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There were two attempts at turning the ship into a museum, but neither measure was successful. A storm later set the ship adrift, where she settled in the mud. In 1973, the bow and stern sections were removed and set as memorial pieces, and the rest of the ship remains as a wreck near Milson Island.

Australia sent over 416,000 men to fight in the First World War, out of a population of less than 5 million people. Over 60,000 were killed and 125,000 wounded from Rabaul to Gallipoli, and Kut to Flanders.

My favorite bit, however, was in the basement; the only First World War German tank in existence, Mephisto. This is an A7V tank, one of 20 produced by Germany during the Great War. It was brought to Australia in 1919, and has been in the Queensland Museum's ever since.

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