Swimming hole

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number ART27973
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 27.2 x 37 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description conte crayon on paper
Maker Baird, John
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

The improvised swimming hole near Rapid Creek, constructed of logs from the paper bark tree, is depicted. A nude man wearing a slouch hat can be seen standing in the middle-ground.