Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Canungra |
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Accession Number | ART90152 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | image: 12 x 10 cm |
Object type | |
Physical description | photo-etching on paper with zinc etching plate and leather |
Maker |
McDuff, Jennifer |
Place made | Australia: Tasmania, Launceston |
Date made | 1992 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
'Hey Jude'
Description
Unidentified men of 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment at the Jungle Training Centre wait to board a helicopter. Two 'identity discs' made from the zinc etching plate hang beneath the main image. The work comments on the enduring impact of the war experience on soldiers and their families.