Photograph - black and white, Ballarat School of Mines Emergency Shelters, 1942, 1942

Historical information

This photograph was taken during an air-raid drill in the slit trenches.

Physical description

Two black and white photos of Ballarat School of Mines slit trenches in the grounds of the Ballarat School of Mines. Students of the Ballarat Junior Technical School are in the zig zag trenches. Many students wear their school blazers, hats and school bags. Sandbags surround the trenches which were situated near Albert Street, Ballarat.

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