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Greece
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray
Figure of soldier fully equipped and wearing winter uniform, marching across Greece in winter.ART26412
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Gurnet
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a gurnet. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason, Mr W. Swan, carved this piece based on a plaster m...ART93041
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Gurnet
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Gurnet and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Australia. Ea...AWM2016.60.13
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Gurnet gargoyle
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a gurnet. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940 ...ART90765
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Head study, dark brown
Art
Maker: Dowie, John Stuart
Portrait bust of unidentified male figure. This work appears to be a plaster study for the final portrait bust of Corporal Robinson.ART90020
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His English bride
Art
Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Miniature paper statue of Australian soldier with English bride.ART40963
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Indigenous female head boss
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This architectural ‘boss’ or carved stone figure depicts the face of an Aboriginal woman. Along with its male counterpart, it is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial....AWM2016.60.1
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Indigenous male head boss
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This architectural ‘boss’ or carved stone figure depicts the face of an Aboriginal man. Along with its female counterpart, it is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial....AWM2016.60.14
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Infantry
Art
Maker: Hoff, Rayner
Study for part of the interior frieze of the Anzac Memorial Building, Hyde Park, Sydney. Three uniformed figures representing Artillery, Infantry and Light horse in the foreground; naked marching men ...ART50288
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Japanese engineer
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph
Bronze head of a Japanese Engineer Officer, POW, Rabaul.ART40922
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Japanese prisoner of war
Art
Maker: Wilkinson, Jeffery
Head of a Japanese prisoner of war at Finschhafen, New Guinea. The identity of the prisoner of war is unknown. Wilkinson later recalled that he created the sculpture while on leave, using clay he had ...ART30278
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Japanese prisoner of war
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph
Depicts a head and shoulders profile portrait of a Japanese prisoner of war, wearing a cap. The drawing is a study for a sculpture.ART29159
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Jungle fighter
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray Gregory, E J
A bronze sculpture of a jungle fighter, this is a copy of the Drouin War Memorial, by Ray Ewers.ART26925
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Kangaroo
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a kangaroo. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model create...ART93052
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Kangaroo
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Kangaroo and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Australia. ...AWM2016.60.2
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Kangaroo gargoyle
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the face of a kangaroo. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940...ART90754
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Kneeling Figure
Art
Maker: Duldig, Karl
Bronze sculpture depicting a ¾ posed female figure, kneeling on one knee. The work is part of a series of three sculptures, all of female figures, which Duldig originally carved in potatoes while an...AWM2016.94.2
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Koala
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a koala. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model created i...ART93064
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Koala
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Koala and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Australia. Eac...AWM2016.60.16
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Koala gargoyle
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a koala. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940 a...ART90767
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Kokoda trail (pattern)
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray
Figure of a soldier in uniform, stepping up with left leg. This sculpture was created as a souvenir for sale through the Australian War Memorial. There is a large scale version of this sculpture on ...ART90971
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Kookaburra
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a kookaburra. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model crea...ART93056
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Kookaburra
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Kookaburra and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Australia...AWM2016.60.24
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Kookaburra gargoyle
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a kookaburra. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1...ART90762
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Last man
Art
Maker: Somerville, Alan
This sculpture relates to the Vietnam War and shows a soldier laying on the ground, injured. This maquette was a submission for the National Vietnam Memorial competition, Canberra, 1989. This bronze...ART41014
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Lieutenant R. W. Sanderson
Art
Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon
Portrait of Lieutenant Roger Sanderson from the 2/10 Australian Infantry Battalion. A bronze edition was cast in 1986.ART26408
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Lieutenant R. W. Sanderson
Art
Maker: Dadswell, Lyndon Meridian Sculpture Founders
Portrait of Lieutenant Roger Sanderson from the 2/10 Australian Infantry Battalion. This bronze edition was cast in 1986, taken from the plaster edition created c.1940.ART40986
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Listening angel
Art
Maker: Perceval, John
'Listening angel' reflects on 'the Korean war and the post-atomic age' and was created in response to that conflict. It is part of a group of ceramic sculptures begun in 1957. Informed in part by an a...ART90099
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Location sketch for Simpson and his donkey
Art
Maker: Dabro, Ante
Location sketch for Simpson and his donkey, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.ART29061
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Louis McCubbin
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Perrin Sculpture Foundry Pty Ltd
This bronze cast of the head of Louis McCubbin was cast from an original plaster by William Leslie Bowles. In 1924, the two artists worked together with Wallace Anderson, and Charles Webb Gilbert on t...ART94001
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Male Aboriginal
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This carving depicts the face of an Aboriginal man. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940 and 1941 the...ART90753
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Maquette for Animals in war memorial
Art
Maker: Holland, Steven
Maquette for 'Animals in war memorial' [ART93929].ART94054
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Maquette for Geelong Grammar School war memorial
Art
Maker: Lambert, George
This is a small modeling clay study (maquette) for the final large scale bronze for the Geelong Grammar School war memorial. The work was commissioned by the Old Geelong Grammarians Association to co...ART40999
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Maquette for 'The Anzacs' [Desert Mounted Corps Memorial]
Art
Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web Gregory, E J
Light Horseman mounted on rearing horse, while NZ Mounted Rifleman is dismounting as his horse scrambles to its feet, created to commemorate the Australians and New Zealanders of the Desert Mounted Co...ART12593.001
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Memoir
Art
Maker: Macnamara, Shirley
Inspired by the commemorative events held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign, "Memoir" commemorates the service of Indigenous soldiers who fought overseas and were never recognise...ART96854
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Memory Jug - Afghanistan
Art
Maker: Duncan, Natalie
As part of being exhibited for the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize exhibition (2018), Duncan provided the following artist statement about her work: "Watching the boys go outside the wire for days ...AWM2018.1267.1
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Menin Gate lions
Art
Maker: Dubois
The Menin Gate Lions are one of the most well-known objects in the Memorial’s collection, flanking the main building’s entrance through which all visitors pass. They represent the ongoing friendship b...ART12510
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Messanger bird
Art
Maker: Puruntatameri, Patrick Freddy
Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri is a renowned Tiwi sculptor. He was born in 1973 on Melville Island, the larger of the two Tiwi islands, situated off the coast north of Darwin. As well as making art Patr...AWM2016.328.2
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Mirabad
Art
Maker: Johnston, Christopher
As part of being exhibited for the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize exhibition (2018), Johnston provided the following artist statement about his work: "Mirabad is a notorious and ancient river vall...AWM2018.1271.1.1
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Moon man
Art
Maker: Puruntatameri, Patrick Freddy
Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri is a renowned Tiwi sculptor. He was born in 1973 on Melville Island, the larger of the two Tiwi islands, situated off the coast north of Darwin. As well as making art Patr...AWM2016.328.1
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Mopoke
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a mopoke. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model created ...ART93046
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Mopoke
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Mopoke and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Australia. Ea...AWM2016.60.8
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Mopoke gargoyle
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a Mopoke. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940 ...ART90760
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mould for Bullecourt Digger
Art
Maker: Corlett, Peter
In August 1992 the Office of the Australian War graves commissioned Melbourne artist Peter Corlett to create a sculpture to commemorate the 10,000 Australians who were killed or wounded in the two bat...ART93141
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Mountain devil
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Mountain Devil and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Austr...AWM2016.60.23
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Mountain devil
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a mountain devil. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model ...ART93057
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Mountain devil gargoyle
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a mountain devil. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. ...ART90774
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Native girl
Art
Maker: Ewers, Raymond Boultwood Meridian Sculpture Founders
A head and shoulders portrait bust of a Papuan girl. This figure has also previously been referred to as "Diara".ART91652
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Native girl
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray
A head and shoulders portrait bust of a Papuan girl. This figure has also previously been referred to as "Diara".ART26418
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Native head
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph
Originally called 'Boy from Arawe'. The sculpture depicts the head of a member of the New Guinea Infantry Battalion, with the artist noting that he was from a district where the heads of children are ...ART26754
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Neighbourly Dissuader
Art
Maker: Farquhar-Still, Geoff
Missile shaped sculpture of corrugated iron, steel and rivets. The sculpture is intended to represent a nuclear arsenal that could be used on a domestic scale. Farquhar-Still's idea of creating a scul...ART93020
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not titled [clay figure from 'Coming World Remember Me' installation]
Art
Maker: Vanmechelen, Koen
This clay figure is one of 600,000 from participatory installation 'Coming World Remember Me'. "CWRM [Coming World Remember Me] wants to give a voice to all those who were silenced on the battlegrou...AWM2022.216.1
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Not titled [Display plinth for First prize entry in a competition for a design for an AWM outside Australia House]
Art
Maker: Paulin, George Henry
This is a wooden display plinth for the plaster maquette 'First prize entry in a competition for a design for an AWM outside Australia House'.ART90017.001
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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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not titled [sketch of a statue on a plinth]
Art
Maker: Bolton, Frederick Charles
Sketch of a figurative statue on a plinth. Frederick enlisted 5 January 1918 in Sydney, New South Wales. He was posted to the Field companies Engineers, 1st Draft Reinforcements, as a surveyor and dra...ART90377.017
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Old Bill
Art
Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper statue of an old Australian soldier. He carries a full kit including tin helmet, drink bottle, sleeping back and rifle. He has a scarf wrapped around his head and he smokes a pipe. Bruce Bairnsf...ART40940
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[On leave]
Art
Maker: Hall, Alan
Sketch of a man in front of a sculpture whilst on leave. The artist Alan Hall (1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second World War he se...ART93341
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On patrol, Vietnam
Art
Maker: Dowie, John Stuart Meridian Sculpture Founders
This bronze sculpture is of an Australian officer on patrol during the Vietnam War. He holds an automatic rifle in one hand and map in the other. The model for this sculpture was Lieutenant Donald Ray...ART40970
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Opossum
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of an opossum. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model create...ART93055
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Opossum
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of an Opossum and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Australia. ...AWM2016.60.25
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Opossum gargoyle
Art
Maker: Bowles, William Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the face of an opossum. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 194...ART93418
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Overall design for 'The Anzacs' [Desert Mounted Corps Memorial]
Art
Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web
In 1923, Charles Web Gilbert, with architects Stephenson & Meldrum, were awarded first prize for their winning design for the 'Monument to the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Forces who lai...ART12593
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Part of the reins from the statue on the breakwater at Port Said
Art
Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web
This is a small bronze fragment from the reins of the Desert Mounted Corps memorial. Designed by Charles Web Gilbert, it was worked on briefly by Paul Montford, before being completed by Sir Bertram ...ART90021
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Patriotism
Art
Maker: Montford, Paul Meridian Sculpture Founders
Paul Montford arrived in Australia from England in 1923 with a strong reputation as a sculptor. He had trained at the Royal Academy School as a scholarship holder, won numerous sculpture prizes, exhi...ART41009
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Patriotism
Art
Maker: Montford, Paul
The maquette for 'Patriotism' a granite buttress group of the Shrine of Remembrance. The maquette has a detachable statuette.ART41008
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Platypus
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a platypus. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model create...ART93063
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Platypus
Art
Maker: Traditional Restoration Company Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Platypus and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Australia. ...AWM2016.60.17
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Platypus gargoyle
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a platypus. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 194...ART90768
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Portrait of a soldier, Gunner J Wigley
Art
Maker: Ewers, Ray
Plaster bust of an Australian soldier, Gunner J Wigley.ART26410
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RAAF Fighter Pilot
Art
Maker: Mellon, Eleanor
Sculpture of unidentified pilot from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). This bust was brought to Australia by Miss Gretchen Green OBE, an American recreation worker who, during the Second World W...ART28125
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Rabaul and Montevideo Maru memorial
Art
Maker: Parrett, James Daniel
Memorial sculpture made to commemorate Australian civilians and servicemen who were killed in the defence of Rabaul and later in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru during the Second World War. The sea...ART94537
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Reclining angel
Art
Maker: Perceval, John Perceval, Joseph
Bronze cast of Reclining angel, on marble base. Of the ceramic angel sculptures by Perceval in the 1950s and 1960s, 'Reclining angel' was the only one to be cast in bronze.ART92777
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recto: [Exhibition flyer]; verso: [Ammunition dump and encampments]
Art
Maker: Streeton, Arthur
A sketch for an exhibition flyer of works by Arthur Streeton to be exhibited in 1925. The image is of bust sculpture of a woman with winged wreath. The verso is the left side of a sketch of an ammunit...ART93175.011
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Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Art
Maker: Williams, Diana
Diana Williams (b. 1958) is an Australian porcelain artist whose works have been exhibited internationally. This work is No. 29 of 30 works displayed in Williams' 'The High-Fired Series' exhibition at...AWM2021.689.1
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Robert Menzies
Art
Maker: Frith, John by the artist at the Bulletin foundry
Caricature head of Robert Menzies.ART40888
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Saddam Hussein on a rhinoceros
Art
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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Saint Cecilia
Art
Maker: Unknown
Head of Saint Cecilia, the Patront Saint of Music. The work was taken from the ruins of Amiens Cathedral. It was found by Captain James Florance and carried by him throughout 1914. The surface of t...ART19703
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Self Portrait
Art
Maker: Dawson, Nicholas
As part of being exhibited for the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize exhibition (2018), Dawson provided the following artist statement about his work: "I enjoy the process of forging, moving, and cre...AWM2018.1269.1
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Sentinel
Art
Maker: West, Vicki
'The "Sentinel" pays homage to past ancestors who fought to protect Lutruwita (Tasmania) and the present-day cultural warriors who continue to fight to protect our home' Vicki West, 2016 West's armou...AWM2016.542.1
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Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop
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Maker: Corlett, Peter Meridian Sculpture Founders
This sculpture of Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop (1907-1993) commemorates all Australian doctors and other medical staff who served Australian prisoners of war in the Asia Pacific region between 1939-1945....ART90407
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Study for 'Sacrifice'
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Maker: Hoff, Rayner
Head study for 'Sacrifice'; a preliminary work for the central figure inside the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park South, Sydney, the principal NSW State war memorial. Hoff's sculpture is the main focus of th...ART92622
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Swan
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a swan. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model created in...ART93060
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Swan
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Swan and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Australia. Each...AWM2016.60.20
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Swan gargoyle
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a swan. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940 an...ART90771
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Tasmanian devil
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Tasmanian devil. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model...ART93048
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Tasmanian devil
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Tasmanian Devil and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Aust...AWM2016.60.6
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Tasmanian Devil gargoyle
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a Tasmanian Devil. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. ...ART90758
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The call to duty: join the Army: for home and country
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Maker: after Edoardo Cammilli American Lithographic Company
First World War recruitment poster issued by the Recruiting Committee of the Mayor of New York's Committee on National Defence. It features a depiction of a bugler based on a sculpture by Italian arti...ARTV06147
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The price
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Maker: Somerville, Alan
This sculpture relates to the Vietnam War and shows a soldier holding a fellow soldier that is wounded and has slumped in his arms. This maquette was a submission for the National Vietnam Memorial co...ART41013
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The Work of Charles Bean 2
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Maker: Bailey, Jane Estelle
Bronze sculpture of Charles Bean’s Corona typewriter and open Gallipoli journal in oversized scale. Artist Jane Bailey states that, ‘The sculpture recreates a moment when Charles Bean might have paus...AWM2019.183.1
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They put him on a monument
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Plaster sculpture of a monument to the Australian lighthorseman. An Australian, in full military uniform, rides a horse holding aloft a sword in his right hand. Below him is the inscription 'Like a kn...ART40961
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Untitled (figure from Rabaul)
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Maker: Unknown
Tribal carving of figure with painted surface. The figure holds above above its head and has a snake wrapped arounds its body. It has two red seeds for eyes, a torso painted yellow and shoulders col...ART09334
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Vietnam memorial
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Maker: Howard, Ian
An artistic consideration of the subject of the Vietnam war and the public responses to it. The artist descibes it as quite figurative, even literal, particularly in terms of the Australian Army figur...ART92776
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When you're a long long way from home
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper sculpture of an Australian soldier sitting on a post, smoking a cigarette, his legs are crossed and he looks longingly into the distance. The post is inscribed 10,000 MILES. The soldier appears ...ART40953
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Wombat
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a wombat. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model created ...ART93051