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Aaaaaaa-tention!
Art
Maker: Jose, Ellen
In 1992 Ellen Jose (b.1951) held an exhibition in Melbourne titled "Black Diggers-Ghost Fighters" to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Kokoda campaign in New Guinea, as well as ...ART29762
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Able Seaman Wallace Montrose Ross
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Posthumous portrait of 22982 Able Seaman Wallace Montrose Ross, Royal Australian Navy, who was killed in action when the HMAS Canberra (I) was sunk off the coast off Savo Island in the Solomon Islands...AWM2018.1066.1
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Ace of Spades
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Maker: Meagher, Julian
Still life of an American Pattern Helmet. This painting is part of a war helmet series that Meagher produced in his continuing documentation of modern day masculinity. It explores men's engagement wi...ART94650
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Commemoration: Aboriginal People and Torres Strait Islanders
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Maker: Unknown Department of Veteran's Affairs
A poster produced by 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' to commemorate the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War. The background image is a photograph of Aboriginal fight...ARTV09179
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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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Forgotten Heroes
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Maker: Albert, Tony
In May 2012 Tony Albert was commissioned as an official war artist and spent two weeks training with the North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE). As a result of his experiences in the Northern Territory Al...ART96354
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Good to Bad
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Maker: Green, Jack
'In this painting I show how things have been changing over time in the Gulf country. In the top left is how things used to be with people living on country doing ceremony under the moon, being strong...ART96272
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Kowbu Gidha Kedha [World war story as its told]
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Maker: Tipoti, Alick
'This print is my interpretation of the plane stories from World War 2 being told through songs. Songs and dances were our main tools of education. The figures on the top are the village dancers of th...AWM2016.401.1
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Kuyurudh [arrow head formation]
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Maker: Nona, Matilda
'Through this print I tell of my connection to the World War 2 stories. Through the eyes of the island women on ground, planes were seen passing above in the formation of the arrow. This formation is ...AWM2016.401.4
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Long winding trail
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Maker: Jose, Ellen
In keeping with Ellen Jose's tendency to combine exploration of the personal with wider external issues, 'Long winding trail' is both an intimate homage to her father and his soldier persona, and a re...ART29763
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Moonlight
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Maker: Green, Jack
'When I was working in Doomadgee there was a policeman who asked us to do some painting, and he wanted a painting of the plane crash. At that time I didn't know where that plane crashed the only time ...ART96273
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Ngaw Athen Thonarnu [during my grandfathers time]
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Maker: Gaidan, Aiona Tala
'Ngaw Athen Thonarnu means during my grandfathers time. The seven stars across the top of the print represents myself and my six siblings. In the centre I show a soldier kneeling before a cross paying...AWM2016.401.5
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Pack of cards bridge
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Maker: Tallis, Marion
This painting features the bridge constructed by POWS near Hintok. Known as "Pack-of-cards bridge" it was 400 metres long and 27 metres high and built from green jungle timber. Many Australian POWS lo...ART94589
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Reach out and touch - distance and time
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Maker: Jose, Ellen
In 1992 Ellen Jose (b.1951) held an exhibition in Melbourne titled "Black Diggers-Ghost Fighters" to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Kokoda campaign in New Guinea, as well as ...ART90724
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Sentinel
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Maker: West, Vicki
'The "Sentinel" pays homage to past ancestors who fought to protect Lutruwita (Tasmania) and the present-day cultural warriors who continue to fight to protect our home' Vicki West, 2016 West's armou...AWM2016.542.1
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Study for womens' services pendentive, Hall of Memory
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Study for womens' services pendentive, Hall of Memory.ART90210
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Sunrise
Art
Maker: Nicholls, Glenda
"My craft carries the storyline of my ancestors where I weave fish nets and use bird feathers in a craft that was handed down from my maternal great-grandmother Christina. She was skilled in the old w...AWM2016.550.2
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Thanksgiving service in celebration of Victory in Europe held on the steps of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 9 May 1945
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
On the steps of the Australian War Memorial under an Autumn sky a thanksgiving service in celebration of the Victory in Europe is held. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester atten...ART25669
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Wait-a-while
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Maker: Jose, Ellen
'Wait-a-while' is a commemorative portrait tracing the wartime experience of Pte "Gorie" Phillipe Jose. It grapples with the psychological impact of war, and the lack of recognition received by Pte Jo...ART96179