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#19612 - The Emden Bell

Resource ID
Location
19612
Drawer no 6 & digitised
Title/subtitle
The Emden Bell
Author/Creator
Hyslop, Robert
Format
Sound Recording
Publisher
Canberra and District Historical Society
Physical description
cassette tape, digitised
Summary
Recounts the history of the German raider SMS Emden and its Captain, Karl von Muller, and its sinking by HMAS Sydney off Cocos Island in 1914. The presentation focuses on the Emden bell and its subsequent recovery and installation in the Australian War Memorial. Talk delivered 14 March 1989.
Availability
Not for loan.
Notes
Presentation given on 14 February 1989.
World War One; First World War