxicology Australia - Armed Forces - Medical care - Asia Southeastern This comprehensive and analytical account documents the important role of the military medical units who supported Australia's overseas forces from the time of the Malayan Emergency. ...This comprehensive and analytical account documents the important role of the military medical units who supported Australia's overseas forces from the time of the Malayan Emergency.Medical aspects of Autralia's involvement in Southeast Asia, 1950-1972.This comprehensive and analytical account documents the important role of the military medical units who supported Australia's overseas forces from the time of the Malayan Emergency.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - medical care, agent orange - tboxicology, australia - armed forces - medical care - asia, southeastern -
Bendigo Military MuseumDocument - FRAMED, WW2, 1945
... Signed by "COMMANDER IN CHIEF/ JAPANESE IMPERIAL SOUTHEASTERN ARMY LIEUTENANT GENERAL/ GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING/ FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY"....Signed by "COMMANDER IN CHIEF/ JAPANESE IMPERIAL SOUTHEASTERN ARMY LIEUTENANT GENERAL/ GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING/ FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY". ..."Instrument of surrender/ of/ Japanese forces in New Guinea, New Britain/ New Ireland, Bougainville/ and adjacent Islands". Signed by "COMMANDER IN CHIEF/ JAPANESE IMPERIAL SOUTHEASTERN ARMY LIEUTENANT GENERAL/ GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING/ FIRST AUSTRALIAN ARMY".Document - white colour paper, copy of original document. Black ink print with clear plastic laminate applied. Frame - timber, light brown colour varnish, decorative moulding. No glass front. Backing - timber plywood.framed accessories, document', ww2, japanese surrender -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Former Chaplain's lounge room, Missions to Seamen, Port Melbourne, Alison Kelly, 1990
... From album of photos mostly by Alison Kelly: Port Melbourne Missions to Seamen, southeastern corner of Chaplain's lounge room 1990, while living quarters for artist Michael Nichols, interim caretaker while Brian Couldrey and Alison Kelly were touring port tourism installations overseas...Photographed by Alison Kelly while she was joint caretaker of the building during the Mission Arts Centre days 1987 to 1991 missions to seamen built environment alison kelly From album of photos mostly by Alison Kelly: Port Melbourne Missions to Seamen, southeastern corner of Chaplain's lounge room 1990, while living quarters for artist Michael Nichols, interim caretaker while Brian Couldrey and Alison Kelly were touring port tourism installations overseas Photograph Former Chaplain's lounge room, Missions to Seamen, Port Melbourne Alison Kelly ...Photographed by Alison Kelly while she was joint caretaker of the building during the Mission Arts Centre days 1987 to 1991From album of photos mostly by Alison Kelly: Port Melbourne Missions to Seamen, southeastern corner of Chaplain's lounge room 1990, while living quarters for artist Michael Nichols, interim caretaker while Brian Couldrey and Alison Kelly were touring port tourism installations overseasmissions to seamen, built environment, alison kelly -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedDocument - Instrument of Surrender of Japanese Forces in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and adjacent Islands, 6/09/1945 12:00:00 AM
... The document is typed, and is signed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army, and the Lieutenant General, General Officer Commanding of the First Australian Army....The document is typed, and is signed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army, and the Lieutenant General, General Officer Commanding of the First Australian Army. ...world war 1939 - 1945 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES, 1945
... Signed by the Commander in Chief of the Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army and the Lieutenant General, General Officer Commanding First Australian army. ...Signed by the Commander in Chief of the Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army and the Lieutenant General, General Officer Commanding First Australian army. ...Three photocopies of the Instrument of Surrender of Japanese Forces in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and adjacent islands. Signed by the Commander in Chief of the Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army and the Lieutenant General, General Officer Commanding First Australian army. Received on board H.M.S. Glory off Rabaul at 1130 hours, sixth day of September 1945.document, certificate, instrument of surrender -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageTool - Spirit Level, 1937-1955
... The Elliot Lucas Ltd Elvicta Cabinet and Tool factory as it was known employed over a hundred people and operated from the company's satellite works in Crickhowell southeastern Powys, Wales, near Abergavenny, in the county of Brecknockshire during the 1950s. ...The Elliot Lucas Ltd Elvicta Cabinet and Tool factory as it was known employed over a hundred people and operated from the company's satellite works in Crickhowell southeastern Powys, Wales, near Abergavenny, in the county of Brecknockshire during the 1950s. ...Initially Elvicta was known as Elliot Lucas (hand tools)Ltd, and was established around 1937 based at 38 Summer Row, Birmingham. Around 1950 the firm relocated to Cannock, Staffordshire and by 1965 had moved again to their Church bridge Works also at Cannock. The Elliot Lucas Ltd Elvicta Cabinet and Tool factory as it was known employed over a hundred people and operated from the company's satellite works in Crickhowell southeastern Powys, Wales, near Abergavenny, in the county of Brecknockshire during the 1950s. The company manufactured a range of specialist pliers, nippers and pincers including the brands Elvicta, Electoy and Elect.A tool that is now regarded today as vintage, is collectable and highlights a time when tools were made by hand and how wood was predominately used to manufacture such items. It gives a snapshot of the time before the use of plastics and other synthetic materials which are now used to produce every day objects and tools such as this spirit level.Elvicta brand wooden spirit level made by Elliott-Lucas Ltd England. Level has two levels one vertical one horizontal . Has 2 brass corner protectors Has 530 marked on plate denotes model No and an original label 610 mm long x 60 mm x 30 mmflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Wangaratta RSL Sub BranchDocument - Framed Document, Instrument of Surrender of Japanese Forces, C1945
... Commander in Chief Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army. Received on board H.M.S. Glory off Rabaul at 1130 hours sixth day of September 1945. ...Commander in Chief Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army. Received on board H.M.S. Glory off Rabaul at 1130 hours sixth day of September 1945. ...With the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by atomic weapons, the will of the Japanese leadership was tested Emperor Showa of Japan announced his intention to surrender to the Allies unconditionally over public radio on 15 Aug 1945. The date of Japan's formal surrender was 2 Sep 1945, and it took place aboard American battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. There were other surrender ceremonies including that on Sept 6 1945. At 0900 hours, sloop HMS Hart picked up Hitoshi Imamura and Jinichi Kusaka at Kabanga Bay, who would sign the surrender documents aboard HMS Glory at 1127 hours which surrendered 139,000 remaining personnel at Rabaul plus all forces in Australian territory in the South Pacific. The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. The surrender ceremony at Rabaul, New Britain took place on 6 Sep 1945 aboard the British carrier HMS Glory surrendering 139,000 remaining personnel at Rabaul plus all forces in Australian territory in the South Pacific. Light brown frame with glass, of a black and white photocopy. Script is very ornate and has Japanese lettering at the bottom. Instument of Surrender of Japanese Forces in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and adjacent Islands. I the Commander in Chief of the Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army, hereby surrender to the General Officer Commanding First Australian Army all Japanese Armed Forces under my command in accordance with the Instrument of Surrender issued by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and Government and General Order No.1 Military and Naval issued by the Japanese imperial General Headquarters. I will henceforth and until otherwise directed by you or your successor carry out the orders issued by you or your staff on your behalf to the best of my ability and I will take action to ensure that my subordinate commanders carry out the orders issued by your representatives. Commander in Chief Japanese Imperial Southeastern Army. Received on board H.M.S. Glory off Rabaul at 1130 hours sixth day of September 1945. Lieutenant General General Officer Commanding First Australian Army.wwii, world war 2, imperial japanese army, japanese army, surrender, rabaul
