Description:

S.S. ZEALANDIA Silver plated kookaburra dinner bell, early 20th century. The Zealandia was a passenger and cargo steamer built in 1910 and was used as a troop carrier in WW1 and WW2, she transported the 8th Australian division and was also the last Allied ship to see the ill fated H.M.A.S. SYDNEY. She finally met her match when she was sunk by the Japanese during the bombing of Darwin harbour on the 19th of Feb. 1942

12.5cm