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Aircraftman 1 Kenneth Brown, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts half figure portrait of man facing left, holding something in hands.ART28134
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Aircraftwoman M Gillam, Meteorological Office, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of Aircraftwoman 93723 Margaret Gillam, Royal Australian Air Force, in profile facing left, wearing uniform overcoat, scarf and beret, Canberra.ART28145
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Arrival of Gloucesters in Royal Aircraft, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, when Governor-General of Australia made constant flights from State to State during the war period, invariably accompanied by H.R.H the Duchess of Gloucester. Their retu...ART25591
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Australian servicewomen's memorial
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Maker: Ferguson, Anne
Whereas more conventional war memorials may incorporate a cenotaph or a representative figure, Anne Ferguson has created a bare platform of coloured stones, divided in two by a curved trench that rese...ART90968
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Camouflage drawings for two pages of Department of Home Security booklet
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Pencil camouflage drawings for pages 7 and 8 from the Department of Home Security booklet 1942 detailing recommended placement and camouflage of trenches. This is one from a series of twenty layouts, ...ART91594
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Captain Reg Saunders
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Maker: Thalben-Ball, Pamela
Reginald Walter Saunders was born in 1920, in Purnim, Victoria, near the Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve. He came from a long line of soldiers. Both his father and his uncle served in the First World W...ART28159
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Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Australian War Memorial, Commemorative Area, Canberra.ART90645
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Control tower, Canberra Airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts three figures in air control tower; one standing with signalling apparatus to eye, another seated watching, and a third, female, partly obscured, on telephone. Numerous aircraft on the tarmac ...ART28150
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Design for Hall of Memory, mosaic pendentive
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Maker: Beaumont, Walter Gilbert
Beaumont has depicted the infantry pendentive and he envisaged the finished mosaic to have a strong vertical line. The pendentive figures of the mosaic commemorates the services of the Second World Wa...ART29400
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Design for Hall of Memory, mosaic pendentive [initial design]
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Maker: Beaumont, Walter Gilbert
Initial design for the Hall of Memory mosaic. Beaumont has depicted the infantry and the design has a strong vertical line. The pendentive figures of the mosaic commemorates the services of the Second...ART29399
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Disperse...
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Maker: Hinder, Frank LA & F Co Camouflage Research Section, Department of Home Security
Second World War poster produced for the Camouflage Research Section, Department of Home Security Canberra. It was designed by the artist Frank Hinder who worked for the section during the war. Hinder...ARTV02174
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Dr Richard van der Riet Woolley
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Dr Richard van de Riet Woolley, Commonwealth Astronomer, member Commonwealth Optical Munitions panel, Chief Executive Army Inventions Directorate, Department of the Army, making observations from the ...ART21391
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Duntroon landscape
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Showing military exercises on the hill and Parade Ground. The old station homestead is seen on the extreme right. In the background is Canberra's Fairbairn Airfield and the Molonglo River winding thro...ART21390
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Duntroon types
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A group portrait of Australian soldiers standing side on looking into the distance; verso: A rough sketch of three soldiers and a field gun.ART28133
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Female Signaller-control tower, Canberra Airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts half figure of woman in profile holding signaling lamp up to eye. The artist made this sketch while visiting the control tower at Canberra airfield.ART28131
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First convoy in the Indian Ocean
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra (Flagship) parting company with the First Australian Convoy approximately 61/4 hours from Fremantle. Convoy consisted of 11 troopships carrying 6th Division of 2 Austr...ART27542
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Gavin Long
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Maker: Dowie, John Stuart
Bronze bust of Gavin Long. Gavin Merrick Long, OBE, General Editor of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1939-1945 served in France (with the British Expeditionary Force), Middle East, an...ART27671
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Ground staff in the making
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Young recruits of the Royal Australian Air Force receiving their first basic training in mechanics and bench work from civilian instructors at the Canberra Technical College.ART21388
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Hall of Memory mosaic dome
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The cupola, or dome of the Hall of Memory, Australian War Memorial, Canberra. In 1937 the Australian War Memorial board commissioned Waller to commemorate the sacrifices made by Australians in the Fir...ART90409.005
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Hall of Memory mosaic pendentive: Sailor
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This Hall of Memory Pendentive features the Navy. On the fore-deck the sailor is wearing summer uniform and preparing to hoist the white ensign, which symbolises the oldest tradition of the fighting s...ART90409.001