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Chiropodist
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
At the end of a day's march the Chiropodist is a busy man, when he has to attend to many minor complaints such as blisters and abrasions. He also does massage where necessary. His work is frequently d...ART22296
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Christmas dinner, HMAS "Cairns"
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Maker: Miller, Lewis Norton, Frank Norton, Frank
Depicts an unidentified cook preparing Christmas dinner of roast pork and apple sauce, potatoes and cabbage, and plum pudding in the galley of the HMAS "Cairns".ART21798
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Civil Construction Corps tradesmen, Herne Bay
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Tradesmen from the Civil Construction Corps working in Herne Bay in Sydney during the Second World War.ART30259
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Cleaning No.2 gun, Middle Park, Melbourne
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Shows camouflaged entrances to guns 2 and 3. Melbourne's skyline as a background, with Government House and The Shrine of Remembrance predominating. Middle Park, unidentified soldier cleaning 3.7 inch...ART26082
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Clearing the junction of the Beirut-Aley, and Beirut-Damascus roads of snow under the direction of RE
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Maker: Dargie, William
An exceptional fall of snow throughout the Lebanon dislocated transport for several days. Here is seen locals under the direction of Australian Army Engineers, clearing the snow from the junction of t...ART26960
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Closing and flattening bay (Detonator Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts two unidentified women working machinery in a closing and flattening bay, in the Detonator section of the Commonwealth Explosives Factory.ART22135
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Coal is vital!
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Maker: Unknown Commonwealth Coal Commission Unknown
patriotism; poster issued by the Commonwealth Coal Commission urgin restraint in use of gas and electricity, thus saving coal (gas and electricity were produced exclusively from coal at the time), (Ge...ARTV06690
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Coastal defence gun
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Artillerymen from the Australian Military Forces crew a 6 inch naval gun on the coast in Darwin. The gun is one that was manufactured before 1914 and is probably off one of the First World War ships, ...ART22186
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Coast camouflage
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Depicts a group of men erecting camouflage nets over gun at West Head Battery, Sydney.ART28371.005
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Coast of New Brunswick
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Atlantic weather rolls in over the coast as New Brunswick is reached on a flight from No.8 Operational Training Unit, Greenwood, Nova Scotia. The Unit is part of the Empire Air Training Scheme under w...ART21961
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Coconut grove theatre
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Theatre built by POWs at Changi. The theatre became a popular attraction in the camp, and the productions that were staged bacame more and more elaborate over the years the men were in captivity.ART25055
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'Come 'Ngetit', Finschhafen
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The stoves are standard mobile kitchen equipment. The cook is seen shouting "Come and get if or I'll chuck it out!" In the sawn-off 40 gallon drumon the left may be seen the empty tins of the ration f...ART21726
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Commander James Morrow
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of James Cairns Morrow, DSO, DSC, Commander of HMAS Shropshire, Royal Australian Navy.ART25504
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Commander of a submarine looking through the periscope
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Maker: Ravilious, Eric
This lithograph which illustrates a submarine interior with the commander looking through the periscope. In a bubble to the right the artist has illustrated the air plane which is being viewed from th...ART28413.002
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Commando - 2/6th Independent Company [Sergeant W R Twohill]
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Maker: Dargie, William
Depicts Sgt W R Twohill, a Commando of the 2/6th Australian Independent Company, Papuan Campaign. Twohill is depicted in uniform with his sleeves rolled up, holding a rifle and wearing a handkerchief ...ART26049
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Commodore John Collins
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of Commodore John Augustine Collins, Australian Squadron Commander, HMAS 'Shropshire, Royal Australian Navy.ART25682
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Compass platform, HMAS Hobart
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Ship's 'bridge', navigational equipment, compass, rangefinder, chart locker; HMAS; unidentified personnel on compass platform l-r: officer of the watch, Captain's messenger, Navigating, Captain (seate...ART21055
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Compass Platform, HMAS "Moresby"
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
This painting shows Lieutenant-Commander Brown, RAN, and two of his officers on the fore-bridge or compass platform. From here the ship is commanded and navigated, orders are given to gun crews and en...ART23441
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Concentrate on quality...
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Maker: Northfield, James Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Unknown
Poster produced for Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, depicting a man working on an aircraft engine, and urging high quality workmanship, with the words 'Concentrate! on quality (above the figure) i...ARTV09060
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Concert party, Changi camp, 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Four members of a concert party perform on a makeshift stage. Murray Griffin was an official war artist appointed in 1941 with 8th Division AIF in Malaya. He was prisoner of war at the fall of Singapo...ART24467
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Conduit Street
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Maker: Meeson, Dora
Depicts a number of wrecked buildings in Conduit Street in London after an air raid during the Second World War. Despite being recommended by Arthur Streeton as an official war artist for the First Wo...ART26913
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Container production Room (Cartridge Bundling Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of machinery in Container Production Room, Cartridge Bundling Section, government agencies, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22602
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Control room
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the control room at Point Cook with radio receiving and transmitting sets. Remarks: WW1 served with AIF in France. WW2 official war artist from 30 Apr 1945 to 24 Jan 1946. Artist's file descri...ART21809
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Convoy
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Maker: Drysdale, Russell
Illustration for the wartime publication 'The Australian Soldier - A Portrait'. Depicts of a convoy of military trucks travelling along a road. In 1944 Russell Drysdale was commissioned to illustrate...ART28309.009
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Convoy signals, HMAT Zealandia and HMAS Hobart
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Maker: Norton, Frank
The work depicts HMAS Hobart and HMT Zealandia in the Great Australian Bight. Unidentified signalman using Aldis lamp to send signals to HMAS Hobart from SS Zealandia.ART30025
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Cooking rice on deep fry stove, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
To cope with the requirements of many thousands of men, three large deep-fry cooking stoves were constructed in Changi Goal. Here a round-the-clock staff turned the monotonous rice into more appetisin...ART26493
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Cordite sheeting machine
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
In 1940 Emerson Curtis visited the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, at Maribyrnong, Melbourne. He described the works as '...five to six hundred separate buildings, each designed for some special purp...ART23072
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Corner of Bond and Bruton Streets
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Maker: Meeson, Dora
View of wrecked buildings on the corner of Bond and Bruton Streets in the West End after an air raid. Despite being recommended by Arthur Streeton as an official war artist for the First World War, Me...ART26910
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Corporal Dickinson operating wireless, Signal Store 1944
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Maker: Watson, Douglas
Corporal Dickenson of 2/5th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron testing a wireless set in the Signal Store of the Squadron in Atherton, North Queensland.ART21030
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Court-martial
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A court martial taking place in an RAF/RAAF court room in London. Ten figures are shown.ART25908
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Cover design for 'Angry Penguins'
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Maker: Tucker, Albert
This drawing shows Tucker's concern about the licentious behaviour in the blacked-out streets of Melbourne in wartime. The drunken figure of a digger sprawls with the sole of his foot outwards, and hi...ART28283
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Crashed fighter plane
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Maker: Herman, Sali
This plane was returning from a raid and about to land when it crashed at the end of the Torokina airstrip. The pilot was killed. It is a Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft.ART22843
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Crashed plane, Tobruk
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts the wreckage resulting from a crash of a Bristol Blenheim aircraft, flown by the Royal Air Force during the North Africa campaign, into a building at Tobruk, Libya. Aircraft and building are a...ART22201
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Crew of Hudson Bomber on return from Ambon attack (Sergeants Mossop, Frith, Madin, Flight Lieutenant Ian McCombe and Flight Sergeant Baker)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
l-r: Sergeant Mossop, Wireless rear-gunner, Sergeant Firth, wireless air-gunner, Sergeant Madin, observer/ navigator/ bomb aimer, 250813 Flight Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader, DFC) Ian A McCombe, p...ART22731
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Crossing Daoe River, Morotai
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Maker: Flett, James
Artist's letter 27 May 1945 suggests title "Jungle Patrol". Troops of D Company 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion crossing Daoe River, returning from patrol in Morotai.' The format and subject of t...ART26651
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Crowds dancing, Kings Cross, Sydney
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Maker: Friend, Donald
This is a highly personal response to the celebrations that Donald Friend witnessed in Kings Cross, Sydney, after the announcement on 8 May of Germany's unconditional surrender at the end of the Secon...ART23203
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Crows nest lookout's relief, HMAS Quiberon
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Looking up the mast of HMAS "Quiberon",as the crows nest lookout goes aloft to relieve his opposite number, Bay of Bengal, India.ART22279
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Cruiser in Dock
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A drawing of the HMAS "Australia" in the large dock at Cockatoo Island. This sketch was made from a position on the floor of the dock alongside the keel ofthe ship looking aft and outwards. The screw ...ART21472
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Crushing stone, Cecil Plains Runway, Queensland
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The image is of men using heavy machinery to crush stone for use on the airfield at Cecil Plains Runway in Queensland.ART29213
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Cutting and scraping (Women workers in T.N.T. Room, High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts a sketch of unidentified women at work bench in the T.N.T room, High Explosives Section, Explosives Factoury, Maribynrnong, Victoria.ART22569
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Cutting bench around sheer rock-face, Wau-Bulldog Road
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Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts the 11th Australian Division cutting a bench around sheer rock-face Overcoming obstacles such as the building of Wau-Bulldog Road, Wau Ridge, New Guinea.ART22541
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Cutting boot repair nails, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
'A recital of all the inventions and improvisations would become wearisome; it is hoped that the pictures will show something of the range of activities'. Griffin later turned to depicting the inventi...ART26456
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Cutting firewood for Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men of the AIF Forestry unit cutting wood. This work party was established in the very early days of the men's captivity, as wood for fuel for cooking and wood for structures of the camp were required...ART24476
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Cutting up midget submarines, Kure
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Maker: Rowed, Reg
Kure Naval dockyards. These submarines were situated at the end of a dock full of ships, midget submarines and scrap iron. Japanese under British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF) control are busy...ART26379
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Cutting up rubber logs for firewood, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Three men from the 2 Australian Imperial Force cutting rubber tree logs with an axe for firewood. Providing firewood for the camp was one of the main activities for the prisoners, as without wood ther...ART26487
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Dairy farmers the United Nations looks to you...
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Maker: Commonwealth Food Control Unknown
Second World War Australian poster issued by Commonwealth Food Control, urging dairy farmers to increase milk production for the United (Allied) Nations. During the Second World War, Australia's Food ...ARTV02377
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Dakota Wireless Operator
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Depicting a wireless (radio) operator, W B Gordon, part of interior of Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft, wearing flak suit jacket, Down Ampney.ART23469
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Damascus
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Maker: Herbert, Harold
Depicts Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus, probably after the Battle of Damascus. This was the final conflict in the Syria-Lebanon campaign, in which Allied forces took the city from the Vichy french o...ART30297
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" Darling, for the first time these shells have been bursting around me"
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Maker: Fluke, Roy George Herbert
Depicts a seated cook writing to his sweetheart surrounded by broken egg shells. The drawing was for a cartoon in 'Table Tops', no. 464. Roy George Herbert Fluke (b. 1921) served with the Australian ...ARTI01289