Resettlement of Slope 30

Places
Accession Number ART40539
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 30.8 x 49 cm (irreg.)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description black and brown fibre-tipped pen on paper
Maker Fletcher, Bruce
Place made Vietnam, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province
Date made 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Two Australian soldiers holding rifles watches over a group of Vietnamese adults, children and animals as they gather belongings to be resettled from Slope 30 in Phuoc Tuy Province. Formerly controlled by the Viet Cong, the area of Slope 30 was used as a market garden to supply the troops. Villages in the area were completely razed by the Australian Army, who then constructed new buildings and resettled the villagers at Ap Suoi Nghe.