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BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942. THE DOCK GATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE UNFINISHED CAIRNCROSS GRAVING DOCK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942. THE DOCK GATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE UNFINISHED CAIRNCROSS GRAVING DOCK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

The Cairncross Dockyard was a shipyard beside the Brisbane River at Morningside, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It included one of Australia's largest graving docks with an 8.5 metre deep water access, capable of taking Panamax vessels of up to 85,000 dwt, up to 263 metres long x 33.5 metres wide. It is second in size only to the Royal Australian Navy's Captain Cook Graving Dock in Sydney.Construction of the dockyard began in 1942, and its graving dock opened in 1944. The dockyard closed in 2014, and the land on which it stands is to be sold for residential and commercial redevelopment.

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Cairncross Dockyard
Thynne Road, Brisbane City

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BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942. THE DOCK GATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE UNFINISHED CAIRNCROSS GRAVING DOCK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
BRISBANE, QLD. C.1942. THE DOCK GATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE UNFINISHED CAIRNCROSS GRAVING DOCK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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