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Andoga, Orokaiva Tribe
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Depicts a portrait of Andoga, Orokaiva tribesman, one of the original carriers on the Kokoda Trail, Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART23773
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Approach to Goodenough Island
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a view from on board a vessel towards Goodenough Island, New Guinea.ART90433
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Arm injury - amputation
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Maker: Aubrey-Crowe, George
Australian Military Forces, Services Reconnaissance Department, Native Constabulary; R416 Warrant 1 Yauwiga (or Yauwika) DCM, M Special, AMF, with loyalty medal, left arm amputated below elbow, wearin...ART24397
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Artist's sketchbook of drawings of HMAS Nepal, portraits and scenes onshore
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Maker: Coburn, John
Bound sketchbook of 14 pages containing 11 drawings including title page and two loose sheets, five blank pages, and two fascimiles of cartoons on paper. The sketchbook was produced at the time of Joh...ART93105
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Attack on 'Pearl Ridge'
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Drawn from Artillery Ridge during the action. Pearl Ridge is on the skyline and from there it is possible to see the other side of Bougainville island. Air bombing and strafing were followed by artill...ART21452
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At the races, Mataranka
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Maker: Baird, John
Sketch of two horses and an indigenous man at the races in Mataranka. Palm trees are depicted in the background and a saddle can be seen propped up on a fence behind.ART27926
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At the races, Mataranka
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of a middle aged Aboriginal man, seated with his legs crossed, watching the races in Darwin. In his left hand he holds a pencil and his hat rests on the ground in front of his legs.ART27938
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Australians at fruit market, Rabaul
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Australians at fruit market, Tahili, Rabaul, site of market close to several infantry battalions.ART26179
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Australian soldier's tomb at Beco
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Maker: Bush, Charles
The grave of a member of the Australian Independent Company who waged guerilla war against the Japanese in Portuguese Timor. The tomb was made by natives who tended it throughout the Japanese occupati...ART26172
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Badu Island Aeroplane dance headdress: American B-25 Mitchell bomber
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Maker: Williams, Dick
Unmounted wooden airplane styled to resemble a Mitchell bomber, painted green with faux Australian markings. This detailed aircraft replica is the contemporary feature of the ceremonial headdresses w...ART94620
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Badu Island Aeroplane dance headdress: American B-25 Mitchell bomber
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Maker: Williams, Dick
Unmounted wooden airplane styled to resemble a Mitchell bomber, painted green with faux American markings. This detailed aircraft replica is the contemporary feature of the ceremonial headdresses wor...ART94619
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Badu Island Aeroplane dance headdress stand: American B-25 Mitchell bomber
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Maker: Williams, Dick
Wooden stand to accompany Mitchell bomber headdress.ART94619.001
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Badu Island Aeroplane dance headdress stand: American B-25 Mitchell bomber
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Maker: Williams, Dick
Wooden stand to accompany Mitchell bomber headdress.ART94620.001
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Bagan Belak village, Butterworth
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Maker: Bush, Charles
A scene at Bagan Belak village, near Butterworth RAAF Base. A boat is in the foreground, while around it are locals, chooks, a house and palm trees.ART27546
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Base Post Office in native huts, Milne Force
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Maker: Dargie, William
A view showing a native hut composed of split bamboo and atap roof which was used as a Post Office for Milne Force.ART23172
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"Ben", correspondents hut
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of "Ben", a Port Moresby native, as he sits and washes clothes in a large metal container for the correspondents hut.ART29857
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Bend in the river at Waigani
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted this was the "Site of the native prison camp. The Superintendent was an ex-missionary who had joined the army as a Warrant Officer".ART22378
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"Ben" Gamoga, Houseboy
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of Gamoga, or 'Ben' for short, the houseboy at the Correspondent's hut in Port Moresby.ART29974
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Bombed area, Yokohama
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Maker: Goodchild, John
This drawing shows the devastation caused by incendiaries in an Allied bombing raid in 1945. Concrete structures were the only buildings surviving after two hours intense bombing. After the surrender,...ART22803
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Boy from Arawe
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Sketch of a native male from Arawe, New Britain where the skull is bound in infancy to produce this peculiar elongated effect.ART29152
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Civil Aid Station, Brunei
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Maker: Flett, James
The Civil Aid Station operated by 2/13th Australian Field Ambulance attached to British Borneo Civil Administration Unit at Brunei.ART26039
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Dardi from Java
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A portrait of a native from Tanamerah, Java by the name of Dardi.ART29875
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Dobadura country
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Depicting typical knobby slopes of the Dobadura area, New Guinea.ART25794
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DUNAR, SALAMAUA, N. G. POLICE BOY
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Maker: Evans, Donald
Full length outdoor portrait of Dunar, a New Guinean policeman, pictured standing at attention with a rifle. He is wearing a traditional lap-lap around his waist and has a large knife hanging from his...ART28007
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Ernest
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Maker: Baird, John
A portrait of Ernest, a young Aboriginal from the Northern Territory, wearing a button-up shirt. This portrait was drawn at Mataranka in the Northern Territory during the Second World War.ART27933
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From my window at Lae
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Maker: Friend, Donald
View from the artist's window of a native village in Lae, New Guinea. Donald Friend was in Lae the last week of May 1945. Of Lae he wrote in his Diary 24 May 1945; ' From the air it looked romantic, t...ART23218
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General Blamey Drive, I
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Troops and natives can be seen walking along the drive which makes a sweep through the New Guinea Force Headquarters camp, past offices and messes to rejoin the Butibum Road. It is lined with a rich v...ART21431
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General Kanda's house, Buin
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Lieutenant-General Masatane Kanda, commanded 17th Japanese Army and was Officer-in-Charge of all Japanese Forces on Bougainville and adjacant islands.ART25237
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Getting the 3-tonner ashore at Toko
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Whilst the Australian Landing Craft were invaluable for conveying personnel and equipment in this area, the heavy surf often created a great deal of trouble. In this case the vehicle, a 3-ton truck, s...ART21460
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Good-day master
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
An Australian soldier carrying a rifle and pack is being drenched by heavy rain in Papua New Guinea. A local man walks past using a large banana leaf for shelter from the downpour. This drawing was re...ART26817
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Headquarters and cookhouse, Captain Dexter's Platoon
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Occupied by "A" Platoon, 2/2nd Australian Independent Company, commanded by Captain D St A Dexter when the platoon was operating from Same in Portuguese Timor in guerilla activities against the Japan...ART26314
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HMAS Napier entering Colombo graving dock
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Showing HMAS Napier entering the dock from a bottom scraping etc., after returning from the Arakan. The natives, Sinhalan, Tamil's etc., employed around the dock, are seen tending the securing lines p...ART22777
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House at Tai Bessi
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Maker: Bush, Charles
It was in this house that a seven-man patrol of 2/2nd Australian Independent Company met Portuguese nationals who were co-operating with the Australians and made full arrangements for the movement of ...ART26320
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HQ, 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Headquarter 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion at McCullogh's Post at the foot of Shaggy Ridge. "A", "D" and "C" Companies were on top. "A" Company attacked along the top of ridge and a few days late...ART25178
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Indian beggar and child
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Maker: Dargie, William
Sketch of an Indian begger and child sitting down on the ground, Ratnap, India.ART23200
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Indonesian native cookhouse
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A native woman is depicted cooking in large boilers at an Indonesian native cookhouse, Tanamerah, Dutch New Guinea.ART29898
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Japanese guards buying vegetables, March 1945
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This composition depicts the Japanese guards from the prisoner-of-war camps in Changi area purchasing the better class vegetables for themselves from Chinese stalls, Australians providing improvised t...ART25082
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Japanese prisoner
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
A Japanese prisoner with Australian soldiers and planes and a local man in Papua New Guinea.ART25174
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Japanese war criminals' compound, Rabaul
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Japanese prisoners-of-war awaiting trial guarded by a native soldier.ART25256
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Javanese and natives weaving thatch for artillery camouflage
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Javanese native Papuans are depicted weaving thatch which is to be used for artillery camouflage.ART29880
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Javanese assistant
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A side profile portrait of a Javanese assistant at Tanamerah, Dutch New Guinea.ART29916
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Javanese in Nica Hospital, Balikpapan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
This native of Java is one of the many in the hospital suffering from dysentry and starvation caused when working as slaves for the Japanese in Balikpapan, Borneo.ART22472
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Javanese [labourers] at work on the strip, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Javanese labourers working on airfield, supervised by unidentified Australians; campaignART23262
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Javanese lady (Soekira)
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicts a portrait of a Javanese women, Soekira, wife of Amat, one of the Javanese in Kampong 1, Tarakan.ART25997
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Javanese slaves in the native compound, sick ward, Labuan
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Depicts a group of unidentified Javanese labourers in the Native Compound Sick Ward, Labuan.ART22920
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Kayo natives on the Digul river
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Several sketches of Kayo natives from the Digul river area in Dutch New Guinea are depicted. In the centre is a profile-view portrait of a native woman carrying produce in a "billum", a string bag whi...ART29855
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KINARUM
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Maker: Evans, Donald
Portrait of Kinarum, described by the artist as a 'native sentry' from Ulupu, New Guinea.ART28016
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Landing of Sultan and his wife at Brunei
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Maker: Flett, James
Wing Commander K.E H Kay, RAF, British Borneo Civil Administration Unit (BBCAU) meeting the Sultan of Brunei and his wife on their arrival at the wharf after their journey from the village of Tentayer...ART25482
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Lei Lei village
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene at Lei Lei Village. Dargie noted, "Situated about 27 miles NW [north west] of Port Moresby, this is a favourite spot with the troops to spend a day off. Most of the males of the village are at ...ART22253
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"Mahot"
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Maker: Belcher, Douglas Leonard
"Mahot", a Papuan native and Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) carrier, is depicted sleeping, New Guinea. VX109068 Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to R...ART28233