Place | Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne |
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Accession Number | ART90568 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 21.1 x 25.2 cm; image: 19 x 22.4 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pen and brush and ink on paper |
Maker |
Browning, George Julian |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
VP Day memories
Description
VP (Victory in the Pacific) Day, also referred to as VJ (Victory over Japan) Day, is celebrated on 15 August. This date commemorates Japan's acceptance of the Allied demand for unconditional surrender 14 August 1945. For Australians, it meant that the Second World War was finally over.