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| Accession Number | ARTV03041 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 79.9 x 45.4 cm |
| Object type | Poster |
| Physical description | linecut and photoengraving on paper |
| Maker |
Unknown SYDNEY : COMMITTEE IN DEFIANCE OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT, [N.D.] |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1969 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Description
A wounded Vietnamese child carried by an adult after the My Lai massacre. The accompanying text advertises the Draft Counselling Centre, Sydney, and solicits donations to the Committee. The poster was produced by the Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act. It was formed in July 1969 after civil disobedience had spread from University students and academics to the wider community the month before. Its declarations of defiance received widespread support and by the end of November 1969 more than 8000 people had signed the Committee's 'incitement statements' which urged young men not to register under the National Service Act.
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