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The Fall
Art
Maker: Tiatia, Angela
'The Fall' provides a contemporary illustration and insight into Singapore's and Australia's shared wartime experience during the Second World War and its complex legacies for both nations. It was dev...AWM2018.207.1
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The inauguration of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ANZAC Day 1929
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Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
McCubbin was commissioned to paint this work of the Australian War Memorial's Inauguration Ceremony, Canberra on 25th April 1929. The Memorial was the result of Charles Bean's vision for a place to re...ART09852
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The Indispensible Mr Malichar
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of Mr. Malichar, working in a laboratory at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Mount Stromlo. The artist, R. Emerson Curtis noted of this work: "Born in Vienna, Mr. Malichar came to Australi...ART21396
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The kind ghosts
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Maker: Tunks, Bruce
The subject matter for 'The kind ghosts' was taken directly from the Memorial's Roll of honour. The works seeks to question the purpose and relevance of commemorative monuments in contemporary Austral...ART90641.001
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The Observatory, Mount Stromlo
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Canberra. The Observatory stands on the crest of a hill on the edge of a large belt of pine, planted under a reforestation scheme, in the heart of the Federal Territory...ART21392
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The pay line, RAAF Airfield, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a line of men and women queued in front of window in hangar. Water colour used in all blue tones.ART28138
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The Piecekeeping mission
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Maker: Killeen, Fatima
Fatima Killeen made this print in response to the Second Gulf War in Iraq. Multiple rows of oil wells are depicted, each with an Islamic star underneath, a symbolic reminder of the nations in the Midd...ART92903
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The tourist
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Maker: Boynes, Robert
This work captures the Memorial in a moment in time as it was perceived by the artist in 1978. The angle on which the work is painted is such that the actual building has slipped beneath the horizon....ART92133
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This Is a Man's Job! Join The RAAF
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Maker: Jardine, Walter Lacy Joint Army-RAAF Recruiting Committe Unknown
Recruiting poster for the RAAF depicting a pilot ready for take-off, with three fighter aircraft overhead and the slogan 'This is a Man's job! Join the RAAF'. The airman is wearing a Type B flying hel...ARTV04283
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Title page for 'Rescue and Demolitions Manual, Civil Defence Handbook No 2'
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Maker: Hinder, Frank
Drawing for the title page of 'Rescue and Demolition Manual, Civil Defence Handbook no 2', issued by the Department of Home Security, Canberra. This is one from a series of twenty layouts, designs and...ART91592
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VP Day, Canberra
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
People celebrate Victory in the Pacific Day at the Australian War Memorial main building in August 1945. Allied flags are being flown, and Mount Ainslie can be seen in the background. Two 1940s cars a...ART22923
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War Memorial, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts the exterior of the Australian War Memorial, viewed from the front steps, with a number of people entering the Memorial. Robert Emerson Curtis (1899 - 1996) was born in Croydon, England and h...ART29723
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Art
Maker: Killeen, Fatima
The intrusiveness of images of the Iraq War (2003-11) into Australian homes is conveyed in this work. Rows of televisions are depicted riddled with bullet holes. Of this work, the artist notes; 'Broad...ART92905
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Winter storms over Canberra airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Netherlands East Indies Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force personnel employed on servicing a squadron of Mitchell bombers of the Dutch Air Force, make for shelter at the end of the day.ART21384
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Wombat
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This gargoyle depicts the face of a wombat. It is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. In 1940-41, a stonemason carved this piece based on a plaster model created ...ART93051
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Wombat
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie Traditional Restoration Company
This gargoyle depicts the face of a Wombat and is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial. It is one of 24 gargoyles that depict animals that are native to Australia. Ea...AWM2016.60.3
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Wombat gargoyle
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie Ewers, Raymond Boultwood
This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the face of a wombat. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940 ...ART90755
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Xmas Memories
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Depicts a central figure, an ex-serviceman, now a swaggie carrying a swag and billy and followed by his dog. Beside him are two ghostly figures of servicemen, possibly his former mates. The serviceman...ART50203