Historical information

This is a set of 16 photographs of a visit to the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo by the Commander 3rd Military District BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC on the 23rd and 24th of October 1989. In this set BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC was taken on a tour through the orthophoto production area. In photos .1P to .3P and .6P BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC presented a productivity award to CO LTCOL John Winzar in Fortuna’s Ballroom. LTCOL Winzar was the CO of the Army Survey Regiment from 1987 to 1989. The WILD OR1 orthophoto projector and workstation featuring in photos .7P to.10P and .12P to .14P was introduced in the mid-1980s. It was the second-generation equipment used to orthorectify colour and monochrome film aerial photography, replacing the system introduced in 1973. See items 6124.5P, 6133.4P and 6228.4P for more photographs of orthorectification equipment. Photos .15P and .16P feature contractors preparing the foundations for the construction of Lithographic Squadron’s new Printing Building at Fortuna, Bendigo. The building was purpose built to house a new computer-controlled Heidelberg Speedmaster five colour lithographic offset Printing Press. The print room was named Wayzgoose Hall after a medieval printing house festival. See item 6131.18P for more photographs of contractors preparing the foundations.

Physical description

This is a set of 16 photographs of a visit to the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo by the Commander 3rd Military District (CMDR 3MD ) BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC on the 23rd and 24th of October 1989. The photographs are on 35mm negative film and were scanned at 96 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) to .3) - Photo, colour, 1989. L to R: CO LTCOL John Winzar, CMDR 3MD BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC.
.4) - Photo, colour, 1989. L to R: SGT Chris Edwards, CMDR 3MD BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC, SGT Graham Johnston, unidentified, SGT Martin Evans.
.5) - Photo, colour, 1989. L to R: WO1 Allan Adsett, WO2 Keith Fenton RE UK Exchange, SGT Bob Garritty, WO2 Rob Bogumil, SSGT Peter Imeson, WO1 Ralph Chant.
.6) - Photo, colour, 1989. L to R: CO LTCOL John Winzar, WO2 Pat Lumsden, SSGT Di Chalmers.
.7) - Photo, colour, 1989. L to R: MAJ Terry Edwards, CMDR 3MD BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC, CPL Graeme Priestley, WO2 Rob Bogumil, SGT Bob Garritty.
.8) - Photo, colour, 1989. L to R: CMDR 3MD BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC, CPL Graeme Priestley, SGT Bob Garritty.
.9) & .10) - Photo, colour, 1989. L to R: CPL Trevor King, CMDR 3MD BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC, MAJ Terry Edwards.
.11) - Photo, colour, 1989. L to R: ADJT CAPT Greg Tolcher, unidentified.
.12) - Photo, colour, 1989. CPL Pat Drury, WILD OR-1 Orthorectification Workstation.
.13) & .14) - Photo, colour, 1989. CPL Pat Drury, WILD OR-1 Orthorectification Workstation equipment.
.15) & .16) - Photo, colour, 1989. Contractors prepare the foundations for Lithographic Squadron’s new Printing Building - Wayzgoose Hall.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .16P – no annotations. CMDR 3MD BRIG P. Davies AM, ADC and the date are identified on the film negative sleeve cover sheet.