Filters
Filters (2 applied)
Clear All-
has sound (1)
-
has video (1)
-
Conflict (17)
- First World War, 1914-1918 (25)
- Second World War, 1939-1945 (58)
- British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) (3)
- Korea, 1950-1953 (1)
- Vietnam, 1962-1975 (6)
- Gulf War, 1990-1991 (8)
- East Timor, 1999-2013 (1)
- Iraq, 2003-2013 (4)
- Somalia, 1992-1995 (1)
- Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900 (1)
- Period 1910-1919 (2)
- Period 1950-1959 (2)
- Period 1960-1969 (2)
- Period 1980-1989 (1)
- Period 2000-2009 (1)
- Period 2010-2019 (1)
- Middle East 1991-2003 (US and UK Deployments) (1)
-
related units (22)
- Royal Australian Air Force (8)
- Department of Home Security (7)
- Camouflage units (6)
- RAF Bomber Command (3)
- Royal Air Force (3)
- United States Army (3)
- British Army (2)
- Infantry Divisions (2)
- United States Air Force (2)
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1)
- Anti aircraft units (1)
- Anzac Corps (1)
- Australian Defence Force (1)
- Australian Imperial Force (1)
- British Commonwealth Occupation Force Signal Regiment (1)
- Colonial Military Forces (1)
- French Army (1)
- German Air Force (1)
- HMAS Katoomba (1)
- Ordnance Provision Section AIF Middle East (1)
- Royal New Zealand Air Force (1)
- Tunnelling and Survey (1)
-
related places (66)
- Oceania: Australia (17)
- Europe: United Kingdom (10)
- Middle East: Iraq (9)
- Middle East (8)
- North & Central America: United States of America (8)
- Europe: France (6)
- Asia: Vietnam (5)
- Europe: Germany (5)
- Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin (5)
- Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Maralinga (5)
- Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (4)
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Fishermans Bend (4)
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli (3)
- Africa: Egypt (2)
- Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan (2)
- Asia: Borneo, Tarakan (2)
- Asia: Japan, Hiroshima, Hiroshima (2)
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme (2)
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Mont St Quentin (2)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Lincolnshire, Binbrook (2)
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne (2)
- Oceania: New Guinea1 (2)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby (2)
- Africa: Egypt, Cairo (1)
- Africa: North Africa (1)
- Africa: Somalia (1)
- Asia: Borneo (1)
- Asia: Borneo, North Borneo (1)
- Asia: Japan (1)
- Asia: Japan, Kanto, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama (1)
- Asia: Japan, Tokyo (1)
- Asia: Korea (1)
- Asia: Malaysia, Labuan (1)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java, Bandoeng (1)
- Europe (1)
- Europe: Belgium (1)
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area (1)
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Martinpuich (1)
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens (1)
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bray Proyart Area, Chuignolles (1)
- Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Corbie (1)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England (1)
- Middle East: Iraq, Baghdad (1)
- Middle East: Israel (1)
- Middle East: Lebanon (1)
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine (1)
- Middle East: State of Palestine (1)
- Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra (1)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney (1)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane (1)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville (1)
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria (1)
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip Bay (1)
- Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Perth, Crawley (1)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Aitape (1)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area (1)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area, Labu (1)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae (1)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay (1)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Goodenough Island (1)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gasmata (1)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula (1)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Lakunai Airstrip (1)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Kimbe Bay Area, Cape Hoskins (1)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Ireland, Kavieng (1)
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville (1)
-
location (2)
-
maker (88)
- Unknown (13)
- Camouflage Research Section, Department of Home Security (7)
- Johnston, Leslie Ferdinand (L F), Commonwealth Government Printer (7)
- Hinder, Frank (6)
- H.M. Stationery Office (4)
- Dargie, William (3)
- Evans, Roslyn (3)
- General Motors Holden (3)
- Hodgkinson, Roy (3)
- Koerner, Henry (3)
- National Savings Committee (3)
- Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP) (3)
- Scarce, Yhonnie (3)
- Streeton, Arthur (3)
- Aria, George Aubrey (2)
- Bowen, Stella (2)
- Butler-George, May (2)
- Comment Publishing Company (2)
- Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information , Washington (2)
- Gittoes, George Noel (2)
- Goodchild, John (2)
- J. Howitt & Son Ltd. (2)
- Jones, Vernon (2)
- Kostelnik, Dragan (2)
- Leahy, Sean (2)
- Mahony, Will (2)
- Meldrum, J B (2)
- Meridian Sculpture Founders (2)
- Moore, Alan (2)
- Newmarch, Ann (2)
- Parker, Noreen (2)
- Rowed, Reg (2)
- Stone, Alexander (2)
- Tse, Jonathan (2)
- US Government Printing Office (2)
- United States Army (2)
- Vietnam Moratorium Campaign (2)
- Adams, Dennis (1)
- Amor, Rick (1)
- Betteridge, Allan Rupert (1)
- Bowen, Dean (1)
- Bray (1)
- Brown & Bigelow (1)
- Bush, Charles (1)
- Colville, George (1)
- Commonwealth Government of Australia (1)
- Counihan, Noel (1)
- Crozier, Frank (1)
- Curtis, R Emerson (1)
- Dadswell, Lyndon (1)
- Debenham, Pam (1)
- Devambez Imprimerie (1)
- Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information (1)
- Evans, Ros (1)
- Flett, James (1)
- G.K (1)
- Gilbert, Charles Web (1)
- Gregory, E J (1)
- Hele, Ivor (1)
- Heysen, Nora (1)
- Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A., Ltd.) (1)
- Howitt, John Newton (1)
- Hubners Ltd (1)
- Jack, Kenneth (1)
- Killeen, Fatima (1)
- Koch-Gotha, Fritz (1)
- LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L. : HUBNERS) (1)
- LONDON : NATIONAL SAVINGS COMMITTEE, 1944 (NOTTINGHAM : J. HOWITT & SON FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE) (1)
- Lendon, Nigel (1)
- Lindsay, Daryl Ernest (1)
- Longstaff, Will (1)
- Lyons, Trevor (1)
- Mainwaring, Geoffrey (1)
- Moore-Jones, Horace (1)
- Mullett, Albert J (1)
- Nash, Paul (1)
- National War Savings Committee (1)
- Neumont, Maurice Louis Henri (1)
- Norton, Frank (1)
- O'Neill, Ward (1)
- PARIS : LE PARLEMENT, 1915 (PARIS : DEVAMBEZ) (1)
- Pandora productions (1)
- Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm (1)
- Silas, Ellis (1)
- The Illustrated Australian News (1)
- Waite, Allan George (1)
- Watson, Douglas (1)
- Werbedienst (1)
Show More
Show More
Show More
Show More
Collection
114 Results
-
A "Drop" Scene
Art
Maker: Betteridge, Allan Rupert
Airman holding a bomb over the head of a small Turk. This illustration is assocaited with the Kia Ora Coo-ee' magazine. The illustration appeared in The Kia-ora Cooee, July, 1918, p.5. It was written ...ART94730
-
'After the war', Bougainville bomb scared ruins, Rabaul
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Situated near the site of the old town at Rabaul are the remains of Japanese installations. Japanese parties can be seen cleaning up the mess, New Britain.ART23724
-
And the rockets red glare...
Art
Maker: Newmarch, Ann Newmarch, Ann Newmarch, Ann
A window with a blind made of a USA flag with a portrait of a victorious US President Richard Nixon in the upper left corner, through which can be seen a collage of injured and terrified Vietnamese ch...ARTV07380
-
And the rockets red glare...
Art
Maker: Newmarch, Ann
A window with a blind made of a USA flag with a portrait of a victorious US President Richard Nixon, in the upper left corner, through which can be seen a collage of injured and terrified Vietnamese c...ARTV07379
-
14 Australian Antiaircraft Battery (Militia) Fixed Defences, Darwin
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
14 Australian Antiaircraft Battery (Militia) Fixed Defences, Darwin. This crew saw action when the Japanese first bombed Darwin. The Battery of 4 guns had, shot down 2 planes certain, one probable. Th...ART22719
-
Back the Boys with War Savings: Save at Least a Bob in the Pound Every Pay Day
Art
Maker: Unknown National Savings Committee H.M. Stationery Office J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting personal savings. During the Second World War great emphasis was placed upon saving money. By being frugal with money, it meant that less money was being spen...ARTV03415
-
Back the Boys with War Savings: Save at Least a Bob in the Pound Every Pay Day [Soldier]
Art
Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : NATIONAL SAVINGS COMMITTEE, 1944 (NOTTINGHAM : J. HOWITT & SON FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE) National Savings Committee Howitt, John Newton
British Second World War poster promoting savings. During the Second World War, frugality was encouraged to reserve funds for essential war related goods.ARTV01502
-
Back the Boys with War Savings: Save at Least a Bob in the Pound Every Pay Day [Soldier]
Art
Maker: Unknown National Savings Committee H.M. Stationery Office J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting personal savings. During the Second World War great emphasis was placed upon saving money. By being frugal with money, it meant that less money was being spen...ARTV03417
-
Barrage of bombs: illustrating the poem 'Barrage', in a book of poems by Richard Aldington
Art
Maker: Nash, Paul
Hand-coloured woodcut illustrating the poem 'Barrage', the seventh illustration in a book of poems by British poet and novelist Richard Aldington (1892-1926), published by Beaumont Press, London, 1919...ART20002.007
-
Bathing under shellfire
Art
Maker: Silas, Ellis
Soldiers swimming in the sea, while shells are bursting nearby. Warships in background at right; boxes of supplies of gunpowder right foreground. "This is certainly a most unique experience. I remembe...ART90795
-
Battle scene
Art
Maker: Longstaff, Will
Depicts a battle scene of a German gun in the middle and prisoners in the foreground.ART03030
-
Beaufort bomber aircraft over Rabaul, 1944
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Five Beaufort bomber aircraft fly high over Rabaul, dropping bombs over the ocean, landscape and vessels below. Japan, after occupying Rabaul, New Britain, in January 1942, they developed the town, h...ART27747
-
Bin Baker, Sailor
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of Bin Baker, a sailor who was on 'M.V Gorgon' when it was bombed at Milne Bay by Japanese aircraft, New Guinea.ART21182
-
Blast Hitler
Art
Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was created by General Motors Holden for use in one of their factories. This poster, entitled "Blast Hitler" depicts a cartoon Hitler in the lower right hand ...ARTV02148
-
Blasting the Japs, Aitape, 6.45 am, Sunday 23rd April 1944
Art
Maker: Jack, Kenneth
From a distance, a scene of Japanese troops on the shorline of Aitape, New Guinea, being attacked by allied aircraft and ships at 6.45 am, Sunday 23rd April 1944. A prolific painter and print maker, ...ART93516
-
Blue Danube [black]
Art
Maker: Scarce, Yhonnie
Contemporary glass artist Yhonnie Scarce was born in Woomera, South Australia in 1973. She belongs to the Kokatha and Nukunu peoples. Scarce is one of the few contemporary Australian artists to explor...AWM2016.356.1
-
Blue Danube [white]
Art
Maker: Scarce, Yhonnie
Contemporary glass artist Yhonnie Scarce was born in Woomera, South Australia in 1973. She belongs to the Kokatha and Nukunu peoples. Scarce is one of the few contemporary Australian artists to explor...AWM2017.929.2
-
Blue Danube [white and black]
Art
Maker: Scarce, Yhonnie
Contemporary glass artist Yhonnie Scarce was born in Woomera, South Australia in 1973. She belongs to the Kokatha and Nukunu peoples. Scarce is one of the few contemporary Australian artists to explor...AWM2017.929.1
-
Bomb/bunker
Art
Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
A darkened image of a bomb bunker by night. There is an embossed, un-coloured cross in the centre of the wall of the bunker.ART90712
-
Bomb/bunker
Art
Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
A darkened image of a bomb bunker by night. In the centre of the wall of the bunker, there is an un-coloured, embossed cross over which the artist has printed a cartoon image of a cat. This image is a...ART90711
-
Bomb crater, Noemfoor
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
This work depicts a bomb crater in Noemfoor, Papua, Indonesia.ART23813
-
[Bomb damaged building]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Scene depicting bomb damaged building, with figures in the foreground looking on. This image may be of bomb damaged buildings in Europe, and a story illustration for the 'Australian Women's Weekly' wh...ART96241
-
[Bomb damaged Destroyer in harbour]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Scene depicting a ship in harbour with smoke billowing out from the rear of the ship. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. Du...ART96239
-
Bomb dump near Chuignolles
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
A sketch of an ammunition dump near Chuignolles that has been bombed. This sketchbook is from Streeton's first official war artist commission to France 14 May-13 August 1918 where he worked mainly ar...ART93170.010
-
Bomber
Art
Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web Gregory, E J
Depicts an Infantryman in uniform about to throw a Mills bomb grenade. Bronze cast 1936, Melbourne, from plaster cast 1921, Melbourne.ART09832
-
Bombing up Beauforts for daylight raids over New Britain
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
Bombing up Beauforts for daylight raids over New Britain. These were the largest raids carried out by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at this time. Targets were Cape Hoskins, Dampier, Gasmata et...ART22272
-
Bombing up, RAAF Base, Darwin
Art
Maker: Amor, Rick
The hands of two Australian soldiers shown preparing bombs in Darwin prior to the Peacekeeping Force moving to East Timor in 1999.ART91085
-
Bombs on Lae strip
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of an aerial attack of bombs falling on Lae airfield during a straf by Australian Beaufighters. Japanese bombers are burning on the ground, Lae, New Guinea, 1943.ART25024
-
Bombs on Lae strip
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of RAAF beaufighters bombing the Japanese drome at Lae, New Guinea.ART23174
-
Bomb them with war bonds
Art
Maker: Unknown National War Savings Committee Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A., Ltd.)
British First World War poster issued by the National War Savings Committee to promote the sale of War Bonds. It features a depiction of a shell burst in the centre right. The title text is positione...ARTV00973
-
Bomb thrower
Art
Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon Meridian Sculpture Founders
Depicts a soldier in uniform with a bomb in one hand, about to launch it at his target. The plaster cast was made in 1942, Cairo, and the bronze was cast in 1985 by Meridian Sculpture Founders, Melbou...ART40928
-
Bound for Baghdad
Art
Maker: Bowen, Dean
Depicts a bomber flying towards buildings in Baghdad. The work was created in response to the First Gulf War(1990-91). The image depicts a high-tech weapon (bomber plane) used in this war in a simpli...ART92077
-
Bridge near Pharsala
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
This bridge, which was on the mainline of withdrawal of the ANZAC Corps, was the scene of much congestion of traffic during the withdrawal. The German Air Force attempted to bomb the bridge, missed it...ART23995
-
Burnt out
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
Showing burnt out residences near the British Embassy, Tokyo. The Embassy buildings are unscathed in the background.ART22808
-
Camouflage Army Taraka (truck)
Art
Maker: Parker, Noreen
This Army taraka (truck) is one of 11 mutakas (motor cars) exhibited by Minyma Kutjara Arts Project artists at Tarnanthi 2021 at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Made from found materials salvaged ...AWM2022.227.1
-
Catalina taking off from Port Moresby for Kavieng
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Shows a Catalina Flying Boat, bombed up, taking off from Port Moresby Harbour at 1700 hours to bomb Kavieng.ART26122
-
Christmas 1942
Art
This Australian Second World War poster was created by General Motors Holden (GMH), likely for display in one of their Australian factories. The poster conveys a message from J.R. Holden, the managi...ARTV02141
-
60 cigarette cartons: 1 mortar bomb container...
Art
Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L. : HUBNERS) Hubners Ltd
This poster is one of a campaign urging British citizens not to waste paper. It informs the viewer that the cardboard from cigarette cartons is needed to make boxes for Mortar Bombs. The inclusion of ...ARTV02417
-
Collateral damage
Art
Maker: Evans, Roslyn
Depicts images of children's faces alternating with images of weapons of war, such as bombs and missiles. The work comments on the fact that civilians and children hurt by war were referred to as 'col...ART90133
-
Devastation, Yokohama
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
Showing the devastation in an area of Yokohama, near the centre of the city. Concrete buildings survived except for complete burning out of inflammable material in them. The Christian Church was thoug...ART22807
-
Dynamite diplomatists
Art
Depicts the figures of two German men; one is standing and crying, while the other is seated at a desk, writing in a ledger book. The text accompanying this cartoon, when it was published in the 'Dail...ART02415
-
Entrance to the bomb factory, Gallipoli, 1915
Art
Maker: Moore-Jones, Horace
Gallipoli landscape of the entrance to the bomb factory in 1915 with a soldier in the left foreground making a bomb. There are dugouts on the side of the hill. Horace Jones was born c.1868 at Malvern ...ART03239
-
Equation 2
Art
Maker: Evans, Roslyn
Depicts a series of images of tanks, airoplanes, bombs, US flags and dead bodies in rows of 'mathematical' equations. The 'mathematical' equations demonstrate the absurdity of much militaristic thinki...ART90131
-
First air-raid on Australia, 19 February 1942
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
This work was drawn from a small set of photographs taken by an able seaman on a corvette on the day that the Japanese first bombed Darwin. The SS Neptuna was bombed whilst berthed at the Darwin Jett...ART22831
-
Fortification at Swan Island
Art
Maker: Unknown The Illustrated Australian News
This wood engraving shows nine small images of the various views of the fortification at Swan Island. It is accompanied by an explanatory key: 1. View of Swan Island Battery from the sea. 2. Emplaceme...ART19870
-
Headquarters camp of 24th Australian Infantry Brigade, Beaufort
Art
Maker: Flett, James
Drawn from the balcony of a building occupied by Headquarters, 24th Australian Infantry Brigade during the closing stages of the North Borneo campaign. The building was partially wrecked by the bomb t...ART25885
-
Het Kantoop (The Office)
Art
Maker: Unknown
Small vignettes of women working at desks showing the activities taking place inside the office building. The lower central figure appears to be the manager and is dealing with arguments, complaints, ...ART91948
-
Hiroshima
Art
Maker: Waite, Allan George
A distance view from the hills surrounding Hiroshima, looking down to the epicentre of the atomic bomb and the surrouding destruction of the city. This image was painted in the 1950s from a photograp...ART94066
-
Hiroshima
Art
Maker: Rowed, Reg
Japanese are rummaging among wreckage following the bombing of Hiroshima. There is a twisted steel structure still standing, but the rest of the landscape has been flattened and is strewn with wrecka...ART26717
-
"His first taube" "Immediate actions"
Art
Maker: Unknown
Depicts a Digger running towards a tent with the sign "14 AGH" being bombarded by German bi-planes. This work was used as a illustration in the 'Kia-ora Coo-ee'. The Kia Ora Coo-ee' was written and il...ART94691