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Maker: Lindsay, Norman Commonwealth Government of Australia Syd. Day, The Printer Ltd

Poster depicts a German ogre, his blood-covered hands and forearms clutching at a globe of the world. Blood pours over Europe, and slowly oozes towards other countries, demonstrating the threat of th...

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Depicts an abandoned gun pit with sandbags, barbed wire and a wooden infrastructure, outside Flers about January 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during...

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Depicts an abondoned trench on the Somme. The trench is in the foreground, with smashed trees on the edge and there are Nissan huts and tents in the background. The portion of the trench depicted is p...

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Maker: Streeton, Arthur

Depicts tents at the 3rd Australian General Hospital with impressionist figures of soldiers and nurses in front of the tents. In the foreground is a roadway and median strip with flowers. Streeton pai...

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Maker: Colles, Ted

This work was used to illustrate a poem entitled 'Abdul' in the 'ANZAC Book'. The 'ANZAC Book' was published in 1916 from illustrations, poems, stories and other creative works from the soldiers on th...

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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth

A horse and cart are being lead by two Australian soldiers alongside a chalkpit. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009

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Maker: Barker, David Crothers

The words "A bird's eye view" are superimposed over an image of clouds and a bi-plane. This work was used as a illustration in the 'Kia-ora Coo-ee'. The image was drawn on the back of a postcard desig...

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Maker: Wheeler, Charles

Depicts a uniformed portrait Able Seaman Richard Horne, was typical of the men of the Royal Australian Navy, who served in every ocean of the world during 1914-18. Horne participated in the operation...

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Sketch on a leaf torn from a small sketchpad of a head study of a bombardier from the 2nd Indian Mountain Battery.

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Sketch on a leaf torn from a small sketchpad, depicting an Egyptian 'cabbie', Alexandria, standing alongside his transport - a horse. To the right is another sketch of a figure depicted from behind. I...

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Sketch of a Cairo street. Birds fly overhead as groups of people mill in the street below. A figure in the foreground carries a large sack on the shoulder.

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Maker: Burton, H M The Defence Department of the Commonwealth S.T. Leigh & Co. Ltd

This recruiting poster employs the theme of Australians fighting at Gallipoli to encourage men to enlist. A tall strong digger wearing a slouch hat and rising sun badge stands astride the Narrows, one...

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Maker: Macqueen, Kenneth

A train track has been covered by camouflage netting. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the Macqueen family in 2009

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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick

Drawing depicting the war damage to the Accroche Wood at the Western Front, France. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Fie...

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Maker: Moore-Jones, Horace

Depicts the hills surrounding ANZAC Cove and the harbour, showing Achi Baba in the distance and Gaba Tepe in the middle distance, with encampments, soldiers, longboats and food supplies visible. Achi ...

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Maker: Barker, David Crothers

Etching showing a church on Lebanon Hill with a dome in the background.

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Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a Coptic priest, wearing a flat cap, dressed in a cloak, with a full beard and moustache. This is one of a series of drawings Benson did entitled 'Some Egyptia...

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Maker: Lambert, George

Depicts a desert landscape, with a small aeroplane on the ground and figure to the right of the plane. Aircraft such as this, possibly a BE12 or RE8, were used at the beginning of the war for reconnai...

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Maker: Falls, Charles Buckles Scottish War Savings Committee McLagan & Cumming

Poster from the First World War issued by the Scottish War Savings Committee designed to encourage an extra 100, 000 members of the public to invest in war savings by Christmas. The image dominating t...

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Maker: Goodchild, John

Depicts the war graves at Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux with a number of crosses visible, including the memorials to AIF battalions in the foreground. The painter, teacher and etcher John Good...

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