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Aussie and the 'tab'
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper sculpture of an Australian soldier with a young English woman walking together. To the side an English soldier sitting on a bench with an open book that reads 'A girl would leave an angel for an...ART40937
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Aussies on work of national importance
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper sculpture of a crowd of Australian soldiers playing two-up (a gambling game using two coins).ART40966
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Barracks
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper sculpture of a group of Australian infantrymen in barracks engaged in various activities. Some soldiers are washing their clothes, others are playing a game of cards, some are reading the paper...ART40945
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Digger thinks our climate a wash-out
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
An Australian soldier lounges in a chair and another sits on a stool waiting for the rain to clear outside. On the wall is a framed view of Sydney harbour and a wall calendar dated Friday 21 June. A r...ART40946
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'Digger' you tink you vas going to the dressing station
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
An Australian soldier leads a crying German prisoner of war over to a puddle of water. He seems about to push him in. Gladys Blaiberg didn't work at the Australian Forces canteen until 1917. While it...ART40957
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Dinkum diggers' doleful dials depict disgusted disappointment after walking 5 kilos
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
A group of five Australian soldiers have walked five kilometres in blizzard like conditions, only to arrive at their destination - a tavern - to be prohibited from finding respite there. The artist ma...ART40959
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'Gladys' is these bairns mother
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper statue of the artist with miniature versions of the "Somme hero", the "Dinkum digger" and the "Flapper's idol", all characters from Blaiberg's various paper sculptures. The caption makes clever ...ART40938
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His English bride
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Miniature paper statue of Australian soldier with English bride.ART40963
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How it ended
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Blaiberg depicts the same figures from 'How it began' (ART40941) now getting married. The Australian soldier is dressed in his military uniform and the bride is wearing a white wedding dress, a veil a...ART40962
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Just a 'plane' guy
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Paper sculpture of an Australian airman peeling potatoes. He is surrounded by five large sacks filled with potatoes and has a melancholy look on his face. Underneath are the words: "Just a 'plane' g...ART40936
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Shikker
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
A paper sculpture of two drunk Australian soldiers, one carrying an Australian flag. The title, 'Shikker', is Yiddish for drunk.ART40964
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Some fight...and some don't
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
Depicts an Australian soldier wearing an armband for the Military Police and a slouch hat, leaning casually against a bomb damaged wall. Another Australian soldier approaches, wounded, dishevelled and...ART40939
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The better 'ole or over the top at Dartford midnight
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
A play on the trenches term 'over the top', this sculpture shows a group of Australian soldiers on leave in England struggling to climb over a high fence to access a better drinking "hole" that is app...ART40965
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The flapper's idol
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
A soldier standing smoking a cigarette. One hand is in his pocket and the other is held above his head holding a piece of paper. He is wearing a slouch hat with a feather in it. Gladys Blaiberg didn't...ART40952
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The last straw
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
An English farmer stands dressed in a white smock with a floppy hat on his head, holding a pipe in one hand and a walking stick behind his back with the other. An Australian digger has been caught on...ART40949
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The optimist
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
An Australian soldier confidently knocks on the door of the medical officer, optimistic about the prospects of the forthcoming appointment. The companion piece to this work, 'The Pessimist', shows th...ART40942
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The Pessimist
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
An Australian officer leans against the door of a medical officer, dejected and downcast about the results from his appointment.ART40943
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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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To the girls I've left behind
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
A drunk Australian soldier sits on a bench, proposing a toast. He holds a glass aloft in his right hand and next to him on the bench is a bottle of wine and a packet of cigarettes. Gladys Blaiberg di...ART40951
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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