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Maker: Lindsay, Norman Commonwealth Government of Australia Syd. Day, The Printer Ltd
Poster depicts a German ogre, his blood-covered hands and forearms clutching at a globe of the world. Blood pours over Europe, and slowly oozes towards other countries, demonstrating the threat of th...ARTV00078
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A call from the Dardanelles...
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Maker: Burton, H M The Defence Department of the Commonwealth S.T. Leigh & Co. Ltd
This recruiting poster employs the theme of Australians fighting at Gallipoli to encourage men to enlist. A tall strong digger wearing a slouch hat and rising sun badge stands astride the Narrows, one...ARTV05167
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Again and again
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Maker: Tunks, Bruce
Depicts an impressionistic and evocative landscape over which the names of deceased soldiers are written, along with a geographical cross section of a landscape. The work makes reference to the shapin...ART90642
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Before sunset buy a war loan bond
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Maker: Unknown Unknown John Sands Ltd
Australian First World War poster advertising War Loan bonds. It features a large Australian flag unfurled against a city in the distance. The outline of civic buildings is silhouetted black against ...ARTV05206
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Bomber
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Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web Gregory, E J
Depicts an Infantryman in uniform about to throw a Mills bomb grenade. Bronze cast 1936, Melbourne, from plaster cast 1921, Melbourne.ART09832
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Boys! Remember Nurse Cavell
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Maker: Reilly, Virgil State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Unknown
Australian First World War poster depicting a menacing German officer, arms folded, standing over the body Nurse Edith Cavell (a British nurse in executed by the Germans on suspicion of being a spy), ...ARTV08902
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Come!
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Maker: Unknown Unknown William Brooks & Co. Ltd
An Australian First World War recruitment poster . This design is a good example of a simple message combined with an straightforward image, which recruiting authorities believed characterised the mos...ARTV01122
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Digger brand. "Don't argue"
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Maker: Unknown Commonwealth Government of Australia Unknown
Considering that most pre-1914 Australian posters were produced for commercial reasons, it is not surprising that posters like Diggers' Brand appeared. This poster directly references a very well know...ARTV00995
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Enlist
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Maker: Unknown NSW Government W A Gullick, Government Printer
This is an unusually delicate and subtly printed Australian recruiting poster. However, the beauty of the composition and colours belies the violent and tragic subject matter. It features a raid by tw...ARTV01155
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"Get a move on old man!"
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Maker: Weston, Harry J NSW Government W A Gullick, Government Printer
Recruiting poster produced by the NSW government. The image of a wounded soldier set against a yellow background features in the top half. He is shielding his eyes with his left hand as if searching ...ARTV00142
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"Get into khaki" We are doing our bit
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Maker: Burton, H M Unknown W A Gullick, Government Printer
Australian Army First World War recruitment poster. Encourages the viewer to enlist and help those already fighting. In the foreground on the left of the poster is an Australian soldier facing the vie...ARTV00152
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HMS Renown, Sydney Harbour
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
HMS Renown, Sydney Harbour shows the ship anchored in the Athol Bight having brought the Prince of Wales to Australia. It was painted from the North Shore and shows the Domain, Elizabeth Bay and Garde...ART14910
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It is nice in the surf, but what about the men in the trenches?
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Maker: Souter, David Henry Win the War League William Brooks & Co. Ltd
An Australian First World War recruitment poster issued by the Win the War League. It depicts a young man enjoying himself in the surf, but the text printed over the image reminds the target audience ...ARTV00141
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Must it come to this?
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Maker: Pike, B E VAP Service Unknown
The title is integrated with the composition and placed across the top and upper right, in red. All are framed within an orange border image: a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II standing over a globe wi...ARTV06030
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Opfertag in Bayern (Day of sacrifice in Bavaria)
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Maker: Unknown [S.L. : S.N.], 1916 (MUNCHEN : O. CONSEE) 'O Cons?e, Munchen' lower right
sword, globe, patriotism; poster with globe of the world behind sword from the handle of which an olive branch is growing, advertising a 'day of sacrifice' inARTV06641
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Over the top
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Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web Bowles, Leslie
Depicts an Infantryman, wearing a uniform and tin helmet, in the act of climbing out of a trench to attack across No Man's Land, during the First World War.ART09833
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Send them all Snapshots from home...
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Maker: Pegram, Frederick Young Men's Christian Association Unknown
Australian First World War poster issued by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) to promote the Snapshots - from - Home League of Australia. The Snapshots - from - Home League was established ...ARTV05498
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Sportsman's recruiting day
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Maker: Weston, Harry J Unknown William Brooks & Co. Ltd
Australian First World War recruitment poster advertising a 'Sportsman's Recruiting Day' Friday 27 July 1917. It features an image of a man donning his soldier's uniform on the left side of the poster...ARTV06114
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The cry of the mothers
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Maker: Watkins, John Samuel Unknown W A Gullick, Government Printer
Australian First World War recruitment poster referring to widely reported atrocities committed by Germans against Belgians in late 1914. A grieving mother is depicted with her arms raised, face etc...ARTV03508
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The man behind the man behind the gun
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Maker: Unknown Commonwealth Government of Australia Mullett, Albert J
Australian First World War poster highlighting the importance of munitions workers to the war effort. The image is divided into two by the title text in red. On the left is a scene from a munitions fa...ARTV00859