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You are here: Home / Artworks / Ships and aircraft in company / Proud Entry

Proud Entry

by Margaret Hadfield

Dimensions:
75 cm x 100 cm
Medium:
Oil on Canvas
Date:
2013
Setting:
Peace time operations
Image courtesy of the Australian National Maritime Museum

Margaret Hadfield’s painting ‘ Proud Entry’ captures the moment on 4 October 2013 when HMAS Darwin passed under the iconic structure of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, leading other vessels of Australia’s modern Navy to their berths in Darling Harbour. The International Fleet Review was further marked by a spectacular light show and fireworks display watched by millions of people in Sydney. Hadfield’s commemoration of the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy in a painting, mirrors the painting of HMAS Australia by Frederick Elliot done in 1913.

  • About Margaret Hadfield

    Margaret was born and raised NSW country town of Coonabarabran in 1956. Her parents had emigrated to Australia in 1951 from the island of Terschelling, the Netherlands.

    From a very early age she displayed artistic talent and sold her first painting at age 13. Margaret perfected her craft through self-development and was inspired by nature’s beauty. Light flows through her seascapes/landscapes; very large murals and portraiture.

    Margaret ran the family tourist park Miniland from 1984-91. This was sold and due to family problems and divorce she moved to the Canberra/Queanbeyan district. In 2004 she co-founded the Artists Shed, Queanbeyan, a co-operative artist-run, studios, gallery and Art School. Also, that year a visit to Gallipoli changed Margaret’s artistic vision and she began to explore history through the landscape. She was the winner of the Gallipoli Art Prize 2006 and 6 of her military themed works have been exhibited by the Australian Government in the Netherlands, Turkey and France. The Gallipoli Series consists currently of around 20 paintings.

    In 2011 opened Margaret Hadfield Gallery/Studio in a small suburban shopping centre of Curtin, ACT, and teaches seven regular adult classes a week.

    Margaret paints in all mediums and her major works have featured in numerous art awards including Paddington Art Prize, Portia Geach Art Prize and the Gallipoli Art Prize.  Margaret's painting of the RAN International Fleet Revue in Sydney (2013) was purchased and hangs in the National Maritime Museum and a work from the same event is hung on board the warship HMAS Perth.

    In 2014 Margaret was special guest of the RAN when her painting of the submarine AE1 was used by the media and official ceremonies in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. Margaret’s artwork and her relationship with the RAN continues to evolve.

    More paintings by Margaret Hadfield
  • About Ships and aircraft in company

    In this section a wide variety of artworks with more than one ship, submarine or aircraft are featured. When two or more naval vessels are operating together they are said to be ‘in company’.

    The diverse nature of activities, exercises and deployments undertaken by ships, submarines and aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy means that a ship may spend long periods conducting single ship operations or periodically join with large numbers of other ships for such events as a naval review or fleet entry to a port. These latter events are generally scheduled to commemorate a particular event.  During such events a prominent or royal figure will review the fleet as part of the ceremony. Throughout its history ships of the RAN have participated in major fleet entries and reviews both in Australian waters and overseas.

     

    Details of Ships in the First Fleet

    Name Class Commission Dates
    HMAS Australia Indefatigable Class 21 Jun 1913 – 12 Dec 1921
    HMAS Melbourne Town Class Light Cruiser 18 Jan 1913 – 23 Apr 1928
    HMAS Sydney Town Class Light Cruiser 26 Jun 1913 – 8 May 1928
    HMAS Encounter Challenger Class Light Cruiser 1 Jul 1912 – 1 Jan 1923
    HMAS Warrego River Class 1 Jun 1912 – 22 Jul 1919
    HMAS Parramatta River Class 10 Sep 1910 – 22 Jul 1919
    HMAS Yarra River Class 10 Sep 1910 –  30 Sep 1929

More reading

  • Additional resources for Margaret Hadfield
    • Margaret Hadfield, Australian National Maritime Museum (sea.museum)
    • Margaret HADFIELD, artworks for sale on Bluethumb
    • Canberra artist credits daughter's battle with hydrocephalus for giving life and art new meaning, ABC News
    • Margaret Hadfield, Canberra, ClassBento
  • Additional resources for Ships and aircraft in company
    • Australian Fleet Reviews 1788 to 1914
    • Occasional Paper 162: Port Phillip’s Fleet Review 1920
    • The Royal Australian Navy fleet entry of 1913 (awm.gov.au)
    • Occasional Paper 17: Fleet arrival in Sydney – 4 October 1913
    • 1913 RAN Fleet Entry (Youtube)
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