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A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sydney, New South Wales; plate from A Narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies by James Backhouse, 1843
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Maker: after Edward Backhouse
A chain gang of convicts being escorted to work by armed soldiers of the British Army, an overseer (civilian) leads the way.ART19846
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An incident on the Burma railway
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of a scene witnessed by Colonel Dillon of the British Army, of the bashing of two British and one Australian prisoners of war by Japanese on the Burma-Thailand railway. Griffin original...ART26525
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[Banishment]
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Maker: Hall, Alan
This work depicts the artist on an island north of Australia. He was sent there for approximately 6 months to help guard the area as a punishment for an unknown indiscretion during the Second World Wa...ART93344
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Bekanntmachung [Announcement]
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Maker: Unknown Rand & Bartmann
German First World War poster. Text only it consists of two notices printed side by side in black ink on a red background. The notices issued in 1918 under the order of Alexander von Linsingen, Comman...ARTV06218
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Japanese 'Bimbo Boy', Ofuna POW camp
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts a Japanese soldier in uniform holding a large piece of wood in his left hand. When catalogued in 1945, this work was accompanied by the following text; 'Drawing shows common type of Jap soldie...ART22800
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Military gaol, Alice Springs
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Maker: Thake, Eric
Military gaol in Alice Springs, with only the faint outline of a prisoner on the right, behind the wire. Thake's work concentrates on the Mulga tree posts, barbed wire and the red sand of the desert.ART26969
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POW asleep, Ofuna
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts a Japanese POW asleep on the floor on a thin mattress, his body covered in a blanket and his head resting on a traditional hard pillow. When catalogued in 1945, this work was accompanied by th...ART22802
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"The Bimbo Kid", Ofuna POW camp
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts a Japanese soldier in uniform holding a large piece of wood in his left hand. He stands in front of a fenced verandah like area with a vine curling up the verandah post. Behind him is another ...ART22801
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"Why sailors don't fear death"
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Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts a sailor scrubbing the deck as a commander stands over him. The artist Alan Hall (1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second Worl...ART93333