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AASL on maintenance work
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
From Wagga Wagga in 1943, Mainwaring wrote to Treloar: 'There is a good deal of interesting subject matter here, and I would like to be able to spend more time to capture the spirit of the place? I h...ART25109
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AIF embarking at Stonewall Wharf, Sydney
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Maker: Norton, Frank
In April 1941 Norton recorded troops from 2 Australian Imperial Force disembarking from a train to board a ferry at Pyrmont in Sydney. The ferry would then take them out to a transport ship. Several...ART21100
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Australians! Prevent Bushfires
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Maker: Gibson N.S.W. Bush Fire Advisory Committee
This Australian Second World War poster was issued by the New South Wales Bush Fire (sic) Advisory Committee to promote actions to help the prevention of bushfires in Australia. The poster highlights ...ARTV02175
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Avro Anson on coastal patrol, NSW
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Maker: Norton, Frank
This sketch was drawn whilst Frank Norton was flying on a sea patrol in an Avro Anson with 73 Squadron, RAAF. The squadron were protecting a convoy that were on anti-submarine duties. Seated at the ...ART21081
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British correspondent
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of an unknown British correspondent , smoking a pipe, during the Second World War. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1915-2015) was largely self-taught and jo...ART96867
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Capt. Godfrey...[illeg. ] Royal Marines
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a Captain in the Royal Marines, during the Second World War. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1915-2015) was largely self-taught and joined 'The Sun' in 1...ART96868
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Capt I Simpson (113 AGH Concord)
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Captain Simpson at the Australian General Hospital, in Concord, NSW, during the Second World War. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1915-2015) was largely ...ART96866
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Care costs you nothing and saves National Resources... Put it out ! Prevent Bush Fires!
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Maker: Unknown NSW Bush Fires Advisory Committee Unknown
Australian poster produced shortly after the end of the Second World War to promote fire safety. As resources were still in short supply as a result of the war, bushfires only acted to further drain e...ARTV02507
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Discovering Australia
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Maker: Annand, Douglas Farmer & Company Ltd SYDNEY : FARMER'S, [N.D.]
Australian poster depicting a peaceful country scene near Camden. The text reads: Discovering Australia... "It is still early. I turn off the highway near Camden and take on of the red clay roads t...ARTV05427
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Final touches to a steel tug, Hexham, Hunter River
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
At J & A Brown's boat yard, where the first Australian all-welded ship was built. Here also was engineered the 'revolving jig' method of construction, to ensure all over 'down-hand' welding, Hexham, H...ART25571
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George Sprod Official War Dairy
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
Frontispiece of the sketchbook created using the inside front cover which is page 1. The title 'Official War Diary' is written in black ink from the centre left to centre right. This is counter balan...AWM2018.148.1.1
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Give them comforts!...
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The Australian Comforts Fund (A.C.F.), formed in January 1940, and worked in conjunction with the Salvation Army, the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Its 'comforts' ranged from hostels, clubs and canteens i...ARTV02495
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[Greeting card ] (recto); [Greeting card] (verso)
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Maker: Russell, Elsa
Three unidentified WAAAFs admiring an elegant civilian hat, with Christmas and New Year greetings on the card.ART29014
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Help! The Sar-Major's fallen down the grease trap!
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
This cartoon depicts a soldier running to another, asking for help as their sergeant major has fallen down a grease trap. His hand can be seen sticking out of it, waving for help. The second soldier's...AWM2018.148.1.16
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Hitler's Dream: The Invasion of England
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Maker: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty. Ltd, Sydney Winsor & Co.
Australian Second World War map depicting the occasions in the past when foreign invasions on the United Kingdom have failed. This poster was produced to instill confidence in viewers, by emphasising ...ARTV02527
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HMAS Albatross I; HMAS Albatross 2
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Maker: McRae, Robert
Darwin experienced 64 air raids during the course of the Second World War and there were several important wartime airfields established in the Northern Territory - Groote Eylandt, Gove and Millingimb...ART91743
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Kapooka Camp
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Maker: Herman, Sali
Depicts an Australian landscape with soldiers at a make-shift encampment of white tents, surrounded by gum trees. A small dog appears in the foreground of the painting. At Kapooka army camp, recruits ...ART92141
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Lieutenant John Ewen
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Maker: Balfour, Lawson
Portrait depicting Lieutenant John Carr Ewen, MC, DCM, MM, enlisted in AIF in 1915 and arrived in France in 1916. His subsequent service as a gunner gained him the MM at Pozieres in August 1916, and ...ART09741
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Linemen erecting power pole in excavation, Sydney graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Scene of four men working to erect power lines at Sydney Graving. In the background below a group of work around a crane. The four men in the foreground are exerting a large amount of energy though pu...ART30257
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Look! a gunner, let's put him to work!
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
This cartoon depicts three men chasing down a gunner.AWM2018.148.1.14