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Abandoned concrete observation post, Castle Hill
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Abandoned concrete observation post, Castle Hill, Townsville.ART25646
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Ammunition hut
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Maker: Dargie, William
This piece of hardboard contains two watercolour drawings of Ratnap airstrip in India, showing the surrounding landscape, while in the foreground are trees, an aircraft and an ammunition hut. It seem...ART23558
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Assault on the Pimple, Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scattered figures of Australian soldiers attempting to climb the steep slopes of The Pimple, a prominent landmark, as they carry out an assault on Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea.ART26065
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Beach head, Tarakan
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Preliminary and unfinished sketch of a harbour view as seen from the water. Several boats, houses, mountains and trees have been drawn.ART29809
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[Beaufighter plane and tractor sketches]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Large study of an EH-Y Beaufighter plane, with smaller sketches of tractors and two small landscapes below. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartooni...ART96467
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Behind Konedobu
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
View of the hills behind Konedobu in Port Moresby, New Guinea.ART28375.002
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"Betty" bomber, Labuan
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Maker: Koehne, Kurt Casper Irwin
Depicts the wreckage of "Betty" the bomber in a flat landscape.ART96210
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Bismarck Range from the Ramu Valley
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Maker: Pratt, Douglas
Preliminary watercolour sketch in mauve and green of the view to the Bismarck Range from the Ramu Valley, New Guinea.ART28056
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Bombs on the Mole, Salum
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "A distance view of one of Jerry's visitations. Just above the Mole, the coast road zig-zagged steeply up the escarpment, and here the enemy, if luck were with him, might catch a closel...ART90176
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[Bribie Island landscape and sand dune]
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Maker: Robinson, David Keith
A watercolour sketches of the rolling dunes sand dunes and coastal landscape at Bribie Island, during the Second World War. During the Second World War, Bribie Island, off the coast of Queensland, was...ART96780
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[Bribie Island sand dunes]
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Maker: Robinson, David Keith
Pen and ink sketch of the rolling sand dunes and coastal landscape at Bribie Island during the Second World War. During the Second World War, Bribie Island, off the coast of Queensland, was one of the...ART96779
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Bridge above Rouna Falls
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A scene of bridge repairs by engineers over Rouna River, Port Moresby.ART29911
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Burning off stubble, Black soil country,Darling Downs
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Burning off stubble, black soil country, Darling Downs, Queensland.ART25613
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Burning oil wells at Seria
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts burning oil wells at Seria, during the Second World War, when it was part of Borneo (it is today in Brunei Darussalam). Oil was first discovered in the area in 1929. The first landing of the J...ART96245
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Camouflaged oil tanks
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Camouflaged oil tanks at Derwent River port, Hobart. In December 1943 Bush was deployed to Horbart to observe the Volunteer Defence Corp, and make illustrations for the Australian War Memorial publica...ART23526
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Canadian Fall, near Ottawa
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Depicting the many colours which Autumn brings to the landscape of Canada. A scene typical of many witnessed by trainees of the Royal Australian Air Force who sojourned in Canada whilst training under...ART21998
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Cape Moem
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Two sketches at Moem, New Guinea: above is a depiction of the 3/14 Field Ambulance casualty clearing station at Moem Point; and below is a topographical landscape of Cape Moem, with Muchu Island visib...ART29984
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Castle Hills twin humps
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a painting of Castle Hill's twin humps, Townsville.ART25643
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Clay-pits near the air strip, Iraklion
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Maker: Dargie, William
The town of Iraklion is described in the Official War History as Heraklion. This was a site of heavy fighting against German paratroops in May 1941.ART24051
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Colour note for landscape or Tank Plateau, Balikpapan
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Situated on a table top feature to the west of Parramatta feature is Tank Plateau, with its huge squat oil tanks. Not one of these tanks had escaped our bombardment and during the second day's fightin...ART25906
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Convoy on road
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
A road showing several military three-ton vehicles travelling in convoy through the landscape near Atherton, North Queensland. Several army divisions camped on the Atherton Tablelands during the Secon...ART23758
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Darwin, harbour front
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts a panoramic view of the harbour front, unidentified vessels in port, Darwin.ART26124
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Devastated landscape
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Landscape with a bomb crater in the foreground, surrounded by a war damaged landscape with stark and leafless trees and tree stumps.ART29840
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drawing for basepiece for Lessons from Lebanon
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
This is a drawing of a landscape with a farmer digging in the centre foreground. he is wearing traditional clothing of Turkey or Middle Eastern appearance, his hat looks like a fez. The surrounding co...ARTI00788
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Drawing for headpiece for 'Fitters keep them rolling' in 'Jungle Warfare' 1944
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Silhouettes of three tanks moving through a war-torn landscape.ARTI00016.D
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Drawing of Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
The town of Tobruk laid out in the background; the figure of a crouching man seen from the rear in right foreground.ART26208
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[Eichenbrich, Poland]
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
A landscape with small building in the distance. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconded to the RAF for 5 years, arriving ...ART96119
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En route Benalla
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Made from an impression during a flight from Point Cook to Benalla in an Oxford aircraft, Victoria.ART21820
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Escarpment SW of Servia
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Maker: Dargie, William
Scene of a rearguard action by the Australian and New Zealand forces during the withdrawal from Greece.ART23831
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Evacuating the wounded - Ramu Valley, New Guinea
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts wounded men being evacuated from Ramu Valley in New Guinea on trucks during the Second World War. In a letter home to his wife, Jess, in 1944, Pidgeon wrote about the Ramu Valley; 'The most be...ART95022
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Field Hospital, Moresby
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Looking west from the Signal Headquarters in Moresby at the Field Hospital. The hospital was housed in a stone building and was later destroyed by a Japanese raid.ART29860
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Finisterre Ranges towards Shaggy Ridge
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Maker: Pratt, Douglas
A pictureseque watercolour of the view from the Finisterre Ranges towards Shaggy Ridge in New Guinea.ART28057
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Finschhafen seascape
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Depicts a view of the landscape over Finschhafen, New Guinea.ART26116
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German positions at Perevolia
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Maker: Dargie, William
As seen from Australian positions near Canea during fighting in Crete during 1941.ART23869
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[Greta landscape]; Officer's mess; [Field stripping demonstration]; [Man and bridge]
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Maker: Brack, John
Four sketches; upper edge Greta landscape, men seated at tables in a wooden interior with ceiling beams, a man walking towards a bridge and five men seated with one man standing with a gun across his ...ART96390
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Gulf
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Maker: McKay, Brian
The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq on 2 August 1990 paved the way for the formation of a multinational force comprising 40,000 troops from thirty countries which would enforce United Nations Security Coun...ART92785
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Hillside trees, Noemfoor
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
A group of trees on a sloping hillside, Noemfoor Island, New Guinea. A prolific painter and print maker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughtsman in New Gui...ART93708
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HMAS "Nepal" Oiling at Milne Bay
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Maker: Goodchild, John
This portrays the precipitous nature of the landscape at Milne Bay. Dense foliage-covered hills with a palm tree fringe at sea level.ART21854
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Holding yards, Darwin race course
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Recto: Outdoor scene featuring holding yards; Verso: sketch of a tree and a fence including some studies of plants and pencil colour notations. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a ...ART96238
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In the quarries, Whyalla
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A bulldozer drives along a rugged road in a quarry. A miner walks beside it. There are telegraph lines in the quarry, while in the background is a large knob, the last remainign portion of the origi...ART22635
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Jackson's 7 Mile Drome
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
The original "Seven Mile" drome at Port Moresby, later named after Squadron Leader J.F. Jackson, DFC, of 75 Squadron, who was killed on a mission from this airstrip. Treacherous Owen Stanley Ranges fo...ART26780
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Japanese positions, Wewak
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
A view looking West from the main range showing the Japanese positions behind Wewak Point after Victory in Europe Day, 1945.ART28194
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Japanese unloading ammunition for dumping
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Showing Japanese under surveillance of Australians, loading arms and ammunition into barges to be taken to sea and dumped. This panorama shows, from left to right, the mother volcano Matupi and south ...ART25266
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[landscape]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Study of landscape with single tree in centre. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. During the Second World War many of his i...ART96284
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Landscape - Port Moresby
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Maker: Hanke, Henry
Green hills rolling down to the sea with huts and buildings of Port Moresby.ART23778
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Landscape - with Canal & Traffic Bridge - copy by Rembrandt
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
A sketch of a landscape with canal and bridge, copied after a work by Rembrandt. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconded t...ART96064
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[landscape with car and figures]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Study of landscape scene with car and figures, and corresponding notes about details and colour. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illu...ART96283
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Landscape with excavation
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Landscape with trees where a trench is being dug in the foreground in the side of a small hill. A shovel sits in the excavated area.ART29837
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[Landscape with lake and tower]
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a landscape with lake and tower. There is an inscription in the lower left corner. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was ...ART96103
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[Landscape with low ridge of hills]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a landscape, with a river in the foreground and low ridge of hills in the background. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustr...ART96642