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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
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[Sketch for open air church service in the north-west]
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a number of Australian servicemen standing and seated around an old church in preparation for an outdoor service to celebrate Easter in north-western Australia during the Second World War. Wil...ART95019
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Smoko
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a group of transport men at a halting place near a waterhole, stopping for a 'smoko' (cigarette break) alongside one of the dry, dusty roads in the Northern Territory during the Second World ...ART95017
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'Spirit of protest'
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
The spirit of the Protest was humorously nicknamed after the Spirit of Progress. This train picks up troops and stores at Larrimah railhead for transport to Darwin. The men sleep and eat en route in c...ART22718
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Strong bow, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Depicts a Japanese soldier aiming a bow and arrow at Darwin. The bow is labelled 'the northern island manace'. It makes reference to the possibility of an invasion of Australia after the wave of Japan...ART90964
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[Study for 'The Briefing']
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depicts a number of Australian servicemen in a briefing room in northern Australia, during the Second World War. William Edwin Pidgeon ('WEP') (1909-1981) was a painter, cartoonist, illustrator and ne...ART95018
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The official box
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Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
Depiction of the North Australian Picnic Race Club. The club, run entirely by Army Personnel, was a sizable complex constructed from bush timber and scrounged materials with the aid of graders and tra...ART94592
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Tpr W T Neilson NX669 2/6 Div Cav Reg
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicts a portrait of William Thomas Neilson, who enlisted in November 1939 and served with the 2/6th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment in the NT from October 1942. Born Anthony Raftopoulos, Tony Rafty (1...ART96865
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Transport driver sleeping behind his truck at Larrimah
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Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
A transport driver sleeping behind his truck at Larrimah in the Northern Territory. These drivers often had to drive over 200 miles per day in very hot weather, often driving for seven days at a stre...ART92160
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Writing home
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Maker: Wood, C Dudley
The main image is of an unidentified RAAF officer writing by the light of hurricane lamp, with Wolseley pattern helmet with RAAF colours on band on the table. To his right, a second man lies on a bed,...ART29215