East Timorese children

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Accession Number ART91164
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 39.6 x 55.3 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description gouache 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
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

A group of East Timorese children, Dili, East Timor. Sharpe was fascinated by the children and drew them frequently. 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.

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