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Goordbelayinji
Art
Maker: Purdie, Shirley
Goordbelayinji is a Gija word that is used to describe any place where many have been killed at one time. In this painting, Purdie speaks about events on her Father's Country: violence amongst neighbo...AWM2018.471.1
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His Day
Art
Maker: Lindsay, Norman
This drawing, published in 'The Bulletin' 10 days after the Armistice on November 21, 1918, is a satirical comment on the homecoming and return to civilian life for Australian servicemen following Ar...AWM2018.530.1
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Not titled [portrait bust of a woman, Hagar]
Art
Maker: Unknown
Marble bust of a woman (Hagar) purportedly taken from a tomb in the ruins of the Palace of Zenobia, in Palmyra (then known in Arabic as Tadmur) in central Syria. Archaeologists have discovered no trac...ART00484
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Olden Days
Art
Maker: Daniels, Jill
'Olden Days' is a frontier conflict story told to Daniels by her family. It refers to events prior to Daniels' birth, most likely during the late nineteenth- early twentieth-centuries, when Northern T...AWM2018.890.1
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Plaster cast of a Greek inscription : Hellespont [Dardanelles], 5th century BC
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Plaster cast of a Greek inscription from the mid 5th century BC. The transation of the inscription reads 'Doing battle beside the Hellespont these men lost their shining youth. They brought honour to ...RELAWM12276
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Roman floor mosaic of a Gordian Knot, Homs, Syria: Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel W M Woods, Australian Army Chaplains Department
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Part of a mosiac floor panel taken from a larger design. This particular pattern represents a Gordian Knot, a common motif in Roman mosiacs, and is made from small polished stone tesserae in white, re...RELAWM10395
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Short Land Pattern Flintlock Musket
Technology
Short Land Pattern flintlock (Brown Bess) musket. Lock marked Tower with 'crown' over GR. Swan neck cock. Number 55 stamped behind escutcheon plate on the stock wrist. Barrel marked WH.REL24670
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Studio portrait of Captain A M Greenfield, of the Ballarat Volunteer Rifle Regiment which was ...
Photograph
Maker: Bardwell's Royal Studio
Studio portrait of Captain A M Greenfield, of the Ballarat Volunteer Rifle Regiment which was formed on 26 July 1858. The necessity for a local militia in Victoria had been pressing since the rise of...P04921.001