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Maker: Herman, Sali
A returning soldier and a woman embracing at the docks in Sydney as others leave the area to catch waiting buses. On the left a wounded serviceman sits while on the right, part of a troopship can be s...ART22893
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Back them up! Heavy Stirling bombers raid the Nazi Baltic part of Lübeck and leave the docks ablaze
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy Ministry of Information Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British poster depicting an air raid on the German port of Lübeck, showing fires and damage to the docks area and appealing to the public for support. The subtitle is 'Heavy Stirling bombers raid the ...ARTV02297
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Battleship HMS Anson
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Maker: Ragless, Max
Battleship HMS Anson being towed past Garden Island to the Captain Cook graving dock.ART25485
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Beaufort bomber aircraft over Rabaul, 1944
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Maker: Moore, Alan
Five Beaufort bomber aircraft fly high over Rabaul, dropping bombs over the ocean, landscape and vessels below. Japan, after occupying Rabaul, New Britain, in January 1942, they developed the town, h...ART27747
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Bombardment of Tarakan Island, Borneo, 30 April 1945
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Maker: Papworth, Francis John
Depicts a view across the bay from Sadau (Pelak) Island towards Tarakan Island, off the coast of Borneo. On the horizon Tarakan is being bombarded and two explosions and smoke are visible. There are s...ART93010
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Boom defence, Fremantle
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Maker: Norton, Frank
One of three sketches showing aspects of the Boom Gate at Fremantle. This is the first of its kind in Australia and is designed as protection against torpedo attacks. Electrically operated winches ope...ART21761
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Concrete consolidation worker, Sydney graving dock
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Maker: Dobell, William
Unidentified concrete consolidation worker engaged on construction of a graving dock in Sydney. Dobell was working for the Civil Constructional Corps when he painted this work.ART30250
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Dock under construction
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
A scene from above of a graving dock under construction. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative of the scale of the project being undertaken.ART30268.011
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Emergency loading at night, Perth
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Maker: Dobell, William
Dobell's employment during 1942-44 with the Civil Constructional Corps (CCC), activated by the Allied Works Council (AWC) as part of Australia's war strategy, gave him a unique opportunity to depict t...ART30246
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Entering Singapore
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Maker: Parkin, Ray
A large steamship entering Singapore Harbour, with clouds overhead. A lighthouse on rocks is prominent at right. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawin...ART90933.014
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German submarine damaged by bombing, Hamburg
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Maker: Moore, Alan
A German submarine damaged by bombing, surrounded by shattered timbers, Blohm Voss shipyard. The city of Hamburg can be seen in the background.ART25731
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GI jeeps, New Guinea
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Maker: Haxton, Elaine
Between 1944-45, Haxton was director, stage manager and scene painter for a small theatre company deployed to New Guinea to entertain the troops. Here Haxton depicts three jeeps driving down a coastal...ART28501
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Harbour activity
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
After the allied capture of Lae in 1943, the port was established as a major staging point for operation in northern New Guinea and further afield. This watercolour, likely created at Voco Point depic...ART21230
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HMAS Hobart - Beirut
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Maker: Norton, Frank
This sketch of a small section of Beirut was made when ships of the 7th Cruiser Squadron (H.M.S 'Ajax' and Neptune and H.M.A.S 'Hobart'), visited the port to embark English troops for Alexandria. At o...ART21003
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HM Transports off Fremantle
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Maker: Norton, Frank
HMT "Queen Elizabeth", "Queen Mary" and "Aquitania" at anchor in Sange Roads of Fremantle. Alongside at the dock is the escorting cruiser HMAS "Australia". The drawing was made from the Signal Station...ART30028
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Inspecting US catalinas
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Catalina Flying Boats being inspected and overhauled at the American Catalina Base at Crawley Bay in Western Australia.ART22278
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Japanese dead from suicide raid
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Maker: Friend, Donald
Donald Friend accompanied the Australian forces which landed on the island of Labuan, off the coast of Borneo, in June 1945. The first drawings Friend produced on Labuan depicted the devastated lands...ART22857
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LST loading troops, Dreger Harbour
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Maker: Heysen, Nora
Australian troops embarking onto landing ships, tanks in Dreger Harbour, Finschhafen.ART23627
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[Oil tanks ablaze, 16 June 1942]
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The Japanese patterned-bombed the township of Darwin. On this occasion the oil tanks were hit, burning furiously for 3 days. In the foreground are the workshops and yards attached to the Boom Defence ...ART26629
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One hour after landing on Sadau (Pelak) Island, Borneo, 30 April 1945
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Maker: Papworth, Francis John
Depicts an Australian soldier, wearing a shade hat and carrying a rifle, walking up a track along the beach at Sadau (Pelak) Island in Borneo. Behind him in the harbour are various Australian war shi...ART93009