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Australasian Gazette – HMAS Brisbane Launched at Cockatoo Island (1915)

In this 1915 newsreel, the wife of then prime minister Andrew Fisher launches the HMAS Brisbane naval ship from the dockyard of Cockatoo Island.

Length: 6 minutes 48 seconds

Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Academy full frame)

Featured in the Australasian Gazette collection

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National Film and Sound Archive

NFSA title number: 34971