Commemoration: Australia's War Time Prime Ministers

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number ARTV09184
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 41.8 x 19.7 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph
Maker Unknown
Department of Veteran's Affairs
Date made 1995
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

A poster produced by 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' to commemorate Australia's Prime Ministers of the Second World War. The poster features painted portraits of five Prime Ministers - Robert Menzies, John Curtin, Arthur Fadden, Francis Forde and Ben Chifley. Australia Remembers, 1945-1995 was a program of activities organised to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, culminating in key national ceremonies held in Brisbane on 15 August 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific.