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Allies close in on capital
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Maker: Unknown The Canberra Times Federal Capital Press of Australia Ltd
Depicts a headline broadsheet published by the 'Canberra Times' newspaper . The headline, which is related to the First Gulf War (1990-91) , states 'Allies close in on capital'.ARTV09265
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A man whose family died when his house was bombed in a Basrah suburb
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Portrait of an unidentified man beside a bomb damaged house, with other buildings in the background in Basrah. The man's family died when the bombing occurred.ART29752.048
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A man whose family died when his house was bombed in a Basrah suburb
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A man's face in the foreground, inside a house, with the sun depicted in the background.ART29752.047
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Amman to Jerusalem, view of Jordan River and the West Bank from the bus
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Jordan River and West Bank, coloured in blue and red accordingly.ART29752.058
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Arrival 1 a.m. figure at bus terminal, Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Weary and slightly distorted figure in a bus terminal in Baghdad. A crowd of people and a bus are in the background.ART29752.004
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Baghdad bridge
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
There is a section of the Baghdad bridge missing, perhaps as result of war-related destruction, or maybe because of years of neglect. It no longer exists as a bridge between places, but cuts off one w...ART90695
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Baghdad defence ministry
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
This print illustrates the bombing of the Baghdad Defence Ministry. In the background, the Ministry is ablaze, whilst smoke billows into the foreground. The artist has contrasted the bright orange of ...ART90709
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Baghdad defence ministry and two phantoms (Babylon sisters)
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
A man lies on the ground inside the courtyard of a building, which (one is led to assume by the title) is the Baghdad Defence Ministry. Flying overhead are two aircraft.ART90708
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Barricade, soldiers and light field gun outside Mosque, Karbala
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Two soldiers standing beside a light field gun, with buildings in the background.ART29752.026
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[Base can you read me?...]
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts a cartoon produced during the First Gulf War (1990-1991) which comments on the pervasiveness of the media during this war. A fighter pilot , flying over a burning city, prepares to eject from ...ART90049
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Battle success
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Maker: Unknown The Australian Nationwide News
Depicts a headline broadsheet for 'The Australian' newspaper . The headline is 'Battle Success'. The image depicts Australian soldiers on a tank celebrating and relates to the First Gulf War (1990-91)...ARTV09264
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Battle success
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Maker: Unknown The Australian
Depicts a headline broadsheet for 'The Australian' newspaper . The headline is 'Battle Success'. The image depicts Australian soldiers in the Middle East. The soldiers are standing and sitting on a ta...ARTV09222
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Battle success
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Maker: Unknown The Australian
Depicts a headline broadsheet for 'The Australian' newspaper . The headline is 'Battle Success'. The image depicts Australian soldiers in the Middle East. The soldiers are standing and sitting on a ta...ARTV09221
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Blue, Naval Lieutenant Jeffrey N. Zaun, Iraq, 1991
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Maker: Fairskye, Merilyn
Fairskye has depicted the right side of Lieutenant Jeffrey N. Zaun's face in a realistic style, while the left side is distorted, as if being stretched and pulled by an external force. The work commen...ART29700
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Bob Hawke in the back pocket of a cowboy with Saddam Hussein
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts a cartoon of the small figure of Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, in the back pocket of a cowboy who is just about to be involved in a gun fight with Saddam Hussein. This satirical cartoo...ART90080
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Bomb/bunker
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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
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Bombed bridge, dogs and sunset, Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A semi-abstract scene of a destroyed bridge as well as roaming dogs. A pink and red sky is in the background, a sunset in Baghdad.ART29752.021
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Bombed convention centre
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Convention centre destroyed by bombs, Baghdad, Iraq.ART29752.007
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Bombed highway south of Basrah, near the Kuwaiti border
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Tank, debris and a generally desolate environment of the highway south of Basrah.ART29752.052
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Bombed highway south of Basrah, rusting tanks, broken car and self drawing
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A broken car and tanks along a desolate highway south of Basrah, with the sun omitting from above.ART29752.053
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Bound for Baghdad
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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
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Broken bridge bombed near Basrah
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Scene near Basrah, Iraq of a broken bridge and surrounding debris.ART29752.044
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Dawn and the road from Baghdad to Karbala and Najaf
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Monotonous road scene near Baghdad. No vehicles or people are evident and identical palm trees line the road. Completed in red crayon and black ink, the thin short crayon markings give the work a sens...ART29752.024
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Eight small drawings around Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Eight drawings of varying sizes taped onto the one sheet, showing a myriad of scenes including people, buildings, vehicles including a taxi, and civilians, some injured.ART29752.060
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End of the hostage crisis
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts three people, dying of thirst, crawling along the sand in the desert, with a mirage on the horizon revealing the words 'End of the Hostage Crisis'. This satirical cartoon was created by Sean L...ART90077
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[Environmental catastrophe in the Gulf...and in Australia]
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Maker: Leahy, Sean Leahy, Sean
A cartoon drawn for publication in the Melbourne 'Herald' newspaper in 1991 related to the environmental damage in the First Gulf War. The cartoon depicts the burning oil fields and oil covered birds ...ART90048
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Faces in Basrah that speak of dreadful memories
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Tortured-looking face standing over a (presumably dead) body, which is crouched to the ground, legs bent and arms spread out.ART29752.046
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Factory strike
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
This print depicts a factory as seen through the view finder in an aircraft. The title of the print, Factory Strike, suggest that the factory is the target in an imminent air strike.ART90713
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First morning, Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Scene inside a building in Baghdad. A man stand with his right arm in the air. Distorted figures, including one with a cage around their head occupy the foreground.ART29752.005
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First signs of war, Amman to Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A bombed highway and transmitter station in the road to Baghdad.ART29752.002
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Game - Play - January 17 - 2.44 am - 1991: (S)tealth; (I)mplements of destruction; (G)round briefing; (N)ose up; (I)n flight; (F)ix target engagement; (Y)eah
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Maker: Sheerer, Doug
Sculpture consisting of seven parts (wooden boxes) comprising one work of art, which comments on the round-the-clock bombing of Baghdad during the First Gulf War (1990-91). A printmaker and sculptor, ...ART90244
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Go on...step over that line!
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts a cartoon of a large foot and leg, wearing trousers with the pattern of the United States of America flag, stepping over a line onto the small figure of Saddam Hussein. This satirical cartoon ...ART90074
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Green, Lieutenant Colonel Clifford M. Acree, Iraq, 1991
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Maker: Fairskye, Merilyn
Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Clifford M. Acree, U.S. Marine Corps., taken as Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) January 1991, Iraq. A Red Cross plane carrying 35 former allied prisoners of war, including 15 A...ART29701
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Gulf
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Maker: Watson, Judy
Depicts three oil wells burning in a flat Kuwait landscape, filling the horizon with smoke. Anne Gray notes of this work; 'Judy Watson provided an environmental perspective on the [First] Gulf War. He...ART29731
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Hounds
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel Studio One: Print making workshop
Three dogs tearing apart an oil covered seabird. Gittoes wrote of this work: 'Hounds refers to the old symbol the dogs of war. The combatants in this conflict, symbolised by the dogs, are not tearing ...ART29720
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How to eliminate the ' Wimp Factor' by George Bush
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts a cartoon of a rocket, with the face of United States President, George Bush, on it flying through the air.The rocket is flying up the corner of a graph that measures the President's popularit...ART90075
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Inside General Hospital, Basrah
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Patients waiting inside a hospital, standing, sitting and lying down, as well as people on crutches.ART29752.050
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Interview at the Ministry of Information building
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Four figures sitting in front of another person, who is standing up. There is a portrait of the wall while a window shows buildings beyond. The building is the Ministry of Information and the four f...ART29752.006
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Israel
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts a cartoon of saddam Hussein standing between crumbling columns, with a lintel above it, about to fall on his head, with the word 'Israel' on it. This satirical cartoon was created by Sean Leah...ART90067
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Jag tally
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
This image depicts the side of a plane on which bombs have been painted. Pilots drew such images on the sides of their planes as a way of tallying their missions and documenting respective achievement...ART90696
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Jets and suburbia, Basrah
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Portrait of a screaming man's face. His mouth is wide open, and he has his hand to his chin. Bomb damaged buildings surround him, with black smoke emerging from the wreckage. The man depicted is mo...ART29752.049
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Journey across southern Iraq
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A scene of largely unidentified objects such as planes bombing landscape below, debris, roads and houses. The work is extensively water damaged.ART29752.042
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Journey across southern Iraq
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A tank on other unidentifiable objects including debris, in southern Iraq.ART29752.043
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Khafji
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
This image depicts a chaotic street scene in Khafji. The artist has utilised the medium in such a way as to de-harmonise the viewing experience through the sharp edges and hard, defined lines.ART90703
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Khafji (verticle)
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
The smoke from an explosion in the background billows into the foreground and over a road which is lit by street lamps. The road heading in the direction of the explosion is deserted, whilst the other...ART90718
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...love him or loathe him- ol' Saddam is doing wonders for the ozone layer!
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts two office workers walking along a footpath past a petrol station, which is selling petrol at seventy cents per litre. This satirical cartoon was created by Sean Leahy in response to the First...ART90079
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Missile Harry (The Gulf War)
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Maker: Sibley, Andrew John
Depicts a man in uniform wearing a cap standing and holding a missile in his arms. Below the image are the words 'Fold "Missile Harry" here' with dashes marking where to cut. The work is intended to r...ART29621
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Mother and child
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel Studio One: Print making workshop
A woman cradling a child on the shoreline, while bent rods surround her, the ghost of a dog leaps over her and United Nations ships sail in the Gulf . Gittoes wrote of this image: 'One of the most hea...ART29721
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My first counting book
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Maker: Evans, Roslyn Evans, Ros
An artist's book, opening like a concertina to reveal a silhoutted image and a number on each page; 1 USA flag, 2 tanks, 3 bombers, 4 bombs, 5 Pentagon buildings (or grenades?), 6 bombs, 7 Stealth bom...ART90168