Reclining figure of an Australian soldier, Robertson Barracks, Darwin

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number ART91186.036
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 21 x 29.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal on paper
Maker Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made 1999
Conflict East Timor, 1999-2013
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Reclining figure of an Australian soldier, Robertson Barracks, Darwin. The soldiers were in Darwin being de-briefed and trained before moving on to East Timor as part of the Interfet Peacekeeping Force, December 1999. Page from sketchbook no. 1. 'I attended some of the briefings with the soldiers at the Rowell Centre Lecture Hall at Robertson Barracks. They were about East Timorese customs, language, religion, diseases and other hazards.' Wendy Sharpe, 29 May 2000.