Keep the flag flying...War Savings Campaign

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number ARTV00642
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 45.6 x 30.4 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description chromolithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
Unknown
Mullett, Albert J
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1914-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian First World War poster issued by the Government to promote a War Savings Campaign. The poster features a depiction of a Union Jack flag to the left set against a pale blue and yellow background. The text and message runs top to bottom next to the flag. As in other allied countries, subscription to a war bonds scheme is presented as the patriotic duty of its civilian population towards the war effort.

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