Historical information

These five photographs of the George Mann printing presses were probably taken circa 1960s in Lithographic Squadron at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. The photos are not annotated except for .4P. The George Mann Fast Five Printing Press was a two-colour demy quad offset press. It was a robust and well-made lithographic printing machine built by the George Mann company in Leeds, UK. The two presses were in service at the Army Svy Regt in the 1960s and 1970s and replaced with the Komori and Planeta offset printing presses in 1975 and 1976 respectively.

Physical description

This is a set of photographs of the George Mann Printing Presses operational at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo from c1960s to 1970s. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi.
.1) - Photo, black & white, c1960s, printing press, Lithographic Squadron
.2) - Photo, black & white, c1960s, unidentified, printing press, Lithographic Squadron
.3) - Photo, black & white, c1960s, printing press, Lithographic Squadron
.4) - Photo, black & white, c1960s, SPR Howard Dingle, Lithographic Squadron
.5) - Photo, black & white, c1960s, printing presses, Lithographic Squadron

Inscriptions & markings

.1 to .3 – no annotation
.4 - personnel names (with rank) annotated on back.
.5 – no annotation