[Army boots]

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, Bribie Island
Accession Number ART96773
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 17.9 x 24.1 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink on paper
Maker Robinson, David Keith
Date made c. 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

A detailed pen and ink study, a ‘still life’ of Robinson’s newly polished Army boots, on a table with the brush and tin of boot polish nearby, with his water bottle in the background, drawn at Bribie Island, during the Second World War. During the Second World War, Bribie Island, off the coast of Queensland, was one of the primary defences for Brisbane and Moreton Bay. David Keith Robinson (b.1918) (NX110141) enlisted in the Australian Army in August 1942 and served as a Gunner with the “P” Australian Heavy Battery (Coast) AIF. This was a part of the Australian Army during the Second World War which included fixed coast, defence, artillery and searchlight units. He was stationed on Bribie Island between 1942-1944. The drawings and watercolours by David Keith Robinson reveal the day to day activities and installations he observed while stationed on Bribie Island. With an eye for detail, they skilfully capture a strong sense of the location, landscape and Army presence on the island, as well as a sense of the significance of the military operations undertaken on the island during the war.