| Place | Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island |
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| Accession Number | ART24377 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Framed: 77.1 cm x 65.2 cm x 6 cm; Unframed: 60.8 cm x 49 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Heysen, Nora |
| Place made | Netherlands East Indies: Halmahera Island, Morotai Island |
| Date made | August 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Sister Veronica Harbourd
Description
Sister Veronica Harbourd, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service, painted against a tropical setting, Morotai, New Guinea. In a letter to Colonel Treloar, dated 20 August 1945, Heysen noted of the work: "In Morotai I selected what I thought a representative type of the women doing that job and painted her against a tropical setting".
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