B/W photograph titled (on reverse) "Launching H.M.A.S. Ballarat December 10th 1940. First Warship Built In Melbourne Since 1918". Caption below photo reads: "The launching of HMAS Ballarat, a ship of between 800 and 900 tons, on December 10th 1940. The Ballarat is the first warship built in Melbourne since the last war. Australia, in addition to her many other big industrial war efforts, has already made a start with a comprehensive shipbuilding programme". |