Digital Image - Mine Explosion in Port Phillip Bay, circa 1880s, Mine explosion in Port Phillip Bay, during training exercises of the Torpedo Corps, circa 1880s. Original photograph inscribed on back: 'Sergt. Kemp, with James Morris's compliments'. Kemp, assistant astronomer at Melbourne Observatory from 1873 to 1914, was a Sergeant in the Victorian Torpedo Corps, probably because Robert Ellery, Government Astronomer, and Kemp's manager, was a Major in
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Digital Image, Mine Explosion, Port Phillip Bay, circa 1880s, Mine explosion, training exercises, Torpedo Corps, Original photograph inscribed, back, Sergt, Kemp, James Morris's compliments, assistant astronomer, Melbourne Observatory, 1873, 1914, Sergeant, Victorian Torpedo Corps, Robert Ellery, Government Astronomer, Kemp's manager, Major
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