| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART91125 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 34.8 x 25 cm (irreg.) |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | gouache, pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 2000 |
| Conflict |
East Timor, 1999-2013 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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East Timorese children, Suai
Description
Depicts a group of East Timorese children in Suai, East Timor. 'There would be so many children around me I would end up painting them... They are so friendly and so warm. When you arrive in Suai you are smiled at and waved at... It's unbelievable that all those terrible things have happened to them. I have heard so many horrific stories ... Children were saying things like "G'day, mate" and "G'day cobber" in perfect accents.' Wendy Sharpe, `Sydney Morning Herald', 31 December 1999. Wendy Sharpe was appointed official artist in December 1999, travelling to Darwin, where she attended briefing sessions with Australian INTERFET personnel. In East Timor she was attached to the Army History Unit in Dili, where she recorded the work of the Australian peacekeepers and East Timorese people.