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Colour note near Mena (1st expedition)
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Maker: Lambert, George
Early in 1915 the Australian forces had camped on the outskirts of Cairo, on the sandy flats at Mena, near the pyramids. Lambert was interested in the local colour and light and in this work concentr...ART02848
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Commandant's Quarters, Herbertshohe
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts a house at Herbertshoehe, New Britain, surrounded by jungle, which was used as headquarters by the Commandant of the garrison stationed there, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary F...ART03617
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Coney
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Maker: [Sanilborn]
Depicted here is a road leading past Coney; the road winds alongside the outer buildings of the town. In the foreground and small of scale are silhouettes of soldiers, identifiable by the rifles swung...AWM2017.162.9
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Contours, south of France
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a landscape with farm buildings and trees foreground, steep cliffs in the background. George Lambert travelled by train through France and Italy en route to Palestine in 1918. He made a visual...ART02728
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Cook house
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
The cook house for the 1st Division Train, was situated in a wrecked building, with a tent at the left. Three soldiers are sitting near a thatched house peeling vegetablesART03323
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Corbie Abbey
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Depicts the ruins of Corbie Abbey church and the village buildings of Corbie, with rubble everywhere. Corbie village is on the Somme and was close to the fighting, with AIF soldiers passing through so...ART03648
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Corbie Abbey showing effects of shellfire
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Between April and May 1918, the town of Corbie was heavily shelled by frequent intervals and the church was badly damaged by many direct hits. A Brigade Headquarters and reserve troops were billeted i...ART03370
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Corbie from above, 12th Infantry Brigade HQ
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Depicts a view of the landscape, river and buildings near Corbie, France, during the First World War. George Courtney Benson (1886-1960) was a painter and muralist. He studied at the National Gallery ...ART03596
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Corbie, morning of August 8th 1918
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
A plane filies over the village of Corbie on the Western Front. Clouds of smoke billow from explosions or shell Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from No...ART03121
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Corps Headquarters grooms' mess in Chateau Heilly
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Depicts a number of soldiers and officers seated, resting and talking at the grooms' and other ranks' mess in the Chateau at Heilly, France, the Headquarters of 1 Anzac Corps. Will Dyson was the first...ART02409
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Courtyard at Bertangles
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts a view of the courtyard at Bertangles, where AIF Corps headquarters were located, with despatch riders on motorcycles arriving and leaving, and soldiers, chickens and horses throughout the cou...ART02472
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Courtyard at St Gratien
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts the courtyard of the chateau at St Gratien, which was the headquarters of 5th Division AIF. In the courtyard are several soldiers, horses and roaming chickens. Albert Henry Fullwood was born...ART02502
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Courtyard, Chateau St Gratien
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Watercolour and charcoal sketch depicting the courtyard of Chateau St Gratien being used as the headquarters for 5th Division AIF. The courtyard contains soldiers lounging in the sunshine. Frederick L...ART02892
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Damascus Incident
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Depicts the 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade that was ordered to cross the gorge and cut the only other available escape route for the Turkish troops from Damascus, the road to Homs. The direct rout...ART03647
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Daylight raid, France
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Depicted here is a raiding party incident during occupation of Strazeele Front by Australian 1st Division at Strazeele, Lys Area, Western Front. Winter was well and truly over when April arrived in ...ART03384
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Dickebusch Church
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts the ruins of a church at Dickebusch in Belgium. The figure of a man, possibly a soldier, can be seen walking past in front of the damaged building. Fred Leist was appointed an official war art...ART02914
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Die National Versammlung ist der Grundstein der Deutschen Sozialistischen Republik (The National Assembly is the cornerstone of the German Socialist Republic)
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Maker: Pechstein, Max
This political poster comments on the ordinary man depicted with a trowl on hand laying a foundation stone against a beflagged background. The relates 'The National Assembly, the foundation stone of t...ARTV06661
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Dingbat Alley, Peronne
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Division Ammunition Column headquarters and the houses in the street, with some ruined. In Australian military slang 'dingbat' is a derogatory...ART50115
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Dingbat Alley, Peronne
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Division Ammunition Column headquarters and the houses on the street with some ruined. 'Dingbat' is Australian slang for idiot or simpleton. ...ART12641
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Distant view, Ham-sur-Heure
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Watercolour and charcoal sketch depicting a view of the liberated village of Ham-sur-Heure, where the housing for the Australian Imperial Force Corps headquarters was located. The image depicts a road...ART02458
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Distant view of Amiens
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Watercolour sketch of a windmill in the countryside with a view of Amiens and its cathedral in the distance. Albert Henry Fullwood was born in Birmingham, England in March 1863. In 1883 he sailed to ...ART50007
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Doll's House, Villers Bretonneux
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Depicts a French farmhouse, near Villers Betonneux. Its quaint roof and window seem to have been the inspiration for the title 'Doll's House'. There is some sign of war damage.ART03605.051.001
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[Donkey's Anatomy]; verso [Villers Bretonneux water point]
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Maker: Longstaff, Will
Four pencil drawings of a donkey and anatomical parts of the donkey including the head, the back half and the forelegs and chest in profile. Verso: A pencil drawing of the town of Villers Bretonneux. ...ART19796.009
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Doorway in Judea
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Maker: Barker, David Crothers
Depicts a section of wall in Judea, with a large open doorway slightly above street level, another smaller doorway is slightly below street level, and a window above the lower door. A civilian is abou...ART00083
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[Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux]; verso: [Covered trucks parked]
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Maker: Longstaff, Will
The right hand panel of a panorama sketch for 'Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux'. This painting depicts dugouts set in the side of earth works, a corrugated iron lean-to and two soldiers. Verso: three ...ART19796.005
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Dump at Sercus
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts two General Service wagons, drawn by horses, being loaded with boxes and crates outside church; Third Battle of Ypres, Western Front.ART02897
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Early morning activities in camp
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Soldiers washing up and getting ready for the day in an encampment in the Somme area.ART02165
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2e Emprunt de la Defense Nationale (2nd National Defense Loan)
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Maker: HANSI (Waltz), Jean Jaques P.J.Gallais & Cie., Edit.
church, soldier; poster depicting a village with flags on church and houses, veterans mingling with civilians, and a soldier in the foreground, seeking subscriptions for the second national defence lo...ARTV06249
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El Arish
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Maker: Lambert, George
El Arish was a large village on the coastal route across the Sinai desert about forty-five miles south west of Gaza. In 1916 El Arish had been under Turkish rule for two years,and was captured by the ...ART02677
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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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[Entrance gate]
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Sketch of a damaged entrance gate with a tent and soldiers outside. Purchased with the assistance of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account 2007ART93173.009
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Entrance to citadel, Peronne
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts a view of the damaged entrance to the Citadel at Peronne, with an Albion truck parked at the entrance. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of the Heidelberg School in Melbour...ART03516
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Entrance to courtyard, Bertangles
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts the entrance to the courtyard at Bertangles where Australian Corps headquarters was situated. there is a sentry on guard at the gate, two soldiers conversing to the left of the gate and a sold...ART02476
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Feed the guns with war bonds and help to bring them down
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Maker: National War Savings Committee National War Savings Committee Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
British First World War poster promoting the sale of War Bonds. It features three crossed searchlight beams over a silhouetted London city skyline, and flak from anti-aircraft fire. Two small yellow b...ARTV00936
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Ferry Post, Ismailia
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Maker: Lambert, George
Depicts a landscape showing a bay with a dhow and feluccas, and various buildings and tents on the hills on the other side of the bay. There is a camel in the left foreground. Ferry Post was the Camel...ART02715
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Feuilleres, section of bridge
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts a bridge at Feuilleres across the Somme, destroyed by retreating German forces, and repaired next morning by the 5th Field Company AIF. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of...ART03522
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First bombardment of Hazebrouch
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Depicts a soldier carrying an officer's valise on his shoulders as he walks along a road way in a French village. He walks along with women and children also carrying their belongings and bags. The wo...ART02291
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France. c. 1918. French soldiers visiting their home village after it was recaptured from the ...
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Maker: Unknown Canadian Official Photographer
France. c. 1918. French soldiers visiting their home village after it was recaptured from the Germans. Civilians who had remained in the village inform the soldiers of the arduous times experienced du...H07073
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From behind Corbie
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts a view of the Somme Valley from behind Corbie, looking towards Villers-Bretonneux. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of the Heidelberg School in Melbourne in the late nine...ART03494
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From our window, Nieuport
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
View looking out from a window, showing a building been blown up. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009ART93943
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Gas alert
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Maker: Streeton, Arthur
Depicts a gas alert in a village at the Western Front with wrecked buildings, a stretcher bearer carrying a soldier on a stretcher moving out of view at right of the work, and another soldier standing...ART03482
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Gates of chateau, Corps Headquarters, Bertangles
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts the gateway and chateau at Bertangles, which was used as Corps headquarters. There is a sentry on guard duty. Albert Henry Fullwood was born in Birmingham, England in March 1863. In 1883 he sa...ART02487
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Gaza, from Anzac Ridge
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Maker: Lambert, George
Throughout 1917, Australians were involved in three major battles for the town of Gaza on the coast of the Mediterranean. These were 26 March, 17 April and 2-7 November 1917. Lambert visited the site ...ART02701
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General's stone cottages: winter quarters, General Headquarters, Imbros
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Maker: Moore-Jones, Horace
Depicts the stone cottages on Imbros that were used as the winter quarters of General Birdwood, with tents in the right and background. Horace Jones was born c.1868 at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, E...ART03251
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German observation balloon shot down near Corbie
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting a German observation balloon being shot down near the village of Corbie. Corbie is situated near the Somme battlefield and was the stage for the third battle for the Somme...ART03076
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German prisoners working
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Maker: Rae, Iso
1st Australian Imperial Force; group of German prisoners of war repairing pavement on railway platform, `Anzac Camp' in background, prisoners wearing white shirts with numbers and PG (Prisoners, Germa...ART50285
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Gibralter (A German strong post at Pozieres)
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Depicts a war grave and ruins of a German strong point known as ''Gibralter", finally taken by Australians on the Western Front in 1918. Dyson was on the Pozieres battlefields in April 1917 and August...ART02306
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Glisy
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting war damage at the village of Glisy at Western Front. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Field ...ART03075
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Gossips, Belgium
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Depicts a Belgian street scene with a woman standing in a doorway carrying a large stack of hay, talking with another woman sitting in a cart drawn by a medium-sized dog. Despite obviously being a wor...ART03605.030.002