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Army Camp
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a scene of an army camp, with tents, washing on the line and palm trees, in the NT during the Second World War. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1915-2015) was largely self-taught and joi...ART96871
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Awaiting emergency landing
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Sketch of a tense moment on an airstrip in Northern Australia awaiting a plane reportedly coming in for emergency landing. Wep captured the activities of U.S Bomber Squadron 319 while on his first tou...ART29341
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Bluey Burke
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of 'Bluey' Burke, Australian Military Forces, 15th Australian Water Transport Company, Small Craft, wearing a slouch hat. Burke was born in Alice Springs and had worked in the Northern Terri...ART27888
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Crashed Japanese bomber, NW Australia
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a crashed Japanese bomber, a number of men and a Jeep in north-western Australia. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and newspaper critic. In 1926...ART95011
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Horseplay in the officer's quarters, a U.S. aircrew off duty
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a number of U.S. aircrew in an office engaged in horseplay and fighting. An image of this work was published in the 'Australian Women's Weekly' magazine , 25 December 1943, p.10. William Edwin...ART95021
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Lewis gun attached to 14 Australian Anti-aircraft Battery, Darwin (Gunner Tommy Hill and Gunner Neil Cook)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Anti-aircraft defences of the 14th Anti-Aircaft Battery, gunners Thomas Hill (left) and Neil Cook operating a Lewis machine gun in a sandbagged gun pit.ART22720
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L G Ellis VX56866
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a portrait of Lloyd George Ellis (b.1919-) who enlisted in May 1941 and became a signlaman with the 52nd Australian Wireless Section, serving in the NT between March 1942 to May 1943. Born Ant...ART96864
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Northern Australia
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a scene of a billabong, surrounded by gum trees and pandanus palms, in the NT, during the Second World War. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1915-2015) was largely self-taught and joined ...ART96872
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not titled [portrait of Tony Rafty]
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of the artist, Tony Rafty, in uniform, during the Second World War, by an unknown artist. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1915-2015) was largely self-taught...ART96863
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Red Cross Welfare Officer (Mr W Smythe)
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Portrait depicting Mr W Smythe, Welfare, Adelaide River Camp, Adelaide River. A member of Australian Red Cross Society, a voluntary organisation who during the war collected, by voluntary subscriptio...ART23691
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[Sketch for open air church service in the north-west]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a number of Australian servicemen standing and seated around an old church in preparation for an outdoor service to celebrate Easter in north-western Australia during the Second World War. Wil...ART95019
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Smoko
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a group of transport men at a halting place near a waterhole, stopping for a 'smoko' (cigarette break) alongside one of the dry, dusty roads in the Northern Territory during the Second World ...ART95017
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[Study for 'The Briefing']
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a number of Australian servicemen in a briefing room in northern Australia, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and ne...ART95018
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Tpr W T Neilson NX669 2/6 Div Cav Reg
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a portrait of William Thomas Neilson, who enlisted in November 1939 and served with the 2/6th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment in the NT from October 1942. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1...ART96865
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Transport driver sleeping behind his truck at Larrimah
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
A transport driver sleeping behind his truck at Larrimah in the Northern Territory. These drivers often had to drive over 200 miles per day in very hot weather, often driving for seven days at a stre...ART92160