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Abaya
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of Abaya, from Daru, Western Papua with palm trees in background. Abaya worked for the Royal Papuan Constabulary. This portrait featured in R Curtis, 'Papuan Profiles: inside a Prison Yard', ...ART96168
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A Papuan work-boy from Amau
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a young man from Amau in Central Papua New Guinea. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and A...ART96167
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Bob Weber of Maryborough
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Mr Robert David (Bob) Weber, works manager, Walker's Limited, engineering and shipbuilding works, Queensland.ART25566
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Boomerang Pilot
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A portrait of a Boomerang Pilot in Papua New Guinea.ART28167.001
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Boyd of Swansea, Lake Macquarie (James Boyd)
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Mr James Lewis Boyd, boatbuilder, Lake Macquarie.ART25578
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Boy of Morata
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a young man. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American troops, Curtis took every oppo...ART96160
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Boy of Morata (about 12 years)
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a twelve year old boy. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American troops, Curtis took ...ART96166
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C E Crowley, boatbuilder
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Mr C E Crowley, boat builder, contract for refuelling barges, Brisbane. The proprietor of a boat building yard on the Brisbane River who was completing a war contract to build re...ART25586
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"Cleaned up" after work.
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a man relaxing after work, seated on a rock with a palm tree in the background. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activ...ART96172
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Colin Wyatt
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait sketch of Colin Wyatt playing the accordion made at Milne Bay.ART90428
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Communications Commander Archibald McLachlan
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Telegraphist Commander Archibald D McLachlan, MBE, Commanding, Naval wireless transmitting station, H.M.A.S Harman, Canberra.ART21382
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Corporal 'Blue' Ludlow
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A portrait of Corporal Ludlow known as 'Blue' on board the 'Nuginco' in Papua New Guinea.ART28167.006
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Dan, (Daniel Buckley) forest overseer of Dimbulah
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Daniel Basil Buckley, forest overseer, who felled maples for aircraft production, North Queensland.ART25605
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D Day, Aboriginal stockman, Gunnawarra Cattle Station
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Mr Darcy Day, Aboriginal stockman at Gunnawarra Station, Mount Garnet, North Queensland. Curtis visited the station from 28 September to the 2 October 1945 on his tour of Queensland as an official war...ART25611
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Digunono, Morata Island, South West Papua
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of Digunono who worked for the Australia and New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU). He came from Moratai Island in South West Papua. In 1942, R Emerson Curtis was appointed Officer in Charg...ART91886
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Douglas Walker
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A portrait of Douglas Walker in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.ART28167.002
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Dr Richard van der Riet Woolley
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Dr Richard van de Riet Woolley, Commonwealth Astronomer, member Commonwealth Optical Munitions panel, Chief Executive Army Inventions Directorate, Department of the Army, making observations from the ...ART21391
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Elijah Lamb of Lismore
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Barnes Shipbuilding Yard; Mr Elijah Lamb, boat builder making tugboatsART25582
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Evening Toilet
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Full length portrait of a man using hand held mirror and combing his hair. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Aust...ART96174
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Flight Lieutenant John Hipwell
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A portrait of Flight Lieutenant John Buckland Hipwell from the Royal Australian Airforce radar unit in Gusap, Papua New Guinea.ART28167.003
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Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Brown
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts figure of man in bed as seen from bed-end. Crutches propped against bed.ART28137
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"Gamau" Naqualeya, Morata Island
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of "Gamau" drawn by the artist on Morata Island. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and Americ...ART96158
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Gilbert (Gilly) Bates of Cairns
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Sergeant Gilbert 'Gilly' Bates, VDC, also senior field officer Bureau of Sugar Experiment, Cairns.ART25651
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Goodenough Air Strip, Camoufleur Colin Wyatt
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A jeep and aircraft at Goodenough Air Strip. Camoufleur Colin Wyatt stands to the right against a tree looking into the distance. Wyatt was assigned to Goodenough Island in December 1943 along with G...ART28167.004
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Goodenough Islanders
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Half length portraits of a man and woman drawn on Goodenough Island. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian...ART96162
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Hula Boy, New Guinea
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a young man from Hula, Papua New Guinea. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American tr...ART96156
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Joe the axeman (Joseph Fletcher)
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Joseph Ethelbert Fletcher, timber feller, who felled kauri pine in the forests of North Queensland and had earlier driven bulldozers for the American Army.ART25606
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Joseph Glover, Aboriginal benchman, Ryan's shipyard
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Mr Joseph Glover, Aboriginal, Benchman at Ryan's Shipyard, Brown's Creek, Taree. Before the war Glover toured Australia making a living in local agricultural shows as a champion ...ART25580
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Leading Aircraftman N S Britton
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Leading Aircraftman N S Britton operating the radio on board the 'Nuginco'.ART28167.008
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Leading Teleprinter Operator, Patricia Scott-Stevenson
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of WR/868 Leading Teleprinter Operator Patricia Scott-Stevenson, serving at HMAS Harman, a shore signals establishment of the Royal Australian Navy, Canberra.ART25594
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Male Signaller, Control Tower, Canberra Airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts head and shoulders of man in profile holding signalling lamp up to eye. The artist made this sketch in the control tower at Canberra airfield.ART28132
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Max Dupain
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of Max Dupain, camouflage officer, RAAF, Goodenough Island, New Guinea.ART90430
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Miner, Mount Isa (Jack Thorburn)
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Mr Jack Thorburn, New Zealand born, has been a miner all his life. Underground was the only world he knew and liked best. As Underground Superintendent, Mount Isa Mines he spent most of his time below...ART25547
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Mixed nationalities on Canberra airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a Javanese airman, Corporal Djadi, and Sergeant Major Weertman from Zwolle, a member of the Dutch air force, checking over and servicing an American Curtiss p-40 Kittyhawk aeroplane at the RAA...ART21386
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Native work boy from Amau, Papua
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a young man. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American troops, Curtis took every oppo...ART96161
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'Nineo' Naqualeya, Goodenough Island
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Profile portrait of man drawn on Goodenough Island. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American tro...ART96163
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not titled [In Milne Bay]
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Seated portrait of a man drawn in Milne Bay. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American troops, Cu...ART96171
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Not titled [Men shopping for cloth]
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Scene depicting nine men around a table with coins, writing implements and spools of fabric. Reproduced in R. Curtis, 'A Papuan goes to Town', Walkabout, 1 December 1944. In 1942, Curtis was appointe...ART96143
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Not titled [portrait of man]
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of a man drawn by R Emerson Curtis while on active service. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian...ART96176
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Not titled [sketch of Bride - 15 years old]
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait study of a young woman on transfer paper. A copy of ART96175, 'Bride - 15 years old', 1944. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording ...ART96175
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Papuan (one hair style!)
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Profile portrait of a man. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Australian and American troops, Curtis took every op...ART96157
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Police boy "Hauko" Kokoda
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of Hauko, from Kokoda. Hauko worked for the Royal Papuan Constabularly. This portrait was one of two drawn by the artist on a visit to a prison camp while on active service with the Camouflag...ART96169
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recto: Caught off-guard verso: More profiles...
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
One of three sheets from a folio entitled by the artist ' On the Camouflage Trail with Australian and American Forces in New Guinea 1943-44'. The artist attached sketches executed on lined paper from ...ART28170.002
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recto: Major Nevill verso: In the church of Nasing Alatu
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
recto: A print of a pencil portrait of Major Nevill an engineer with the US 6th Army in Finschhaffen, New Guinea. Verso: Drawing of two carved Papua New Guinean wooden totem poles in a church in Nasin...ART28167.009
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Sergeant Deeble Rogers, Skipper of 'Nuginco'
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A portrait of Sergeant Deeble Rogers the skipper of 'Nuginco'. This portrait was done whilst onboard the 'Nuginco' travelling from Milne bay to Goodenough Island.ART28167.005
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"Sopapa" Sisiana, Duau Island
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Profile portrait of a young man called Sopapa Sisianan from Duau Island. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Austra...ART96170
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1st Lieutenant W. F. A Winckel N. E.I
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
When a Japanese submarine was seen off the N.S.W coast early in 1942, Winckel hunted it down, bombed and sank it - the first enemy submarines to be destroyed by aerial attack in Australian waters. Win...ART21385
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Study of a Papuan work boy - Milne Bay
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait study of a man working for Australian Troops drawn at Milne Bay. In 1942, Curtis was appointed Officer in Charge of Camouflage in New Guinea. As well as recording the activities of the Aust...ART96173
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The Indispensible Mr Malichar
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of Mr. Malichar, working in a laboratory at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Mount Stromlo. The artist, R. Emerson Curtis noted of this work: "Born in Vienna, Mr. Malichar came to Australi...ART21396
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The MO, Dr Allan McKay, RAAF
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A portrait of the MO Dr Allen McKay of the Royal Australian Air Force in Goodenough Island, New Guinea.ART28167.007