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  1. Aboriginal (female)

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    Maker: Bowles, Leslie

    This architectural ‘boss’ or carved stone figure depicts the face of an Aboriginal woman. Along with its male counterpart, it is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial....

    ART93053

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    Aboriginal (male)

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    Maker: Bowles, Leslie

    This architectural ‘boss’ or carved stone figure depicts the face of an Aboriginal man. Along with its female counterpart, it is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial....

    ART93066

  3. Admiral Tojo

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    Maker: Hatori

    Porcelain statue of Admiral Tojo which served as the 1941 Navy exam prize in Japan. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948) was the Japanese Prime Minister during the Second World War. He became Prime Minister in 194...

    ART40932

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    AIF Malaya memorial

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    Maker: Dowie, John Stuart Meridian Sculpture Founders

    Statue in memory of the men and women of the AIF Malaya who held up the Japanese advance on Singapore 14 January - 15 Feburary 1942.

    ART41004

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    Airman

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    Maker: Ewers, Ray Battaglia & Co, Milan, Italy

    An airman from the Second World War wearing full flying kit, (flying suit and helmet) and carrying his parachute over his shoulder.

    ART40978

  6. Airman (pattern)

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    Maker: Ewers, Ray

    Figure of an airman in uniform, carrying a parachute. This sculpture was created as a souvenir for sale through the Australian War Memorial. There is a large scale version of this sculpture in the N...

    ART90972

  7. Air Vice-Marshal F.H. McNamara

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    Maker: Gilbert, Donald

    Plaster bust of Air Vice-Marshal Francis 'Frank' Hubert McNamara, VC, CBE (4 April 1894-2 November 1961). McNamara flew in the First World War with the No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC) an...

    ART34904

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    An Australian infantryman

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    Maker: Ewers, Ray Gregory, E J

    A sculpture of an Australian infantryman, this is a replica of the sculpture commissioned in 1949 to be presented to the Greek nation. 'An Australian Serviceman in Greece' was presented to the Consul ...

    ART90979

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    Animals in war memorial

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    Maker: Gilbert, Charles Web Holland, Steven Mackennal, Bertram Montford, Paul Kell & Denson Stoneworks Pty Ltd

    The Animals in War Memorial is a joint project between the Australian War Memorial and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). The memorial commemorates those animals that...

    ART93929

  10. Anzac Jack

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    Maker: Latona, Peter Latona, Peter

    Bronze bust of a man idenitified as 'Anzac Jack'. The sculpture is comprised of bronze strips that have been adhered to form the face. Anzac Jack wears a shirt and tie and the bust is fixed to a squa...

    ART90259

  11. Anzac soldier

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    Maker: Artist unknown

    Small chalkware sculpture of a soldier in Australian uniform created in Australia during the 1940s. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program in 2016

    AWM2016.214.1

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    Anzac title page

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    Maker: Nolan, Sidney

    Naked Gallipoli soldier without head or arms and with a wooden leg. ANZAC painted across the centre of the image. Nolan stated that the stump leg and missing limbs derives from an antique statue which...

    ART91203

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    Anzac 'walking wounded'

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    Maker: Nolan, Sidney

    Wounded Gallipoli soldier on crutches, the figure reminiscent of ancient Greek statues such as Kouros, the sculptures that were young nude Greek youths. The statues embodied the idea of youth and the ...

    ART91224

  14. Australia House, London, on a Sunday morning

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    Maker: Moore, Alan

    A street scene outside Australia House in London on a dreary winter's morning. Rain is pelting down on the gray streets as people hurry along with heads bowed.

    ART25009

  15. Australian serviceman

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    Maker: Ewers, Ray Meridian Sculpture Founders

    This statuette is the first in a series of a possible edition of 100, which were to be cast for sale through the Australian War Memorial shop. The maquette was originally made to assist in raising fun...

    ART90837

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    Australian serviceman

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    Maker: Ewers, Ray Battaglia & Co, Milan, Italy

    This sculpture was initially commissioned for the Hall of Memory in 1954. Leslie Bowles died in 1954 and it was originally he who had designed the proposed statuary to be the feature in the Hall of Me...

    ART40995

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    Australian servicewomen's memorial

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    Maker: Ferguson, Anne

    Whereas more conventional war memorials may incorporate a cenotaph or a representative figure, Anne Ferguson has created a bare platform of coloured stones, divided in two by a curved trench that rese...

    ART90968

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    Australian soldier

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    Maker: Anderson, Wallace Meridian Sculpture Founders

    Depicts a bronze bust of a typical Australian soldier. This bronze edition was cast in 1994 from the original plaster cast from 1926.

    ART90166

  19. Bearded dragon

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    Maker: Bowles, Leslie

    This gargoyle depicts the face of a bearded dragon. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model ...

    ART93044

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    Bearded dragon

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    Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company

    This gargoyle depicts the face of a Bearded Dragon and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Austr...

    AWM2016.60.10

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