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A day at the races
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Maker: Garvey, Joe Yimkin
Depicts a series of vignettes associated with race days during the Second World War, including viewing the race with binoculars, placing bets, claiming winnings, etc.ARTI03213
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"After years in uniform, dear, aren't feminine clothes divine! "
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Maker: Woolcott, Alfred Richard
Depicts two women standing in front of a fire place , one wears a suit, with a tie, while the other wears a jumper and long trousers. This is the drawing for the cartoon that appreared in 'Salt' , vo...ARTI01326
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A good time, an unguarded word, comrades lost, Hitler served
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Maker: Unknown Australian Government Unknown
This poster is an Australian adaptation of the English 'Careless talk costs lives' and the US Office of War Information's 'Loose lips sink ships' campaigns. The poster outlines the dangers of passing ...ARTV00372
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A good time, an unguarded word, comrades lost, Hitler served
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Maker: Unknown Australian Government Unknown
This poster is an Australian adaptation of the English 'Careless talk costs lives' and the US Office of War Information's 'Loose lips sink ships' campaigns. The poster outlines the dangers of passing ...ARTV01096
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Aircraftman I P Connelly
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders profile portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF.ART93458
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Aircraftman P Connelly
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman P Connelly, RAAF.ART93457
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Aircraftman R G Clifford
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Aircraftman Reginald Glendinning Clifford, RAAF, wearing a cap.ART93459
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Aircraft of the R.A.F. : Some famous types.
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Maker: Royal Australian Air Force [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
British Second World War recruitment poster depicting ten different types of Allied aircraft. The poster was one of a series of similar posters used for the identification of aircraft and features ima...ARTV01588
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Aircraft of the R.A.F. - Some famous types
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Maker: Royal Australian Air Force
British Second World War poster depicting ten different types of Allied aircraft. The poster was one of a series of similar posters used for the identification of aircraft and features images of the d...ARTV05208
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Air Support: Qantas Empire Airways
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Maker: Jardine, Walter Lacy Qantas W.M Brooks & Co. Ltd
Second World War propaganda poster designed for QANTAS by leading Australian commercial artist Walter Jardine. The image is a depiction of Australian soldiers and a Papua New Guinean in the valley of ...ARTV05158
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Air Vice Marshal Adrian Cole
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Maker: Dunstan, Granville
Adrian Lindley Trevor Cole (1895-1966) served during both world wars. During the First World War, he was posted to No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC). Cole was awarded the Military Cross fo...ART94053
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Always... when needed
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Maker: DEG Australian Red Cross Society
A Second World War Australian Red Cross Society (A.R.C.)Recruitment poster designed by DEG circa 1941 - 1945. One of a series of at least 3 posters (A.R.C Nos 66 - 68) which linked the slogan ' Alwa...ARTV05042
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A matter of life or death...
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Maker: Australian Red Cross Society [AUSTRALIA : AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, [N.D.] (S.L. : T & C)
Ausrtalian Red Cross Society poster, in pulp graphic style, urging people to donate blood. The poster depicts a doctor in the foreground staring to the audience, while in the background a woman and ma...ARTV05095
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"And, gentlemen, if capture by the enemy appears imminent..."
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Maker: Little, George
Depicts a short senior officer providing instructions to two taller soldiers in uniform wearing their kits during the Second World War , in relation to being captured by the enemy.ARTI03069
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"And then Blamey asks me around to help him plan his next big move"
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Maker: Fluke, Roy George Herbert
Depicts a soldier, seated on a fence, with his arm around his sweetheart. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with the Australian Army during the Second World War, enlisting in September 1942 at...ARTI03108
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Another victim of sabotalk
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Maker: Warner, Ralph Malcolm
Depicts a turbulant sea, into which a burning merchant ship sinks. Smoke billows from the bow of the vessel while the crew are escaping in a lifeboat. The caption and image warn of the consequences of...ARTV10121
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As dangerous as an enemy bomber - mosquitoes carrying dengue fever...
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Maker: NSW Department of Public Health
A wartime example of Australian public health information as propaganda. Issued by the NSW Department of Health, it compares the threat of mosquitoes carrying disease to that of an enemy bomber. An in...ARTV10453
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"Attack" Vivid! Real! Factual!
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Maker: Unknown
Little is known about this Second World War film promotion poster. The poster aims to promote a film called "Attack". The poster is likely American in origin, as the poster features B-25 Mitchell, and...ARTV02276
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At times you don't know what you say
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV05974
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At times you don't know what you say
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV05495
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Aussie rules...
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Page 11 of sketchbook relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. 'The Yanks have been teaching us baseball but of course the aussie boys have their own...ART94536.011
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Australian Comforts Fund Victorian Division
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Maker: Unknown
Placard inviting members of the public to the Town Hall in Melbourne to view the activities of the Australian Comforts Fund. Poster is text only, and printed in red or blue ink. Title occupies the to...ARTV06099
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7 Australian Division loading vehicles and stores
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Frank
Scene at Smith Creek as personnel of 7th Australian Division load stores and equipment onto L.S.T's (Landing Ships, tank) for transport to Morotai, the staging area of the "OBOE TWO", amphibious assau...ART25936
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Australian Merchant Mariners: Commemoration
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Maker: Unknown Department of Veteran's Affairs
A poster produced by 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' to commemorate the role of Australian Merchant Mariners during the Second World. The background image is a photograph of the starboard side of the ...ARTV09175
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A vital war job - join the Women's Land Army
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Maker: Women's Land Army H & G Pty Ltd
Second World War Women's Land Army recruitment poster. The poster depicts a smiling 'land girl' driving a red tractor. In the background is an idealised rural scene of a farmhouse and rolling hills. T...ARTV05278
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Back to Aussie again [sketchbook containing 12 pages of humorous sketches relating to army life]
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Maker: Wilesmith, Arthur Joseph
Sketchbook of 12 pages relating to the service of Sgt Arthur Joseph Wilesmith (QX7653) 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion. Humorous incidents diary recorded in an Army training camp in Australia on return from...ART94536
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[Banishment]
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Maker: Hall, Alan
This work depicts the artist on an island north of Australia. He was sent there for approximately 6 months to help guard the area as a punishment for an unknown indiscretion during the Second World Wa...ART93344
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Blackout outside, plenty of light inside with Philips lamps
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Maker: Unknown Phillips Australia Unknown
Second World War poster produced by Phillips Electrical Industries Pty Ltd advertising Phillips lamps. The text only poster uses colour to symbolise the effects of light and dark. On the left side of...ARTV09708
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Blackout outside, plenty of light inside with Philips lamps
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Maker: Unknown Phillips Australia Unknown
Second World War poster produced by Phillips Electrical Industries Pty Ltd advertising Phillips lamps. The text only poster uses colour to symbolise the effects of light and dark. On the left side of...ARTV10078
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Bread Zoning released 1,514 carters for Victory!
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Maker: Department of War Organisation of Industry
During the Second World War in Australia breat zoning was introduced and bakers could only bake within zoned quotas. The point of this was to utilise the staffing resources on work that directly assis...ARTV01591
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"Break down the noise!"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts two seated soldiers listening to Frank Sinatra on the radio while fighting, shells, bombs and explosions occur in the background behind them. Joseph Francis Garvey (b. 1912) was a commercial a...ARTI03256
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British War Comfort's Fund Tel-Aviv surf carnival display
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Maker: Unknown British War Comforts Fund
A British War Comforts Fund poster, featuring both the Australian and Palestinian flags, advertising an AIF surf carnival in Tel-Aviv in which sportsmen from both countries were invited to participate...ARTV05011
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British War Comfort's Fund Tel-Aviv surf carnival display
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Maker: British War Comforts Fund
A British War Comforts Fund poster, featuring both the Australian and Palestinian flags, advertising an AIF surf carnival in Tel-Aviv in which sportsmen from both countries were invited to participate...ARTV05009
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British War Comforts Fund Tel-Aviv: The A.I.F. will hold a surf carnival display
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Maker: British War Comforts Fund
A British War Comforts Fund poster, featuring both the Australian and Palestinian flags, advertising an AIF surf carnival in Tel-Aviv in which sportsmen from both countries were invited to participate...ARTV05012
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Camp area designed as homestead for camouflage purposes
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A camp in an unknown location designed to resemble a homestead and outbuildings for camouflage purposes. This is one of six drawings purchased from the artist in 1944 prior to his appointment as an o...ART30199
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(Cartoon)
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Maker: Hetherington, Norman Frederick
Composite drawing of six individual cartoons making light of military life; inscribed: (upper right) - "Hey Bugler, can you tell me where the "Last Post" is? - I've come to paint it. (upper left) - "I...ART28295
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Churchill's message: "Come then - let us to the task..."
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Maker: Department of Information Unknown
This poster was issued for display at Australian Munitions Factories during the Second World War. It features a portrait of the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in the upper half with a qu...ARTV05098
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Clothing is vital
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Maker: [AUSTRALIA : S.N.], 1943
This Australian poster was issued for display in clothing factories on the home front. It features a true to lifesize portrait photo of a soldier pointing his finger at the viewer. In combination with...ARTV01593
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Clouds over the New Guinea Coast
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a view of the ocean looking across to the hills of the New Guinea coast.ART93461
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Combine forces with the Australian Comforts Fund
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Maker: Unknown Unknown
The Australian Comforts Fund (A.C.F.), formed in January 1940, and worked in conjunction with the Salvation Army, the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Its 'comforts' ranged from hostels, clubs and canteens i...ARTV00371
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Combine forces with the Australian Comforts Fund
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Maker: Unknown Australian Comforts Fund Unknown
The Australian Comforts Fund (A.C.F.), formed in January 1940, and worked in conjunction with the Salvation Army, the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Its 'comforts' ranged from hostels, clubs and canteens i...ARTV02635
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Combine forces with the Australian Comforts Fund
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Australian Comforts Fund Unknown
The Australian Comforts Fund (A.C.F.), formed in January 1940, and worked in conjunction with the Salvation Army, the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Its 'comforts' ranged from hostels, clubs and canteens i...ARTV04157
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Combine forces with the Australian Comforts Fund
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Australian Comforts Fund Unknown
The Australian Comforts Fund (A.C.F.), formed in January 1940, and worked in conjunction with the Salvation Army, the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Its 'comforts' ranged from hostels, clubs and canteens i...ARTV04095
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Come on chaps! We've trained together for a long time...
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Maker: M
The Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) was an Australian part-time volunteer military force. It was established in July 1940 by the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) and was initially compose...ARTV10454
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Come on : 60 different jobs to choose from
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Maker: Royal Australian Air Force
Second World War recruitment poster for the Women's Auxillary Australian Air Force, advertising the 60 different jobs to choose from.ARTV01589
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Commemoration: Australia's War Time Prime Ministers
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Maker: Unknown Department of Veteran's Affairs
A poster produced by 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' to commemorate Australia's Prime Ministers of the Second World War. The poster features painted portraits of five Prime Ministers - Robert Menzies...ARTV09184
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Commemoration: the women who served in Australia's defence forces in World War II
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Maker: Unknown Department of Veteran's Affairs
A poster produced by 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' to commemorate the contribution of the women who served in Australia's Defence Forces in World War II. The central focus of the poster is an inset ...ARTV09183
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Concert in aid of local hospitals
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Maker: Australian Imperial Force FAREHAM : [S.N., N.D.] (FAREHAM : SUTTON & SONS)
Australian Forces Concert poster for Portland Hall in England to aid local hospitals.ARTV05467
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Conference, Sydney to Lae
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts four men on board ship ,on of whom is smoking a pipe, sitting on the deck resting and talking.ART93441
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Convoy signals, HMAT Zealandia and HMAS Hobart
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The work depicts HMAS Hobart and HMT Zealandia in the Great Australian Bight. Unidentified signalman using Aldis lamp to send signals to HMAS Hobart from SS Zealandia.ART30025