Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland |
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Accession Number | ART25658 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 20.3 x 33 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | lithographic crayon on paper |
Maker |
Curtis, R Emerson |
Place made | Australia: Queensland, North Queensland |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
War charities bazaar makes its appeal outside Mulgrave Mill
Description
War charities bazaar makes its appeal outside Mulgrave Mill, North Queensland. From August 1945 in his capacity as official war artist Emerson Curtis undertook a three month tour of Queensland. Travelling mostly by train he captured a rich visual record of the extensive wartime activities, people and industry of this ' frontier ' state.