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The Somme Valley near Corbie
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Streeton has taken a position above the Somme Valley near Corbie, France, which provided the best view of an area heavily fought over by Australians in 1918. In April the Germans had advanced until th...ART03497
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The village, I think, is Ribemont
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Depicts a scene of the village of Ribemont with a view of the village showing damage to buildings, and a notice in the foreground warning of the presence of gas in the village. This drawing was likel...ART09927
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The Wassah, Cairo
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a city street with shops and awnings, various figures, and a donkey and a cart. The street is part of the Wassah, the 'red light' district of Cairo, and the scene of several riots in 1915 wher...ART02755
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Tiberias
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a landscape of fields with stone walls in front of a town with a mosque and white flat-topped buildings. Lake Tiberias (the Sea of Gallilee) and hills are seen in the background. Tiberias, on ...ART02822
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Toma
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts a view of part of Toma, with jungle and banana plants in the foreground and a homestead on the top of a hill in the background. The Governor and German administration moved here from 6 August...ART03631
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Town crier at Coisy
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts soldiers of the 5th Division AIF and civilians in a street in the village of Coisy, listening to the town crier in a donkey cart, proclaiming latest war news. Albert Henry Fullwood was born in...ART02463
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Training in the desert, Mena
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
After the men of the 1st Division, AIF, landed in Egypt in December 1914 they were given a period of training around Mena to prepare them for active service. The desert training was exceptionally inte...ART03607
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Transport in the mud
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
A soldier and horse walking through the mud and debris of the Somme.ART02156
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[Tree landscape]; verso: Street in Amiens from Cathedral
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Maker: Longstaff, Will
Right view of the double page pencil drawing of landscape dominated by trees. Verso: A street scene in Amiens looking from the cathedral to the village of Amiens. From the artist's sketchbook covering...ART19796.011
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Troops arriving at Anzac Camp
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Maker: Rae, Iso
1st Australian Imperial Force Camp. Australian troops marching into `Anzac Camp' at the Etaples Army Base Camp. The building in the foreground is the YMCA Gordon Hut.ART19601
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Tunnel, Bellicourt
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Double leaf sketch of Bellicourt Tunnel, likely to be a preliminary sketch for the large painting ART12437 'Bellicourt tunnel'. By September 1918, allied forces had pushed the Germans back to the Hin...ART93175.010
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Turkish buildings by the wadi, at Magdhaba
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Maker: Lambert, George
Lambert painted this watercolour in mid March 1918 when he visited Magdhaba. Using the available shade at midday, George Lambert painted this from the hospital window opposite the Turkish buildings. T...ART02792
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Unloading shell cases, Glisy Dump; verso:[Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux]
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Maker: Longstaff, Will
A sketch showing men unloading shell cases from waggons at the Glisy Dump. Verso: the left hand panel of a panorama sketch for 'Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux'. This shows some dugouts set in the sid...ART19796.004
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verso: [Farm building]
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Sketch of a damaged farm building with a rake leaning on the building to the left of the image. Purchased with the assistance of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Acc...ART93173.004
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View from I 24 a 24 in Bazincourt Wood
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Maker: Howie, Laurence
Landscape of low grasses at Bazincourt Wood, France. The towns of Mont St Quentin and Halle seen at right distance. The drawing covers two pages of a sketchbook.ART93090.027
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View from my window, Kensington
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
A view across the rooftops of Kensington, London. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009ART93958
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View of Peronne from Citadel
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Maker: Howie, Laurence
Watercolour of the view from Peronne of the Citadel.ART93069
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Villers-Bretonneux 1982
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Maker: Unknown
Views of the town including its buildings, memorials, military cemetery and fields.F10308
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Villers-Bretonneux, crucifix corner
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch of Crucifix corner at Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France, with the landscape devastated due to war damage. The son of artist Frederick McCubbin, Louis McCubbin was born in Melbourne ...ART13318
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Villers-Bretonneux from Bussy
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Watercolour sketch depicting a view of Villers-Bretonneux from a field near Bussy, with trench and soldiers training. In the distance smoke is rising from the bombardments at Villers-Bretonneux. Alber...ART50104
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Villers-Bretonneux road
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting a Villers-Bretonneux road populated with trucks, vehicles and civilians. The skyline has images of at least three planes overhead. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th B...ART03063
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[Villers Bretonneux]; verso: Moor at Villers Bretonneux
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Maker: Longstaff, Will
Right view of a double page pencil sketch of the town of Villers Bretonneux. Verso: expanded left view sketch of the town of Villers Bretonneux. From the artist's sketchbook covering the campaign on t...ART19796.008
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[Villers Bretonneux]; verso [Villers Bretonneux]
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Maker: Longstaff, Will
Right view of a double page pencil sketch of the town of Villers Bretonneux. Verso: expanded left view sketch of the town of Villers Bretonneux. From the artist's sketchbook covering the campaign on t...ART19796.007
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[Villers Bretonneux]; verso [Villers Bretonneux]
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Maker: Longstaff, Will
View of the town of Villers Bretonneux. Verso: expanded left view sketch of the town of Villers Bretonneux. From the artist's sketchbook covering the campaign on the Western Front during July - Novemb...ART19796.006
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Ville-sur-Ancre
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Watercolour sketch depicting a view of the village of Ville-sur-Ancre, with scars of trenches on hillside behind. Frederick Leist was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Sydney Art S...ART02904
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Vlamertinghe Church
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Watercolour sketch depicting the Vlamertinghe church, the road through Vlamertinghe to Ypres with military lorries and bicycles. The village of Vlamertinghe is 1 mile (1 1/2 Kilometres) west of where ...ART02883
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Wady Hanein, Jewish colony country
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Maker: Lambert, George
Jewish colonies, sponsored by wealthy Jewish families such as the Rothschilds, were made up mainly of emigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe. Harassed by both Arabs and Turks, they welcomed the Brit...ART02700
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Waterfront at Rabaul
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts and number of buildings, including Government House, and the waterfront at Rabaul, New Guinea. This painting is one of a number of the commissioned works Bryant produced for Australian War Rec...ART03625
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Waterfront at Rabaul
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
View of part of the waterfront at Rabaul showing the New Guinea Company's large store on the right, used as barracks by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF).ART03634
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Well-bred white donkey
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a profile of a white donkey facing to the left of the image, wearing a halter, and held by an Arab youth (wallad) wearing a long yellow jellaba and a cap. The youth and donkey cast a dark sha...ART02686
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West Mudros rest camp, Lemnos
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Maker: Lambert, George
This work was painted during Lambert's visit to Gallipoli in 1919 with the Australian Historical Mission, when the sea journey from Taranto was broken at Lemnos. The Mission travelled from Malta to t...ART02823
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Where I am billeted
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
A drawing of a farmhouse and trees, with a cloudy sky in the distance. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009ART93970
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Will you fight now or wait for this
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Maker: Lindsay, Norman Commonwealth Government of Australia W E Smith Ltd
Australian First World War recruitment poster. This poster was part of the First World War Australian Government Recruiting Kit. Depicts a group of armed German soldiers threatening a young man pinned...ARTV00079
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Windmill near Messines
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch of a windmill and farmhouse near Messines, Belgium. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Field Ambulance. ...ART03049
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Wireless station, Bita Paka, Rabaul
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
Painting of the wireless station at Bita Paka in Rabaul. There is a large signals tower rising up over civilian buildings, the scene set against lush green hillside and cloudscape.ART03639
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Woman drawing water
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Maker: Chapman, Evelyn
Depicts bomb-damaged buildings in a small French town. A woman is seen drawing water at centre left. In 1918, only a few weeks after the end of the First World War, Chapman travelled to the battlefiel...ART19591
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Women of Queensland!: Send a man today to fight for you
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Maker: Watkins, John Samuel Queensland Recruiting Committee A J Cumming, Government Printer
An excellent example of Australian First World War recruiting posters aimed at women, rather than potential soldiers. The poster suggests that in helping defeat Germany, women were really defending t...ARTV05632
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YMCA Walton hut
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Maker: Rae, Iso
Depicts the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Walton hut. The building was provided and run by the YMCA as an amenities centre for soldiers in the Etaples Army Base Camp, Etaples, France.ART19598
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Ypres Canal
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Comines Canal, runs to the west of the city, meeting the Canal de l'Yser on the northern edge of the city; Third Battle of, Salient, Western Front.ART02885
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Ypres from the ramparts
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Depicts a view of war damaged Ypres, including the ruins of the Cloth Hall and houses in the town. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War...ART02316