North stand of Twickenham Stadium in the UK, filled with supplies. Credit World Rugby Museum, Twickenham. 

Touring Wallaby team from 1939 seated on deck chairs on their journey to the United Kingdom.

Still from a home movie by W.F. Matthews.   

News article titled 'On Way to Big Games' from Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954) 30 July 1939.

News article titled 'Easy Life for Touring Team' from The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954) 26 July 1939.

News article titled 'Australian Rugby Union Wallabies Leave To-day' from The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld : 1872 - 1947) 21 July 1939.

Australian Rugby Union Team, 1939. Credit: World Rugby Museum, Twickenham.

Wallabies signatures from Australian Rugby Union Team 1939. Credit: World Rugby Museum, Twickenham.

This rare home movie footage from 1939 features the Australian rugby union team en route to the UK – and a tour that would never take place due to the outbreak of war.

The Australian Rugby Union team, the Wallabies, leaving Sydney on the 1939 - 1940 tour of the UK

The Australian Rugby Union team, the Wallabies, onbraod the RMS Moolton on the 1939 - 1940 tour of the UK.