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Adelaide River camp
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
The Adelaide River played a major role during the Second World War. It was in this area that the 119 Australian General Hospital and huge military base were established. The American and Australian ...ART27513
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Air Picquet (Gunner K Thompson)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The subject of this drawing is 261617 Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth William Thompson, ED. Thompson died on 5 November 2001 aged 77 years (BS). Royal Australian Artillery, 14 Anti Aircraft Battery; Gunner...ART21686
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Americans and Aborigines
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Originally titled 'Australian Aborigines rescue shot down U.S. pilot'. Depicts the story associated with the rescue of 2nd Lieutenant Clarence T Johnson, 7th Squadron, 49th Fighter group, USA. On 15 J...ART22732
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Bomb damage to Darwin township, 19 February 1942
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Depicts an image of the coast and city of Darwin and the bomb attacks as a result of Japanese attacks 19 February 1942.ART22736
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Field hospital, Northern Australia
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
A vivid and impressionistic oil sketch bringing to life a field hospital in Northern Australia described as being 'fully under canvas and capable of being moved at a moment's notice'. Several orderlie...ART94591
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First aid post, R.A.A.F. Camp, N.T.
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The image is of the No 26 Australian Aid Post. An ambulance is parked outside the camouflaged aid post. Men sit on a bench in conversation.ART29219
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First 'Zero' Japanese fighter brought down on Australian mainland
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The wreckage of an aircraft shot down over the mainland in Darwin on 19 February 1942. This aircraft is not actually a Zero as it is referred to by the artist but instead is a Aichi D3A carrier based...ART21687
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Hospital train interior
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Maker: Murch, Arthur James
Depicts the interior of a hospital train in Northern Territory during the Second World War. An Australian Army Medical Corp, Unit 9 was raised in the Northern Territory to staff the Australian Ambulan...ART92681
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not titled [four decorated boomerangs]
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Maker: Namatjira, Albert
This graduated grouping of boomerangs were created by Albert Namatjira (1902–1959) of the Western Aranda peoples, who remains one of the most well-known and revered Australian artists. Namatjira is be...ART96909
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Officers' tent lines, Adelaide River
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Depicts a row of tents known as the officers' lines, Adelaide River camp. The Adelaide River played a major role during the Second World War. It was in this area that the 119 Australian General Hospi...ART30132
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'Spirit of protest'
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The spirit of the Protest was humorously nicknamed after the Spirit of Progress. This train picks up troops and stores at Larrimah railhead for transport to Darwin. The men sleep and eat en route in c...ART22718
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Strong bow, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Depicts a Japanese soldier aiming a bow and arrow at Darwin. The bow is labelled 'the northern island manace'. It makes reference to the possibility of an invasion of Australia after the wave of Japan...ART90964
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The official box
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depiction of the North Australian Picnic Race Club. The club, run entirely by Army Personnel, was a sizable complex constructed from bush timber and scrounged materials with the aid of graders and tra...ART94592
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Writing home
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The main image is of an unidentified RAAF officer writing by the light of hurricane lamp, with Wolseley pattern helmet with RAAF colours on band on the table. To his right, a second man lies on a bed,...ART29215