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After the Zeppelin raids
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Depicts a German family scene, consisting of a mother, holding baby and scolding a small child for disturbing her father. The father, a German officer in uniform, slumps wearily in a chair. The captio...ART02294
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Alexander von Kluck
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Maker: Kraus, A Gladenbeck & Sohn
A sculpture of the German General, Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (1846-1934), dressed in military uniform , resting on his sword. During the First World War, von Kluck commanded the German Fir...ART09209
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Another batch of Jerrys
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Maker: Kearton, William Frederick
Depicts a mounted Australian officer with his bayonet rifle stowed on his back, leading a groupe of German soldiers, or 'Jerrys', along a road lined with bomb damaged trees. Standing on the side of th...ART02656.004
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Another scrap of paper
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Depicts the figure of the god of war, Mars, standing astride a canon and tearing up a piece of paper, a deed, on which is written ; 'I, Mars, God of War, hereby do promise To Germany Kingship over all...ART02424
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Any orders today, Sire?
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Depicts the dejected figure of Kaiser Wilhelm II slumped in his throne, overshadowed by the huge winged figure of Death, a skeleton wearing a robe and carrying a sickle. This cartoon was published in ...ART02418
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Brie cemetery
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Maker: King, W L
Depicts Brie Cemetery showing crucifix knocked down by the Germans in order to break into the vault beneath. The two French graves shown are the only part of Brie left standing above ground. Wilfred ...ART02669
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Columbia to the Kaiser
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Depicts the figures of a Prussian officer, holding his helmet in his left hand, the female figure of Columbia, standing holding a sword and the female figure of Humanity, with wings and a small child ...ART02417
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Couillet, Belgium [German guns]
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Maker: Gould, Charles Henry
Depicts German guns found on one of the trains at Couillet. Abandoned by the Germans, many were in perfect working order. In the foreground is depicted a 5.9 howitzer.ART02562.012
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Dawn encounter, 4 squadron, AFC and Richthofen's circus, France, March 1918
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Maker: Hammond, David
Depicts Sopwith Camels of No. 4 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC) in combat with German scouts over the Western Front. The Camels, led by Captain A. H. Cobby, encoutered von Richthofen's (the 'Re...ART17171
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Die Gefahr des Bolschewismus (The danger of Bolshevism)
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Maker: Feld, Rudi Unknown Unknown
German post First World War anti-Bolshevik propaganda poster showing a black-clothed skeleton with a sword held in its teeth. The poster provides a context for the social, cultural, emotional and pol...ARTV09320
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Die Heimat ist in Gefahr! [The fatherland is in danger!]
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Maker: Hachez, Karl The Prussian Government Association for Eastern Relief, Berlin (Paul Grasnick)
German poster depicting an ogre-like figure (symbolising Bolshevism) driving people in the east from their homes. The title of this poster transaltes as "The fatherland is in danger" and further text ...ARTV00116
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Digger gets the 'time' of his life
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Maker: Blaiberg, Gladys
A Digger stands swinging a fob watch in front of a German soldier. The German soldier stands cowering as though hypnotised, with his knees bent, mouth open and arms in the air. In the foreground are a...ART40955
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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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Dynamite diplomatists
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Depicts the figures of two German men; one is standing and crying, while the other is seated at a desk, writing in a ledger book. The text accompanying this cartoon, when it was published in the 'Dail...ART02415
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Finis
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Maker: Barker, David Crothers
Depicts the proud and somewhat haughty figures of the German Kaiser and wife walking past a group of Arabic people who view them with disdain. The caption text to appear underneath this cartoon was to...ART94678
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Flagstaff, Herbertshohe
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Maker: Bryant, Charles
Depicts the flagstaff at Herbertshohe in New Britain, where the German flag was pulled down and the British flag hoisted in September 1914. Charles Bryant (1883-1937) began art lessons at the age of 9...ART03622
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[German head]
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Maker: White, Cyril Leyshon
Right profile of a German soldier's face wearing a German helmet.ART19827
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German Judge and Jury
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Depicts an elderly judge, wearing his robes and wig, with the German eagle resting on his head, holding a piece of crumpled paper in his hand. Opposite him is a German officer, in uniform, wearing a h...ART02289
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German Officer and lady with menu card
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Depicts a caricature of a German officer in his dress uniform, wearing a sash and leather boots standing behind a plump and buxom woman, who looks affectionately up towards him, while holding menu car...ART11658
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German prisoners at Dickebusch
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Depicts the head and shoulders portraits of three German prisoners, one wearing glasses, held at Dickebusch. Now called Dikkebus, Dickebusch is a village and commune in the province of West Flanders, ...ART02405
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German prisoners, Wytschaete Road
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Depicts three German prisoners in retreat, two wearing helmets, walking along Wytschaete Road, through a war damaged landscape. This work relates to the July 31st Offensive. Behind them on the road ar...ART02288.001
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German prisoners, Wytschaete road
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Depicts three German prisoners in retreat, two wearing helmets, walking along Wytschaete Road , through a war damaged landscape. This work relates to the July 31st Offensive. Behind them on the road a...ART02288.014
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German prisoners, Wytschaete Road
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Depicts three German prisoners in retreat, two wearing helmets, walking along Wytschaete Road, through a war damaged landscape. This work relates to the July 31st Offensive. Behind them on the road ar...ART02288.002
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German prisoners, Wytschaete Road
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Depicts three German prisoners in retreat, two wearing helmets, walking along Wytschaete Road , through a war damaged landscape. This work relates to the July 31st Offensive. Behind them on the road a...ART02288.005
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German prisoners, Wytschaete Road
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Depicts three German prisoners in retreat, two wearing helmets, walking along Wytschaete Road , through a war damaged landscape. This work relates to the July 31st Offensive. Behind them on the road a...ART02288.003
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German prisoners, Wytschaete Road
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Depicts three German prisoners in retreat, two wearing helmets, walking along Wytschaete Road, through a war damaged landscape. This work relates to the July 31st Offensive. Behind them on the road ar...ART02288.006
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German sniper's post
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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth
A German sniper's post has been constructed up a tree. It is accessibly by a wooden ladder that curves around the tree. At the base of the tree are several crosses marking graves. Donated through...ART93964
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German soldier
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Maker: Unknown
Chalk carving of a German soldier in chalk from Somme. This piece was made by a soldier of the 53rd Battalion in 1918.ART16067
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[German soldier seated on bench]
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a young German soldier in uniform, seated on a wooden bench, his hand resting on the edge of a table. The drawing was originally donated to the War Memorial in December 1947 by Mr. Robert Emi...ART92190
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Germany's change of tune
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Cartoon of two men, a German and a Prussian, standing in front of blackboards, with a row of young children in the front. The Prussian man on the left wears a coat with a wide sash across his front an...ART02223
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"His first taube" "Immediate actions"
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a Digger running towards a tent with the sign "14 AGH" being bombarded by German bi-planes. This work was used as a illustration in the 'Kia-ora Coo-ee'. The Kia Ora Coo-ee' was written and il...ART94691
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Internal trouble
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Maker: Cross, Stan
An ugly barbarous figure wearing a German spiked helmet (Pickelhaube) and representing the Central Powers, sits at an elegant dinner table. He is clearly in pain and clutching his stomach. From the fe...ART19726
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Kaiser
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Depicts a caricature of a German officer; he is depicted as overweight, and wearing a helmet and greatcoat. The painting was 'removed from a house used as an Officer's Mess in Henencourt 1917', north ...ART00766
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La borne (The milestone)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
Depicts a dead German soldier, lying face down, on the ground, next to a mile post on which is inscribed 'Verdun 11 kil'. Behind this German soldier are piles of bodies of other dead soldiers. The Ge...ART50154
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Lohnungstag [Pay day]
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Maker: Grosz, George
Street scene in Germany with a man carrying a scythe in the foreground and people begging in the background. This print is from a series of nine from Grosz's portfolio 'I'm Schatten [In the shadows]'.ART94380
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L'Orgie [The orgy]
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Maker: Vallotton, Felix
Depicts an image exposing the horrors of war. At far right the corpse of a woman lies partially naked, a dagger plunged in her breast. She has evidently been raped by the group of carousing German off...ART93015
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Mind Asserting its almost Devilish Superiority over Matter [JJW Herbertson]
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Maker: Dyson, William Henry
Dyson depicts a captured German soldier being interrogated by JJW Herbertson, an English captain that was attached to General Birdwood's 1st ANZAC Corps Intelligence. This cartoon was created by Dyson...ART93273
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Mt Savage
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
A scene during a battle in the Somme area in France of soldiers in trenches surrendering.ART16640
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Not titled [Destroyed German gun]
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Maker: Meldrum, J B
Australian troops inspect an overturned and destroyed German fifteen inch gun near Chuignolles.ART03192.023
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Not titled [Dustcover for scrapbook]
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Dust cover for scrapbook, depicting a war artist (likely to be Benson himself) in uniform sitting in what looks like a bomb crater, sketching a wounded or dead soldier on a drawing pad. The nonchalanc...ART03605.001
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Not titled [German Army: a chalk carving]
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Maker: Unknown
Chalk carving created by a member of the German army. The object is incised with the image of an ironcross and the initials and surnames of German soldiers. The piece was found in a dugout near the ...ART00745
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Not titled [German monument at Bapaume Cemetery]
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Maker: Meldrum, J B
A large stone monument dated 1914, bearing a long inscription in German, stands in the Bapaume Cemetery. It has three steps leading up and one large sphere on top. It is surrounded by trees.ART03192.012
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Peronne barracks
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Maker: King, W L
The front of the wrecked Cavalry Barracks, in which Corps troops were situated, when it was used as a depot of the Australian Ordnance Corps. Prior to the Australians capturing Peronne, the Germans us...ART02668
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Pour decourager les autres (To discourage the others)
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Depicts an image of the German Kaiser, in full uniform, wearing a helmet and cape, reading the London newspaper 'The Daily Epileptic'. Standing next to him is a gentleman wearing a manacle holding a b...ART02244
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Prisoners of war
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Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web Bowles, Leslie Gregory, E J
Depicts three German First World War soldiers, prisoners of war, one wearing forage cap and carrying gas mask, others wearing protective (tin) helmets, central one carrying bread bag for field rations...ART12592
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Prisonniers allemands, Yser 1916 (German prisoners, Yser 1916), from the series 'Impressions de guerre'
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Maker: Brouet, Auguste
This print is from the series of etchings 'Impressions de guerre'. Two French soldiers escort five weary German prisoners. They move across the image from left to right. Geffroy suggests that this wor...ART92895
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Prosit Neujahr (Happy New Year)
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Maker: Beckmann, Max Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co.
Plate 17 from the portfolio of 19 drypoints and etchings, 'Gesichter [Faces]', published by Marees Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co, Munich, 1919. The image is a mocking view of a celebration among old co...ART50283
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recto: blank; verso: Poursuite [au front]
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Maker: Rowe, E
recto: blank; verso: left half of a double leaf composition. See also ART19885.002. Full title is 'Pursuite au front' over the two leaves, which translates as 'Chase at the front'.ART19885.001
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recto: The Gospel of Frightfulness, The Voice of Germany, Hurry! verso: The peril to Australia
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Maker: Lindsay, Norman Director- General of Recruiting Chas. Steele and Co.
This pamphlet is one of five Norman Lindsay leaflets issued by the Director-General of Recruiting in conjunction with the final federal recruiting campaign of October 1918. A fold out poster-pamphlet ...ARTV00037
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Reply to America
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Depicts a figure of a German officer, in uniform wearing a helmet and cape, looking behind him at a fire burning, while in front of him is a man holding a bill with the words 'Reply to America' on it....ART19824