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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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Army Camp
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a scene of an army camp, with tents, washing on the line and palm trees, in the NT during the Second World War. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1915-2015) was largely self-taught and joi...ART96871
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Awaiting emergency landing
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Sketch of a tense moment on an airstrip in Northern Australia awaiting a plane reportedly coming in for emergency landing. Wep captured the activities of U.S Bomber Squadron 319 while on his first tou...ART29341
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Bluey Burke
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Maker: Baird, John
Portrait of 'Bluey' Burke, Australian Military Forces, 15th Australian Water Transport Company, Small Craft, wearing a slouch hat. Burke was born in Alice Springs and had worked in the Northern Terri...ART27888
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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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Crashed Japanese bomber, NW Australia
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a crashed Japanese bomber, a number of men and a Jeep in north-western Australia. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and newspaper critic. In 1926...ART95011
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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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Horseplay in the officer's quarters, a U.S. aircrew off duty
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a number of U.S. aircrew in an office engaged in horseplay and fighting. An image of this work was published in the 'Australian Women's Weekly' magazine , 25 December 1943, p.10. William Edwin...ART95021
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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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Lewis gun attached to 14 Australian Anti-aircraft Battery, Darwin (Gunner Tommy Hill and Gunner Neil Cook)
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Anti-aircraft defences of the 14th Anti-Aircaft Battery, gunners Thomas Hill (left) and Neil Cook operating a Lewis machine gun in a sandbagged gun pit.ART22720
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L G Ellis VX56866
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a portrait of Lloyd George Ellis (b.1919-) who enlisted in May 1941 and became a signlaman with the 52nd Australian Wireless Section, serving in the NT between March 1942 to May 1943. Born Ant...ART96864
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Northern Australia
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a scene of a billabong, surrounded by gum trees and pandanus palms, in the NT, during the Second World War. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1915-2015) was largely self-taught and joined ...ART96872
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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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not titled [portrait of Tony Rafty]
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of the artist, Tony Rafty, in uniform, during the Second World War, by an unknown artist. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1915-2015) was largely self-taught...ART96863
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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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Red Cross Welfare Officer (Mr W Smythe)
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Maker: Murch, Arthur
Portrait depicting Mr W Smythe, Welfare, Adelaide River Camp, Adelaide River. A member of Australian Red Cross Society, a voluntary organisation who during the war collected, by voluntary subscriptio...ART23691