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Land Army girls on cotton
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Maker: Taylor, Grace
Depicts several Australian Women's Land Army members in the field picking cotton by hand. As a member of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), Grace Taylor was stationed at Biloela, Queensland, whe...ART29759
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Landing barges unloading the last stores at dawn, White Cliffs Bay
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Maker: Dargie, William
Several Australian soldiers unloading the last stores from barges at dawn, White Cliffs, Cairns, Queensland.ART21040
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Last tram for Doomben
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Maker: Simon, Sidney
Troops sitting, standing and attempting to get onto a very crowded tram.ART29394
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Loading kauri logs on jinker, Kirrima Range
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Loading Kauri logs into jinker for transport to Kennedy Mill and production into war material, Kirrima Range, North Queensland.ART25603
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Major Josephine Mackerras
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Portrait of Major Mabel Josephine Mackerras (NX137899), Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), Senior Entomologist, Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit.ART24395
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Matron Muriel Doherty, RAAFNS
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Maker: Marcovitch, Alfreda
Portrait of Matron Muriel Doherty, Principal Nursing officer, New South Wales and Queensland, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service. Until 1940, RAAF sick were nursed by male nursing orderlies o...ART29580
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Miner, Mount Isa (Jack Thorburn)
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Mr Jack Thorburn, New Zealand born, has been a miner all his life. Underground was the only world he knew and liked best. As Underground Superintendent, Mount Isa Mines he spent most of his time below...ART25547
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Night landing exercises, amphibious operations
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie observed night training exercises, noting "16 Brigade Personnel, in conjunction with U.S. Naval Landing Craft, at White Cliffs Bay, North of Cairns. Time 0430 hrs". Under the light of flares, t...ART22252
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Private Edna Goon
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
This portrait is of Private Edna Goon (service number VFX91992) of the Australian Army Medical Women’s Service (AMWS). It was drawn by Geoffrey Mainwaring when Private Goon was attached to the 2/6th A...ART21597
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Private Nancy Paterson
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a portrait of VFX90958 Private Nancy Paterson, Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) attached to 2/2nd Australian General Hospital. Drawing was done while Private Paterson was off d...ART21596
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Sister-in-charge LHQ Medical Research Unit, Cairns: Sister B Burbidge
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Head and shoulders portrait, in uniform, of Sister Beryl Emma Burbidge, AANS, Sister in Charge of Australian Army Nursing Service, Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit, Cairns, Queensland. Nora He...ART24371
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Smoko time with the AWLA
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Maker: Taylor, Grace
Women from the Australian Women's Land Army enjoy a tea break, seated on dry grass in rural Queensland in the height of summer. A makeshift tent provides relief from the harsh summer sun, the bleached...ART29758
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The chaff cutters, Gunnawarra Station, North Queensland
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a drawing of unidentified men cutting chaff, an ancient method of cutting chaff at "Gunnawarra," a large cattle station near Mount Garnett, North Queensland.ART25608
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VDC hauling gun into position for coastal defence on North Queensland coast
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Maker: Dargie, William
Dargie noted, "This sketch depicts one of the activities of the VDC [Volunteer Defence Corp] in the danger period, before Australia's defences were properly organised against a Japanese attack on the ...ART26112
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Work, Save, Fight and so Avenge the Nurses!
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Maker: Whitmore, Bob
Depicts the Hospital ship, 'Centaur' being attacked by the Japanese off the coast of Queensland, during the Second World War. In the water below the ship are a number of nurses and sailors from the sh...ARTV09088
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Young dairy farmer, Monto (Norman Greenup)
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Mr Norman Brodie Greenup, was drawn after he had returned to the land following services in North Africa, Malta and England as a Royal Australian Air Force volunteer with the Roy...ART25612