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All the fine young men: In the middle of 1990 as Saddam and Bush rattled their sabres...
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Maker: Evans, Roslyn
A collage-like image of two baby photographs and a photograph of two young men overlayed with sections of text derived from newspapers and the artist's own thoughts about war and politics. The border ...ART29767.006
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Bring the frigates home
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Maker: Unknown Bring the Frigates Home Coalition
A protest poster campaigning against the First Gulf War (1990-91). The poster reads 'Bring the Frigates Home, No Gulf War, Rally March Town Hall Square, Sat 22 Sept 10am’.ARTV09079
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Collateral damage
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Maker: Evans, Roslyn
Depicts images of children's faces alternating with images of weapons of war, such as bombs and missiles. The work comments on the fact that civilians and children hurt by war were referred to as 'col...ART90133
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Figure and portrait in city square, Najaf
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
An Na'jaf; city square with large portrait of the i leader, Saddam Hussein, on buildingART29752.037
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Flag for a New World Order
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Maker: Evans, Roslyn
Depicts an image of the United States flag superimposed over rows of skulls, rather than stars. Referring to the involvement of the United States in the First Gulf War (1990-91) , Evans' work critici...ART90132
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Fountainhead
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel Gittoes, George Noel Studio One: Print making workshop
The right of the work features New York skyscraper architecture, including the Empire State Building. A scene from Baghdad is on the left side, with the watertower being the main feature. The sky abov...ART29719
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Game - Play - January 17 - 2.44 am - 1991: (I)mplements of destruction
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Maker: Sheerer, Doug
Part two of seven comprising one work of art. Sculpture consisting of seven parts (wooden boxes) comprising one work of art, which comments on the round-the-clock bombing of Baghdad during the First G...ART90244.002
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Game - Play - January 17 - 2.44 am - 1991: (S)tealth
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Maker: Sheerer, Doug
Sculpture consisting of seven parts (wooden boxes) comprising one work of art, which comments on the round-the-clock bombing of Baghdad during the First Gulf War (1990-91). A printmaker and sculptor, ...ART90244.001
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Gulf
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Maker: Watson, Judy
Depicts three oil wells burning in a flat Kuwait landscape, filling the horizon with smoke. Anne Gray notes of this work; 'Judy Watson provided an environmental perspective on the [First] Gulf War. He...ART29731
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HMAS Brisbane departing HMAS Stirling, WA, 20/11/90, for the Gulf
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Maker: Norton, Lynne
Depicts the ship, HMAS Brisbane, a RAN destroyer, preparing to leave the wharf at shore station HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, on way to the Middle East, following the beginning of the First Gulf W...ART29487
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HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide at HMAS Stirling, WA, prior to departure for the Gulf, 22/8/90
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Maker: Norton, Lynne
Depicts the ships HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide at HMAS Stirling, Cockburn Sound, in Western Australia. The ships are two RAN guided missile frigates, alongside the wharf at shore station HMAS Stirlin...ART29484
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HMAS Sydney and HMAS Brisbane at HMAS Stirling WA, 19/11/90 enroute to the Gulf
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Maker: Norton, Lynne
Depicts two vessels, HMAS Sydney and HMAS Brisbane, a guided missile frigate and a destroyer , alongside the wharf at shore station HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, on their way to the Middle East ,...ART29486
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HMAS Sydney refuelling at HMAS Stirling, WA, 19/11/90 enroute to the Gulf
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Maker: Norton, Lynne
Depicts the ship HMAS Sydney , a RAN guided missile frigate, alongside the wharf at shore station HMAS Stirling, on its way to the Middle East at the beginning of the First Gulf War. An unidentified R...ART29485
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HMAS Westralia berthing at Fremantle harbour, 9th June 1991
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Maker: Norton, Lynne
Depicts the RAN supply ship, HMAS Westralia, berthing at Fremantle harbour in Western Australia on return from the Persian Gulf after the First Gulf War. Lynne Norton is the daughter of Second World W...ART29705
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Hounds
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel Studio One: Print making workshop
Three dogs tearing apart an oil covered seabird. Gittoes wrote of this work: 'Hounds refers to the old symbol the dogs of war. The combatants in this conflict, symbolised by the dogs, are not tearing ...ART29720
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Inside the shelter, Amiriyah
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Air raid shelter with a hole in roof from direct hit, at Azamiyah in Baghdad.ART29752.020
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International day of protest
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Maker: Unknown Bring the Frigates Home Coalition
A protest poster campaigning against the First Gulf War (1990-91). The poster advertises an 'International Day of Protest, Bring the Frigates Home, No Gulf War, Sat. 20th October 10.30am at the US Con...ARTV09080
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Jets and suburbia, Basrah
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Portrait of a screaming man's face. His mouth is wide open, and he has his hand to his chin. Bomb damaged buildings surround him, with black smoke emerging from the wreckage. The man depicted is mo...ART29752.049
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Karbala had the stench of awful happenings
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Many people lying of the floor of a building, presumably dead. A ghost-like figure emerges from the bodies, indicating the awful stench. A man, possibly a soldier stands in the doorway of the buildi...ART29752.029
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March for the time is running out
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Maker: Ratnam-Keese, Enid
Depicts a large number of refugees walking in rows below a black triangular tent. The work is a personal response to the First Gulf War (1990-91), as seen in newspapers, magazines and the daily news o...ART90163
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Missile Harry (The Gulf War)
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Maker: Sibley, Andrew John
Depicts a man in uniform wearing a cap standing and holding a missile in his arms. Below the image are the words 'Fold "Missile Harry" here' with dashes marking where to cut. The work is intended to r...ART29621
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Mother and child
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel Studio One: Print making workshop
A woman cradling a child on the shoreline, while bent rods surround her, the ghost of a dog leaps over her and United Nations ships sail in the Gulf . Gittoes wrote of this image: 'One of the most hea...ART29721
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Najaf (Iraq), June 1991
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
This work is Kevin Connor's response to what he saw in the aftermath of the Gulf War in Iraq in 1991. Above the remains of charred corpses on a trolley, two imaginary dark figures float ominously in t...ART29726
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Night raid, Bagdad
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Maker: Faulkner, Patrick
Depicts the silhouette of a US F16 fighter-interceptor aircraft superimposed on a map marked with various directional symbols . Above this is a silhouetted night skyline with weapons, explosions and ...ART90170
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No Gulf War
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Maker: Unknown Bring the Frigates Home Coalition Unknown
A protest poster campaigning against the First Gulf War (1990-91). Produced by the 'Bring the Frigates Home Coalition' it advertises a rally and march, proclaiming 'No Gulf War' and urging people to ...ARTV09078
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Off to the Gulf
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Maker: Hawkes, Gay
This is one of a series of works called 'Rushing off to the Gulf', it deals with Australia's willingness to support greater powers in their conflicts. 'Off to the Gulf' reflects the impetuous and thri...ART41011
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Oil slick
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Maker: Gittoes, George Noel Studio One: Print making workshop
A seabird covered in oil, with burning oil rigs in the background. Gittoes wrote: 'This image was a response to the television footage of the environmental damage when Iraq allowed oil to spill into t...ART29722
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Refugees walking in the desert on a starry night
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Refugees walking in the desert under a star filled sky.ART29752.056
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Saddam Hussein on a rhinoceros
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Maker: Hawkes, Gay
This is one of a series of works by the sculptor Gay Hawkes, called 'Rushing off to the Gulf', dealing with Australia's willingness to support greater powers in their conflicts. It depicts 'Saddam Hus...ART41010
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Study for "News" - 1991
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Maker: Senbergs, Jan
Depicts the silhouette of a cameraman on the right filming a contorted mass made up of a city, buildings and various machinery parts. Senbergs' work comments not only on the encroachment of machines o...ART90374
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Study for the painting 'Na'jaf, Iraq, June, 1991'
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Sketches and working drawings for later painting. Sheet of studies has one half-page drawing and five smaller drawings in lower half of page depicting various scenes from war such as destroyed buildi...ART29752.033
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The chemist
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Upper body and face of a man in the right foreground. Buildings, some with heavy damage, occupy the rest of the image. The man is a Chemist whose shop and home were opposite the bombed Ministry of J...ART29752.008
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The deserter, Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A deserter surrounded by cars and people in a busy street in Baghdad. The artist's notes describes the setting as 'a hot evening near the hotel'.ART29752.009