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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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Abandoned gun pit outside Flers
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Depicts an abandoned gun pit with sandbags, barbed wire and a wooden infrastructure, outside Flers about January 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during...ART09920
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Abandoned trench, the Somme
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Depicts an abondoned trench on the Somme. The trench is in the foreground, with smashed trees on the edge and there are Nissan huts and tents in the background. The portion of the trench depicted is p...ART09912
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Abbeville
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts tents at the 3rd Australian General Hospital with impressionist figures of soldiers and nurses in front of the tents. In the foreground is a roadway and median strip with flowers. Streeton pai...ART92139
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Abdul
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Maker: Colles, Ted
This work was used to illustrate a poem entitled 'Abdul' in the 'ANZAC Book'. The 'ANZAC Book' was published in 1916 from illustrations, poems, stories and other creative works from the soldiers on th...ART00046
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A bend in the road
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
A horse and cart are being lead by two Australian soldiers alongside a chalkpit. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009ART93975
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A bird's eye view
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Maker: Barker, David Crothers
The words "A bird's eye view" are superimposed over an image of clouds and a bi-plane. This work was used as a illustration in the 'Kia-ora Coo-ee'. The image was drawn on the back of a postcard desig...ART94783
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Able Seaman Richard Horne
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Maker: Wheeler, Charles
Depicts a uniformed portrait Able Seaman Richard Horne, was typical of the men of the Royal Australian Navy, who served in every ocean of the world during 1914-18. Horne participated in the operation...ART03559
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A Bombardier
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Sketch on a leaf torn from a small sketchpad of a head study of a bombardier from the 2nd Indian Mountain Battery.ART03605.014.003
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A cabbie
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Sketch on a leaf torn from a small sketchpad, depicting an Egyptian 'cabbie', Alexandria, standing alongside his transport - a horse. To the right is another sketch of a figure depicted from behind. I...ART03605.010.001
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A Cairo Street
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Sketch of a Cairo street. Birds fly overhead as groups of people mill in the street below. A figure in the foreground carries a large sack on the shoulder.ART03605.009.001
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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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A camouflage track, Wytschaete Ridge
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
A train track has been covered by camouflage netting. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009ART93947
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Accroche Wood
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Drawing depicting the war damage to the Accroche Wood at the Western Front, France. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Fie...ART03086
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Achi Baba in distance and Gaba Tepe in middle distance
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Maker: Moore-Jones, Horace
Depicts the hills surrounding ANZAC Cove and the harbour, showing Achi Baba in the distance and Gaba Tepe in the middle distance, with encampments, soldiers, longboats and food supplies visible. Achi ...ART19604
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A church on the Lebanon Hills
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Maker: Barker, David Crothers
Etching showing a church on Lebanon Hill with a dome in the background.ART00075
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A Coptic priest
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Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a Coptic priest, wearing a flat cap, dressed in a cloak, with a full beard and moustache. This is one of a series of drawings Benson did entitled 'Some Egyptia...ART03605.007.001
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A crash in the desert
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a desert landscape, with a small aeroplane on the ground and figure to the right of the plane. Aircraft such as this, possibly a BE12 or RE8, were used at the beginning of the war for reconnai...ART02684
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100,000 Additional war savers wanted by christmas...
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Maker: Falls, Charles Buckles Scottish War Savings Committee McLagan & Cumming
Poster from the First World War issued by the Scottish War Savings Committee designed to encourage an extra 100, 000 members of the public to invest in war savings by Christmas. The image dominating t...ARTV06009
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Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the war graves at Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux with a number of crosses visible, including the memorials to AIF battalions in the foreground. The painter, teacher and etcher John Good...ART02524
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Aden
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Depicts a vessel in set against a mountainous landscape and blue sky at Aden, in the Suez Canal.ART03605.005.002
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A digger
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Maker: Bell, George
Depicts a portrait of an Australian 'Digger', wearing a slouch hat , and is possibly a portrait of the soldier Private Stewart.ART03591
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A Digger [Portrait of Tom Herket]
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Maker: Nicholas, Hilda Rix
Hilda Rix Nicholas returned to Australia in 1918 and took a studio in Mosman, Sydney in 1919. She made drawings of soldiers who had returned from the war and were yet to find employment. During this ...ART96812
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Administrator's office, Rabaul
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts the administration bungalow at Rabaul, New Guinea, which was used during the early part of the British military occupation. This painting is one of a number of the commissioned works Bryant pr...ART03628
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Admiral Sir George Patey
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, KCMG, KCVO, was the first Commander of Australian Fleet, from his arrival in 1913 until 1915. In his flagship, the battle-cruiser HMAS Australia, he was in charge of n...ART09097
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A "Drop" Scene
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Maker: Betteridge, Allan Rupert
Airman holding a bomb over the head of a small Turk. This illustration is assocaited with the Kia Ora Coo-ee' magazine. The illustration appeared in The Kia-ora Cooee, July, 1918, p.5. It was written ...ART94730
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Advanced dressing station at Smith's Farm, near Corbie
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts the dressing station of the 6th Australian Field Ambulance in May 1918 amongst farm buildings belonging to the Smith family. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of the Heidel...ART16250
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Advanced dressing station, Middle Harbour
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts the advanced dressing station at Middle Harbour, with a wall protected by sandbags and hessian camouflage screening above, set into slope of hill. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the ...ART03505
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Advance dressing station, 2nd Field Ambulance
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Depicts the advance dressing station of the Australian Forces 2nd Field Ambulance, with a motor ambulance in the background. In the foreground there is a table with medical supplies arranged on it, a ...ART19763
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[Advertisement for Krupp's non-explosive shrapnel]
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Maker: Hewkley, F Paget
The small sketches of needle and nail and bullets were used as illustrations to advertise 'Krupp's non-explosive shrapnel' on page 167 of 'The ANZAC Book'. This drawing was first published in 'The ...ART00037.003
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[Advertisement for Spiller, Booser & Co.]
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Maker: Hewkley, F Paget
The champagne bottle was used to illustrate' Spiller and Booser Co.' as part of the advertising section of 'The ANZAC Book'. This drawing was first published in 'The ANZAC Book' in 1916. The ANZAC b...ART00037.004
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AE 2 in the Sea of Marmora, April 1915
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
This painting shows the Australian submarine 'AE2' on patrol in the Sea of Marmora. The 'AE2' was the first allied submarine to penetrate the Narrows of the Dardanelles. The artist has painted 'AE2' ...ART09016
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A farewell, 7th Canadian, Etaples
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Maker: Rae, Iso
Pastel sketch of two light horsemen bidding a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse farewell at night fall. The troopers and nurse are standing in front of buildings of the 7th Canadian Hospital (forme...ART93021
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A favourite charger with groom, Anzac Mounted Division
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts Private George Shelton Lambert, a groom with 11th Light Horse Regiment, holding a troop horse. Despite the artist's title, 'A favourite charger' [i.e. officer's horse], this horse wears the di...ART02837
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after David Barker (1888-1946), Australia in Palestine, c.1919
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Maker: Barker, David Crothers
This is a rare advertising poster for the book "Australia in Palestine, The official book of the A.I.F in Egypt and Palestine” that detailed the lives and experiences of Australian troops in the Middl...AWM2016.74.1
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After parade on a hot day
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
A group of naked bathers are pictured cooling off in a lake. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009ART93942
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After the battle, 1918
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
Unidentified location showing the aftermath of a battle. Soldiers lay deceased with the rifles bayonneted into the ground next to them. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts P...ART93957
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After the Zeppelin raids
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Depicts a German family scene, consisting of a mother, holding baby and scolding a small child for disturbing her father. The father, a German officer in uniform, slumps wearily in a chair. The captio...ART02294
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A funk-hole near Bullecourt
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Depicts two soldiers sheltering in a funk hole at night. They are seated and reading by candlelight. The entrance to the hole is draped with a piece of cloth. Will Dyson was the first Australian offic...ART02283.001
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A Gurkha
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Small head study in profile of a Gurkha. A Gurkha was a person from the northern parts of India who served in the British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas.ART03605.020.001
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A Gyppo village January 12, 1915
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Depicts a landscape and an Egyptian village, including adobe brick houses and palm trees in the middle distance, and a figure riding a donkey in the foreground. While the word 'gyppos' has been used a...ART03605.008.001
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Aid post near Doyle's Post
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Depicts a soldier walking along a snow covered road, towards the damaged remains of a post, with a gate and road sign nearby. The image was created by Dyson on the 'morning of second Messines offensiv...ART02330
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AIF aerodrome near Bertangles
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts the AIF aerodrome near Bertangles, with field observation binoculars (tripod legs) in right foreground, several soldiers and pilots of the No 3 Squadron, aircraft in the aerodrome and sky (the...ART02477
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[AIF Medic in France]
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Maker: Boyd, Penleigh
Australian AIF medic in full First World War uniform stands with his hands in his pockets.ART94478
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Air Raid: no safe shelter available
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
British First World War poster printed with civil defence information in black text regarding accommodation availability in an air raid shelters.ARTV00793
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Air-Vice Marshal Adrian Cole
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts Air Vice Marshal Adrian Lindley Trevor Cole (1895-1966) CBE, DSO, MC, DFC. Air Vice Marshal Cole enlisted on 28 January 1916 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orsova on 16 March 1916 as ...ART50241
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Air Vice-Marshal Frank McNamara
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Maker: Honisett, Ray
Depicts a montage portrait of First World War and Second World War No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corp and No. 5 Flying Training School; Air Vice Marshal Frank Hubert McNamara, VC, CBE, RAAF. The wo...ART29094
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Air Vice-Marshal George Jones
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Air Vice Marshal (later Air Marshal Sir) George Jones, CBE, DFC, Chief of Air Staff Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).ART25968
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Air Vice Marshal Henry Neilson Wrigley
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Maker: Tribe, Barbara
Bronze bust of Air Vice Marshal Henry Neilson Wrigley. Cast in 1986 from plaster made in 1943. Air Vice Marshal Henry Neilson Wrigley CBE DFC AFC (Service no. 6) was born in Collingwood, Victoria on ...ART40971
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Albert
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Maker: Mansard, Paul
The Albert Cathedral, also known as Basilique d'Albert or Basilique Notre-Dame de Brebières in the town of Albert, Somme. The Albert Cathedral was described as being quite beautiful, with a tower much...AWM2018.617.1