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Americans and Aborigines
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Originally titled 'Australian Aborigines rescue shot down U.S. pilot'. Depicts the story associated with the rescue of 2nd Lieutenant Clarence T Johnson, 7th Squadron, 49th Fighter group, USA. On 15 J...ART22732
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A nurse with Aboriginal patients at 107 General Hospital.
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A nurse with Aboriginal patients at 107 General Hospital.088736
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A squad of Melville Island men who are enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy for special duties ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
A squad of Melville Island men who are enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy for special duties such as locating stranded airmen and Japanese mines. Identified right to left: Brownie Wilson; Harry One...062344
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AT AN UNDISCLOSED OPERATIONAL BASE: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES USE A CAMEL TEAM TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES ...
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Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)
AT AN UNDISCLOSED OPERATIONAL BASE: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES USE A CAMEL TEAM TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES TO AN ALLIED OUTPOST. DARWIN 24. (NEGATIVE BY MCNEIL).013024
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AT AN UNDISCLOSED OPERATIONAL BASE: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES USE A CAMEL TEAM TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES ...
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Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)
AT AN UNDISCLOSED OPERATIONAL BASE: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES USE A CAMEL TEAM TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES TO AN ALLIED OUTPOST. DARWIN 24. (NEGATIVE BY MCNEIL).013025
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Be Deadly - NORFORCE
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to be attached to the Army's Regional Surveillance Force North West Mobile Unit (NORFORCE). 'I saw the recruits as ev...ART94987
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Bombing of Darwin
Art
Maker: Wanji Wanji, Susan
Susan Wanji Wanji lives and works on Melville Island which is the largest of the two Tiwi Islands. The experience of the planes and the bombings on the island came as a shock to many Tiwi Islanders an...AWM2016.251.1
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Captain S. Baldwin, Naval Officer in Charge, HMAS Melville, Headquarters Royal Australian Navy, ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
Captain S. Baldwin, Naval Officer in Charge, HMAS Melville, Headquarters Royal Australian Navy, inspecting a squad of Melville Island men. Identified left to right: Harry One; Holder Adams; Ali Miller...062385
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[coconuts]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
A scene with coconuts and notes about colouring. The verso of this page features a study of several standing figures at an Aboriginal mission station. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP'...ART96481
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Dacy, Desmond Joseph (Sergeant, b.1917 - d.1986)
Private Record
Maker: Dacy, Desmond Joseph
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Sergeant Desmond Joseph Dacy, Borneo and Australia, 1942-1945. The collection consists of two diaries written by Sergeant Dacy covering the peri...PR00782
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DARWIN AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-09-16. T. SULLIVAN (1), REFEREES THE MATCH ...
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DARWIN AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-09-16. T. SULLIVAN (1), REFEREES THE MATCH BETWEEN D. SOMERFIELD, AN ABORIGINE (2), AND B. LATTIMER, RAAF (3), WINNER OF THE EVENT ON POINTS. THE COMBI...080506
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DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-04. STREET SCENE IN THE NEW ARMY SETTLEMENT FOR ...
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DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-04. STREET SCENE IN THE NEW ARMY SETTLEMENT FOR NATIVES AT ALLAN HILL, WHICH IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF HEADQUARTERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY FORCE.068025
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DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-04. STREET SCENE IN THE NEW ARMY SETTLEMENT FOR ...
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DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-04. STREET SCENE IN THE NEW ARMY SETTLEMENT FOR NATIVES AT DOLLERY AVENUE WHICH IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF HEADQUARTERS, NORTHERN TERRITORY FORCE.068026
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DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1945-04-06. CAPTAIN S.C. PERRY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S ...
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DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1945-04-06. CAPTAIN S.C. PERRY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE, ASSISTANT CONTROLLER, NORTHERN TERRITORY, 107 GENERAL HOSPITAL, (5), WITH NATIVE MEMBERS OF THE AUS...088326
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Darwin, NT. 1944-09-08. A section of the march during a parade of transportation units inspected ...
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Maker: Buchanan, Robert John
Darwin, NT. 1944-09-08. A section of the march during a parade of transportation units inspected by NX2 Major General A S Allen CB CBE DSO VD, General Officer Commanding, Northern Territory Force. Abo...080051
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Darwin, NT. c. 1942-2. NX181049 Driver Vincent Ravese, 23rd Australian Reserve Motor Transport ...
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Darwin, NT. c. 1942-2. NX181049 Driver Vincent Ravese, 23rd Australian Reserve Motor Transport Company, lying on a beach beneath a tree. A group of aborigines are playing cards behind him.P02235.001
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DARWIN, NT. 1943-12-22. MELVILLE ISLAND NATIVE MEMBERS OF HMAS MELVILLE, HEADQUARTERS, RAN, ...
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Maker: Martin, William Donald
DARWIN, NT. 1943-12-22. MELVILLE ISLAND NATIVE MEMBERS OF HMAS MELVILLE, HEADQUARTERS, RAN, PRESENT ARMS WHILE A JUNIOR MEMBER OF THEIR UNIT, "CYPRIAN", HAULS UP THE WHITE ENSIGN.062386
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-04-06. PRIVATE H. GURLING NURSING ORDERLY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S ...
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-04-06. PRIVATE H. GURLING NURSING ORDERLY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE, AT 107 GENERAL HOSPITAL PERFORMING AN EAR TOILET FOR CHARLIE, A MELVILLE ISLANDER. ARMY HOSPITALS I...088310
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DARWIN, NT. 1944-08-21. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ...
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DARWIN, NT. 1944-08-21. VX1 GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), TALKS WITH TOMMY (2), AN ABORIGINAL PATIENT IN THE 129TH ...068677
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HYLAND BAY, NT. 1978-10-22. REMAINS OF LOCKHEED HUDSON OF NO 2 SQUADRON RAAF PHOTOGRAPHED ...
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Maker: RAAF Photographer
HYLAND BAY, NT. 1978-10-22. REMAINS OF LOCKHEED HUDSON OF NO 2 SQUADRON RAAF PHOTOGRAPHED 1978-10. BY AIRCRAFT FROM RAAF DARWIN. THE AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A. SHARPE DFC WAS ONE OF A FO...P00448.147
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Mary Lee interviewed by Bill Brassell about her experiences in the Northern Territory during the Second World War
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Maker: Lee, Mary Brassell, Bill Australian War Memorial Jack, Andrew
Mary Lee, a former resident of the Northern Territory during WW2, discusses her experiences. Topics of the interview include Mary's early life in Darwin, her family and education, her experiences du...S01643
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MELVILLE ISLAND, NT. 1942-02-27. THE JAPANESE MITSUBISHI ZERO B11-1 AIRCRAFT FROM THE JAPANESE ...
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MELVILLE ISLAND, NT. 1942-02-27. THE JAPANESE MITSUBISHI ZERO B11-1 AIRCRAFT FROM THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER HIRYUI FLOWN BY SERGEANT HAJIME TOYOSHIMA, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST A...P00022.002
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NEWCASTLE WATERS, 1919. IN THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTIAL FLIGHT ACROSS AUSTRALIA, CAPT H N WRIGLEY ...
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NEWCASTLE WATERS, 1919. IN THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTIAL FLIGHT ACROSS AUSTRALIA, CAPT H N WRIGLEY AND SGT A W MURPHY, FLYING A B.E.2E AIRCRAFT (NO. B6183), LEFT POINT COOK, VIC ON 16 NOVEMBER 1919 AND ...A04689
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1943-07-06. NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. JAPANESE AIR RAID ON DARWIN ON 20 JUNE 1943. WHEN 22 ENEMY PLANES ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
1943-07-06. NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. JAPANESE AIR RAID ON DARWIN ON 20 JUNE 1943. WHEN 22 ENEMY PLANES WERE EITHER DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. PICTURE SHOWS MEMBERS OF AN RAAF SALVAGE PARTY WITH PORTION OF A CRA...015192
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NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. JAPANESE AIR RAID ON DARWIN ON 20 JUNE 1943, WHEN 22 ENEMY PLANES WERE EITHER ...
Photograph
Maker: Dick, Harold George
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. JAPANESE AIR RAID ON DARWIN ON 20 JUNE 1943, WHEN 22 ENEMY PLANES WERE EITHER DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. PICTURE SHOWS MEMBERS OF AN RAAF SALVAGE PARTY WITH PORTION OF A CRASHED JAPANES...015191
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POWELL CREEK, NT. C.1941-01. LIEUTENANT N. C. SUTCLIFFE, ADJUTANT, DARWIN OVERLAND MAINTENANCE ...
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POWELL CREEK, NT. C.1941-01. LIEUTENANT N. C. SUTCLIFFE, ADJUTANT, DARWIN OVERLAND MAINTENANCE FORCE WITH TWO ABORIGINAL CHILDREN AT BLACK'S CAMP, OVERLAND TELEGRAPH REPEATER STATION. (DONOR: MAJOR C....134687
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Private Samuel Fejo
Art
Maker: Murch, Arthur
D11 Gunner Samuel Fejo, CMF, Fixed Defences Citizen Military Forces, Darwin. Fejo was a gunner in the Fixed Defences Citizen Military Forces, Darwin, and an Aboriginal member of the Militia. While in ...ART29415
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RAAF personnel and a local aborigine examine the wreckage of a Japanese 'Betty' bomber aircraft ...
Photograph
Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)
RAAF personnel and a local aborigine examine the wreckage of a Japanese 'Betty' bomber aircraft shot down by Squadron Leader R C Cresswell during a night attack on 23 November 1942 on Darwin. The bodi...013713
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SALVATION ARMY, DARWIN. 1946-02-26. CAPTAIN R. S. MILLER, OF THE SALVATION ARMY IS STILL ON THE ...
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SALVATION ARMY, DARWIN. 1946-02-26. CAPTAIN R. S. MILLER, OF THE SALVATION ARMY IS STILL ON THE JOB SERVING ICED DRINKS TO THE TROOPS AND OTHERS. HIS CUSTOMER IS A FULL BLOODED ABORIGINE JOHNNY.125924
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[seated figure]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
An Aboriginal figure seated crosslegged. The verso of this page features a study of several seated figures. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartooni...ART96480
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Sergeant (Sgt) Hajime Toyoshima (left), the first Japanese prisoner of war (POW). Toyoshima was ...
Photograph
Sergeant (Sgt) Hajime Toyoshima (left), the first Japanese prisoner of war (POW). Toyoshima was the pilot of a Japanese Mitsubishi Zero aircraft, A6M2 Zero, tail code BII-124, from the Japanese imperi...P00022.001
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[several studies of seated and standing figures]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Several studies of seated and standing figures at an Aboriginal mission station. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and illustrator. During ...ART96482
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Sketchbook containing 80 pages of drawings, compositions and notes relating to NORFORCE
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
Official war artist Tony Albert used this sketchbook while on deployment to NORFORCE in May 2012. It is a small black leather sketchbook of 40 leaves, 80 pages and 65 compositions. It is secured with ...ART94986
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[study of crowd and vehicle]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
A study of a utility vehicle filled with figures, and a group of figures standing in the vehicles path. The verso of this page presents several studies of figures at an Aboriginal mission station. Wil...ART96479
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[study of two standing figures]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
A study of two standing figures. The verso of this page features various sectioned notes and lists. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP' was a war correspondent, painter, cartoonist and i...ART96483
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Two Aboriginal people demonstrate the art of spear throwing to an Australian soldier.
Photograph
Maker: McNeil, John Earl (Earl)
Two Aboriginal people demonstrate the art of spear throwing to an Australian soldier.012851
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Two Aborigines at an Australian Army camp prepare to assist the butcher.
Photograph
Maker: McNeill, D
Two Aborigines at an Australian Army camp prepare to assist the butcher.012788
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TWO NORTHERN TERRITORY ABORIGINES ON WALKABOUT IN 1941. THE TWO WERE ENCOUNTERED BY NO 4 MILITARY ...
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TWO NORTHERN TERRITORY ABORIGINES ON WALKABOUT IN 1941. THE TWO WERE ENCOUNTERED BY NO 4 MILITARY DISTRICT, AMF, SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND PMG LINESMEN ENGAGED ON UPDATING THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH LINE BETW...045014
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World War II supply ships, Darwin
Art
Maker: Wainburranga, Paddy Fordham
Two supply ships at Darwin being unloaded by Aboriginal labourers during the Second World War. Before the completion of the Stuart and Barkly Highways, the bulk of supplies needed for the troops arriv...ART29718