Place | Oceania: Australia |
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Accession Number | ARTV00059 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 76.7 x 50.6cm |
Object type | Poster |
Physical description | photolithograph on paper |
Maker |
Unknown Commonwealth Government of Australia EB Studios |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | c. 1919 - 1921 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
"Well boy, you've done your bit"
Depicts an old farmer welcoming a young veteran, symbolising the assistance that men who were no longer eligible for recruitment could give. The text encourages the viewer to buy peace bonds. Many countries involved in the war realised that they would need more funds to resource their campaigns, and accordingly developed war loan programs. These programs encouraged the population to purchase government war bonds which would be repaid with interest, and assist the war effort. The loan subscriptions were extremely successful in Australia, often exceeding the targeted amount. As the conflict drew to a close, the posters promised that the purchase of bonds bring a speedy resolution to the war.
Following the war, 'Peace Loan' campaigns were launched to recoup the cost of the war and fund soldier pensions. Peace loans functioned along the same lines of the war loans, in that people 'lent' the government money in return for interest.