Historical information

These 18 photographs were taken at an Army Survey Regiment Open Day at Fortuna Villa, Bendigo on the 24th of February 1990. This occasion was one of several events held to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Survey Corps. Although historical tours of Fortuna occurred on a regular basis, this was the first technical open day since 1972. The Royal Australian Survey Corps recognised that an Open Day was the best way for the local community in Bendigo to gain an insight into the unit’s important role as Defence’s map production agency, its technical equipment, and its economic importance to Bendigo. It also gave them an opportunity to tour through historic Fortuna Villa. This occasion is covered in more detail in page 143 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4. Refer to items 6434.27P and 6435.35P for more photos of the Open Day taken inside Fortuna, the garden areas and Map Production areas of Air Survey and Cartographic Squadron. Photo prints of some of these photos were scanned and catalogued in items 6247.30P and 6291.6P.

Physical description

These 18 photographs were taken at an Army Survey Regiment Open Day held at Fortuna, Bendigo on the 24th of February 1990. The 35mm colour and black & white negatives photographs were scanned at 96 dpi and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) - Photo, colour, 1990. Print Troop – WO2 Rob Bogumil with visitors.
.2) - Photo, colour, 1990. Print Troop – L to R: SPR Ross Anza, LCPL Janet Murray with visitors.
.3) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Print Troop – L to R: LCPL Janet Murray, MAJ Bob Coote, SPR Gary Lord with visitors.
.4) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Photo Troop – L to R: WO2 Keith Fenton RE UK Exchange, SGT Steve Burke with visitors.
.5) - Photo, colour, 1990. Photo Troop – SGT Steve Burke with visitors.
.6) - Photo, colour, 1990. Photo Troop – L to R: unidentified, SGT Steve Burke with visitors.
.7) - Photo, colour, 1990. Print Troop – L to R: CPL Peter Breukel, WO2 Keith Fenton RE. UK Exchange with visitors.
.8) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Photo Troop - WO2 Keith Fenton RE. UK Exchange.
.9) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Print Troop - civilian visitors.
.10) - black & white, Print Troop, 1990. - L to R: civilian visitors, SSGT Ian Nichols, CPL John ‘Flash’ Anderson.
.11) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Print Troop - L to R: SSGT Ian Nichols, CPL Dale Hudson, Planeta printing press, with civilian visitors.
.12) - Photo, colour, 1990. Print Troop - L to R: SSGT Ian Nichols, CAPT Roger Hancock with civilian visitors.
.13) - Photo, colour, 1990. Print Troop - LT Marty Lyons with civilian visitors.
.14) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Print Troop - L to R: LT Marty Lyons, unidentified with civilian visitors.
.15) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Orthophoto Mapping Section - L to R: SSGT Peter Imeson, SGT Bob Garritty with civilian visitors.
.16) - Photo, colour, 1990. Optronics raster scanner - WO2 Adrian ‘Charlie’ Creedy with civilian visitors.
.17) - Photo, colour 1990. Outside Photo Troop office - L to R: SSGT Rhys De Laine, WO2 Rob Bogumil.
.18) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Photo Troop - civilian visitors.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .18P – no annotations