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Collection
130 Results
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Tetanus
Art
Maker: eX de Medici
'Tetanus' does not depict a particular location, but instead merges historical and contemporary motifs of the Solomon Islands to reveal a wrecked past and an uncertain future. Barefoot children play ...ART94226
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The door of a rusting shipping container located at Forward Operating Base Maritime. The texture ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
The door of a rusting shipping container located at Forward Operating Base Maritime. The texture of the surface is captured by Australian War Memorial official artists eX de Medici. The Australian Def...P11527.003
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The first party of Australian troops, the military component of the Australian-led Regional ...
Photograph
Maker: Bohane, Ben
The first party of Australian troops, the military component of the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), disembark an RAAF C130 aircraft at Henderson Airfield. Operat...P04580.046
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Themes of war have pervaded eX de Medici's career as an artist and tattooist. She uses weapons, ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
Themes of war have pervaded eX de Medici's career as an artist and tattooist. She uses weapons, helmets, skulls and bullets as visual metaphors in an exploration of people's desire for power and their...P11527.090
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The rusting shell of an abandoned ferry, Ramos III, on the beach adjacent to the Forward ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
The rusting shell of an abandoned ferry, Ramos III, on the beach adjacent to the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Maritime. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with troops from New Zealand, Papua New...P11527.001
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The Second World War wreckage on the shoreline of the beach adjacent to the Forward Operating ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
The Second World War wreckage on the shoreline of the beach adjacent to the Forward Operating Base is incorporated into the background of 'Cpl Bob Revermann and Solomon Islanders' [ART94152]. The Aust...P11527.054
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The temporary camp for New Zealand troops at Guadalcanal Beach Resort; eX de Medici also sketched ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
The temporary camp for New Zealand troops at Guadalcanal Beach Resort; eX de Medici also sketched this location [ART94161]. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with troops from New Zealand, Papua...P11527.065
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The tent lines of the Central (Rove) Prison Observation Post overlooking Rove Prison, Honiara. ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
The tent lines of the Central (Rove) Prison Observation Post overlooking Rove Prison, Honiara. Amongst the strangler figs a bush gym was set up as well as a laptop computer, they provide distraction d...P11527.048
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The Vilu War Museum, north of Honiara, containing wrecks and weapons left over from the Second ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
The Vilu War Museum, north of Honiara, containing wrecks and weapons left over from the Second World War battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 to February 1943). An unidentified Tongan Marine and a Solo...P11527.024
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The wreck of a Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft used by the United States Navy in the Second World ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
The wreck of a Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft used by the United States Navy in the Second World War can be seen in the foreground of 'Tetanus' [ART94226]. The Vilu War Museum is an outdoor museum where...P11527.033
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Three Australian Army personnel, left to right, Manley, unidentified and Monk, attend a Christmas ...
Photograph
Maker: Immig, John
Three Australian Army personnel, left to right, Manley, unidentified and Monk, attend a Christmas party in a library room of a disability hospital in Solomon Islands. As part of the Regional Assistanc...P04862.049
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Three members of the Melanesian Brotherhood, an Anglican order founded by a Guadalcanal priest, ...
Photograph
Maker: Bohane, Ben
Three members of the Melanesian Brotherhood, an Anglican order founded by a Guadalcanal priest, sit on the verandah of a hut after being kidnapped and held hostage by Harold Keke and the Guadalcanal L...P04580.042
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Three unidentified Australian soldiers participate in an orders group (O Group) under a palm tree ...
Photograph
Maker: Bohane, Ben
Three unidentified Australian soldiers participate in an orders group (O Group) under a palm tree at Red Beach, Guadalcanal. They have been brought ashore by an Australian Army Landing Craft Medium (L...P04580.051
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Three unidentified members of 23 Charlie at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Maritime within a ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
Three unidentified members of 23 Charlie at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Maritime within a palm oil plantation in the district of Tetere. The soldiers are incorporated into the artwork 'Malaria Ce...P11527.043
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Tongan Marines (Like a hawk takin' a bird). Captain Fafita, GBR Quick Response (Waiting for)
Art
Maker: eX de Medici
In a breezeway at GBR, Captain Fafita leans back in a chair and smokes a cigarette. The relaxed pose belies his experience and physique. De Medici wrote of her conversations with Captain Fafita, inclu...ART94149
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Two men sitting beside a tree at the tent lines of Central (Rove) Prison Observation Post (OP) ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
Two men sitting beside a tree at the tent lines of Central (Rove) Prison Observation Post (OP) overlooking Rove Prison, Honiara. The sign 'Peanut's Gym' refers to Peanut, one of the stray dogs that th...P11527.049
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Two unidentified Australian soldiers observe their surroundings having just landed at Red Beach, ...
Photograph
Maker: Bohane, Ben
Two unidentified Australian soldiers observe their surroundings having just landed at Red Beach, Guadalcanal. They have been brought ashore by an Australian Army Landing Craft Medium (LCM8) from HMAS ...P04580.052
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Two unidentified soldiers feeding the camp dogs; they became the mascots of the Forward Operating ...
Photograph
Maker: eX de Medici
Two unidentified soldiers feeding the camp dogs; they became the mascots of the Forward Operating Base Maritime. eX de Medici wrote in her journal about one of the dogs: "They brought him down from th...P11527.073
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Unidentified Australian soldiers fan out towards Honiara as they secure the beachhead at Red ...
Photograph
Maker: Bohane, Ben
Unidentified Australian soldiers fan out towards Honiara as they secure the beachhead at Red Beach. They have just come ashore on an Army Landing Craft Medium (LCM8) from HMAS Manoora, operating in Ir...P04580.049
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Unidentified Australian soldiers secure the beachhead at Red Beach, as a bulldozer prepares the ...
Photograph
Maker: Bohane, Ben
Unidentified Australian soldiers secure the beachhead at Red Beach, as a bulldozer prepares the way for vehicles to drive off an Army Landing Craft Medium (LCM8) (serial number AB 1050 or 1059). The t...P04580.030