mould for Bullecourt Digger

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt
Accession Number ART93141
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 234 x 85 x 70 cm
Object type Sculpture
Physical description fibreglass, bronze paint
Maker Corlett, Peter
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1992
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

In August 1992 the Office of the Australian War graves commissioned Melbourne artist Peter Corlett to create a sculpture to commemorate the 10,000 Australians who were killed or wounded in the two battles of Bullecourt in 1917. Corlett's sculpture of a young Australian soldier looks over the former battlefield. This is a duplicate of the bronze that was cast in Melbourne and unveiled in France on ANZAC Day 1993.