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Art
Maker: Lindsay, Norman Commonwealth Government of Australia Syd. Day, The Printer Ltd
Poster depicts a German ogre, his blood-covered hands and forearms clutching at a globe of the world. Blood pours over Europe, and slowly oozes towards other countries, demonstrating the threat of th...ARTV00078
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AASL on maintenance work
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
From Wagga Wagga in 1943, Mainwaring wrote to Treloar: 'There is a good deal of interesting subject matter here, and I would like to be able to spend more time to capture the spirit of the place? I h...ART25109
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Absence makes the war grow longer...
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Maker: Unknown Department of War Organisation of Industry Unknown
An Australian poster issued by the Department of War Organisation of Industry to discourage workers at home in Australia from taking unnecessary leave, investing in war loans and following austerity m...ARTV02274
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A call from the Dardanelles...
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Maker: Burton, H M The Defence Department of the Commonwealth S.T. Leigh & Co. Ltd
This recruiting poster employs the theme of Australians fighting at Gallipoli to encourage men to enlist. A tall strong digger wearing a slouch hat and rising sun badge stands astride the Narrows, one...ARTV05167
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ACF gift socks help when the mud's at it's worst...
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Maker: Australian Comforts Fund [AUSTRALIAN] : AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, [N.D.]
The Australian Comfort Fund (A.C.F) formed in January 1940, worked in conjunction with the Salvation Army, the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Its 'comforts' ranged from hostels, clubs and canteens in Aust...ARTV02491
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A cow of a joke for a disbelieving inmate
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Maker: Yonna, Lamberto
Cartoon depicting a man in his pyjamas who has been thrown forcefully backwards. A nurse is gesturing towards him whilst also pointing at the udder of the cow standing next to her. The cow in question...ART27791
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A.I.F. Race Meeting
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Maker: Unknown Jaffa Press Company
During wartime, it has become a common practice to recreate certain important Australian sporting events overseas. For example in 1943 a 'Brownlow Medal' was presented to Corporal Leslie Allan 'Peter'...ARTV02536
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American flag in Australian map
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Maker: Gallegos, Elena
'American flag in Australian map' shows the continent of Australia covered in stars and stripes from the American flag. The map is covered with fine rows of hand stitching. This work is one in a se...ART92174
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A Message from the Admiral: "We Need Supplies - Especially Food. We Know You Will Not Let Us Down"
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Maker: Commonwealth Food Control
Australian Second World War Royal Australian Navy (RAN) poster, issued by the Commonwealth Food Control. The poster depicts a photograph of the British Admiral, Sir Bruce Fraser, with a convoy of batt...ARTV02124
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An appeal from the Dardanelles: will they never come?
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Maker: Hannan, Jim State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, Pty. Ltd
Recruiting poster produced by the State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in Victoria. This poster was described by 'The Argus' on the 5th July 1915 as 'the first recruiting poster produced in Austra...ARTV07583
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"_and the bullet would 'a went right through me heart only your photo made it glance off"
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Maker: Myhill, William Dudley
Depicts an Australian soldier returned from leave, meeting his wife or sweetheart at the dock during the Second World War. He explains to her that the photo of her has prevented a bullet going through...ARTI03063
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...and we talk about sacrifice, Invest in the 4th Liberty Loan
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Maker: Couillard, R
Australian Fourth Liberty Loan poster which appropriated an American poster design by R. Couillard. The original American text stated 'Buy War Bonds,' while the text on the Australian poster was chang...ARTV10386
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An extra pint - good work eh Charlie?: Every pint counts on the food front now...
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This poster was issued by Commonwealth Food Control as part of a campaign to increase Australia's milk production to support the war effort. One of a series of posters aimed at Diary Farmers it inform...ARTV02582
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ANZAC flapper
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Maker: Unknown
A fired ceramic statue of a girl in a dress wearing an Australian soldiers slouch hat. Her hair is plaited in pigtails with bows that hang down her back. The statue was given to an English girl in L...ART92253
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Army mobile selection team visits here
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Maker: Unknown Australian Army Unknown
A line drawing of the head and sholders of a soldier wearing a helmet in the left hand corner of the poster with text above him. This recruiting poster was used to advertise the time and date of the M...ARTV09096
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At night carry something white
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Maker: Australian Road Safety Council
Produced during the Second World War by the Australian Road Safety Council, this poster instructs people to carry something white at night on the roads, and walk on the right when there is no footpath...ARTV02593
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Attack! Attack! Attack!
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Maker: Northfield, James Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
A poster produced for the Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft production during the Second World War. The poster depicts Beaufighters attacking Japanese naval vessels. The text below the ...ARTV09059
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At the pictures
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A scene on board SS Duntroon during the voyage to Singapore taking personnel of 2 Australian Prisoner-of-War Reception Group to repatriate liberated Australian prisoners-of-war.ART24403
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Aussies on parade
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Maker: Australian Imperial Force Achduth Ltd
Concert program, "Aussies on Parade" presented by the Australian Imperial Forces promoted as 'Stars of the Commonwealth in Song, Dance and Laughter'. The production included 15 leading artists and orc...ARTV02528
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Australia at War: Drawings at the Front
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Maker: Cecil Palmer & Hayward Ltd. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd.
Advertising poster depicting an Australian soldier in uniform, wearing a steel helmet and carrying a full pack. The poster was produced in London to advertise Will Dyson's publication 'Australia at Wa...ARTV03826
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Australia has promised Britain 50,000 more men
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Maker: Syno Unknown Unknown
Australian First World War recruitment poster. Towards the end of 1915, a War Census of the Australian population showed that 244,000 single men of military age were available for enlistment. Accordin...ARTV05613
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Australia has promised Britain 50,000 more men
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Maker: Syno Unknown
Towards the end of 1915, a War Census of the Australian population showed that 244,000 single men of military age were available for enlistment. Accordingly, on 26 November 1915, the government with W...ARTV00021
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Australia in the War
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Maker: Leist, Fred Grafton Galleries Printing Craft Ltd
Lithographic poster advertising an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Australian artists called 'Australians in the War' which was held at Grafton Galleries, London in 1918. The work depicts f...ARTV07022
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Australia Is a Food Arsenal of the Allied World; We Must Share Our Food
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Maker: Commonwealth Food Control
Australian Second World War poster depicting the importance of Australia's position in supplying Allied nations with food. The poster include an image of the globe with Australia and various Allied na...ARTV02123
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Australian and Greek soldier
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Maker: Drysdale, Russell
Illustration for the wartime publication 'The Australian Soldier - A Portrait'. Depicts two Allied soldiers leaning in toward one another. The Australian soldier is smoking and is offering a cigarett...ART28309.005
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Australian Comforts Fund: Some views of the activities of the fund in New Guinea
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Maker: Australian Comforts Fund Renwick Pride
Depicts sepia toned photographs of various services provided by the Australian Comforts Fund. In the top right corner, a hostel is shown where troops are given free beverages. In the bottom left corne...ARTV02489
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Australian Lancasters loading ex-POWs for England
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Maker: Moore, Alan
A group of ex-POWs boarding a converted Avro Lancaster bomber used to return POWs to England; the group includes Australians and Indians.ART24325
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Australian Red Cross Society: Dedication to Service
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest [AUSTRALIA] : AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, [N.D.]
Depicts a young woman in an orange cardigan sitting on a stool with a book on her lap, gazing into the distance. The text beneath the image, from a volume of poems by Henry Lawson, reads, 'While her ...ARTV05271
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Australian servicewomen's memorial
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Maker: Ferguson, Anne
Whereas more conventional war memorials may incorporate a cenotaph or a representative figure, Anne Ferguson has created a bare platform of coloured stones, divided in two by a curved trench that rese...ART90968
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"Australians" look ! : Your country : Fight for it
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Maker: Macdonald, A C Unknown Wilby, James E
Australian First World War recruitment poster. It features a white map of Australia (not including Tasmania) against a dark blue background. All the capitals of each State (except for Darwin and Hobar...ARTV05663
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Australia's imperishable record
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
Australian First World War recruitment poster. It depicts the Union Jack draped across the top and left portion of the poster, framing a speech given by British General Sir Ian Hamilton at Tenedos, Ma...ARTV00850
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A vital war job - join the Women's Land Army
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Maker: Unknown Women's Land Army H & G Pty Ltd
Second World War Women's Land Army recruitment poster. The poster depicts a smiling 'land girl' driving a red tractor. In the background is an idealised rural scene of a farmhouse and rolling hills. T...ARTV02581
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A vital war job - join the Women's Land Army
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Maker: Unknown Women's Land Army H & G Pty Ltd
Second World War Women's Land Army recruitment poster. The poster depicts a smiling 'land girl' driving a red tractor. In the background is an idealised rural scene of a farmhouse and rolling hills. T...ARTV01103
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AWAS on the way to report for duty at L.H.Q. Signals
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Maker: Browning, George Julian
George Browning was attached to the Military History Section during the Second World War. Initially, he was employed to contribute to the Army's Christmas book. Once this was completed, he was to be s...ART23622
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A.W.A.S wants 100's of Australia's keenest women urgently...
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Maker: McCowan, Ian Unknown LHQ Lithographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps
Australian Women's Army Service Second World War Anti-Aircraft Defence recruitment poster featuring a photograph of an AWAS woman (Doris Shilcock) in uniform, including hard hat, holding binoculars a...ARTV00335
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A wireless era, eh!!!
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Maker: Yonna, Lamberto
An internee in an Australian camp smokes a pipe and leans against a wooden post whilst glaring at a uniformed guard, from whom he is separated by barbed wire.ART27787
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Back the attack buy 4th liberty bonds
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Maker: Artist unknown
Utilising striking typography, this poster aims to encourage the public to purchase Liberty Bonds. This very simple design is highly effective and could have been utilised on a large scale to promote ...ARTV10384
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Back the attack! Invest in the 4th liberty loan
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Maker: Artist unknown
The sale of war bonds was a significant aspect of the Australian home front during the Second World War. Administered by the Commonwealth War Loan Office, the war loans scheme encouraged Australians t...ARTV10381
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Ban the neutron bomb
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Maker: Sawyer, Ralph Waterside Worker's Union Waterside Worker's Union
This poster was designed and printed for the Union of Australian Women. All stencils were handcut by Ralph Sawyer and then handscreened in four colours at the Waterside Worker's Union, 60 Sussex Stree...ARTV09211
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Basic principles for fighting aircraft fires
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Maker: Unknown Royal Australian Air Force Unknown
Royal Australian Air force poster published in 1959 outlining some basic principles for fighting aircraft fires and illustrating fire crew positions. The title is positioned across the top of the post...ARTV09669
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Bayeux soldat II - US Medic
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Maker: Arnold, Raymond
Depicts a close up view of the chest of a US medic in Iraq, wearing an arm band with a cross, straps and a pack across his chest, overlaid with camouflage fabric patterns. The viewer is close to the s...ART92869
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Before sunset buy a war loan bond
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Maker: Unknown Unknown John Sands Ltd
Australian First World War poster advertising War Loan bonds. It features a large Australian flag unfurled against a city in the distance. The outline of civic buildings is silhouetted black against ...ARTV05206
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Before sunset buy a war loan bond
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Maker: Unknown Unknown John Sands Ltd
Australian First World War poster advertising War Loan bonds. It features a large Australian flag unfurled against a city in the distance. The outline of civic buildings is silhouetted black against ...ARTV00837
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Being searched for liquor before entering brothel by madam
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Maker: Simon, Sidney
Being searched for liquor before entering brothel by madam.ART29392
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Between Light and Dark
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Maker: Lombardo, Ally
As part of being exhibited for the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize exhibition (2018), Lombardo provided the following artist statement about her work: "I joined the Army Reserves in 2002 and still ...AWM2018.1273.1
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Beware the mask of "Friendship"... it hides Japanese greed and treachery
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Maker: Unknown
Poster depicting a treacherous Japanese character hiding behind a theatrical mask and clutching a dagger.ARTV00056
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Billy Hughes
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Maker: Frith, John
Terracotta caricature head of Australian Prime Minister, Rt. Hon William Morris Hughes (1862-1952) , known as 'Billy' Hughes. Hughes was Prime Minister from October 1915 until February 1923. He was a...ART40892
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Blast Hitler
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was created by General Motors Holden for use in one of their factories. This poster, entitled "Blast Hitler" depicts a cartoon Hitler in the lower right hand ...ARTV02148
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Bomber
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Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web Gregory, E J
Depicts an Infantryman in uniform about to throw a Mills bomb grenade. Bronze cast 1936, Melbourne, from plaster cast 1921, Melbourne.ART09832
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Boom
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Maker: McCowan, Ian Australian Survey Corp.
A ' careless talk' poster issued by the 2 Corps Survey Mobile Reproduction Unit. A humorous image featuring two farmers being blown up on their farm after talking about the Army using their land to ca...ARTV10232