Graves, Hintok River

Five crosses signifying graves located in the middle of the jungle at Hintok River. Large rocks placed between the two crosses in the foreground and another cross suspended between the tree tops upper right. These were graves of POWs (Ray Parkin thinks probably British) that they noticed on their way to the worksite because of the cross suspended between the trees. "What caught my eye was the bamboo fronds that made Gothic arches above the graves." The print was included in a folio of drypoints were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to Weary Dunlop while they were prisoners of war (POWs) together on the Burma-Thailand railway. Dunlop delivered the collection of drawings and paintings to Parkin on his return to Melbourne. As an expression of gratitude to Dunlop for hiding the drawings at great risk to his own safety, Parkin proceeded to make prints of the drawings and presented them to Dunlop in a bound folio in 1956. A single watercolour, dated 1943, is the only original painting from Parkin's POW experience to be included in the folio.

Presented by the Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Estate through the Cultural Gifts Program 1999