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Aaaaaaa-tention!
Art
Maker: Jose, Ellen
In 1992 Ellen Jose (b.1951) held an exhibition in Melbourne titled "Black Diggers-Ghost Fighters" to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Kokoda campaign in New Guinea, as well as ...ART29762
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Aboriginal (female)
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This architectural ‘boss’ or carved stone figure depicts the face of an Aboriginal woman. Along with its male counterpart, it is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial....ART93053
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Aboriginal (male)
Art
Maker: Bowles, Leslie
This architectural ‘boss’ or carved stone figure depicts the face of an Aboriginal man. Along with its female counterpart, it is situated in the Commemorative Courtyard of the Australian War Memorial....ART93066
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Aboriginal soldier
Art
Maker: Vykopal, Lev
Drawing of a soldier reclining with rifle cocked. This work was created on Vykopal's second residency with NORFORCE, one of three Regional Force Surveillance Units employed to do surveillance and rec...ART95065
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Aboriginal soldier, NORFORCE
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Maker: Vykopal, Lev
Portrait of the head of a soldier wearing a cap. This work was created on Vykopal's second residency with NORFORCE, one of three Regional Force Surveillance Units employed to do surveillance and reco...ART95056
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Advance Australia Fair (Gangurru Camouflage)
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Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to deploy with the Army's Regional Force Surveillance Unit, North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE). NORFORCE is a surveil...ART94992
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Aeroplane Dancer
Art
Maker: Rory, Myra
Screenprint of a figure wearing aeroplane headdress with body paint. The work depicts a contemporary portrait of a Yanyuwa Dancer performing the Ka-wayawayama, also known as the Aeroplane Dance. The...ART96134
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Americans and Aborigines
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Originally titled 'Australian Aborigines rescue shot down U.S. pilot'. Depicts the story associated with the rescue of 2nd Lieutenant Clarence T Johnson, 7th Squadron, 49th Fighter group, USA. On 15 J...ART22732
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Angry Blak
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to deploy with the Army's Regional Force Surveillance Unit, North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE). NORFORCE is a surveil...ART95007.002
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Anzac C Company
Art
Maker: Tipoti, Alick
In 2016, the Memorial appointed internationally renowned Badu Islander artist Alick Tipoti (b. 1974) as an Official War Artist to document the 51st Battalion in Far North Queensland and in August 2016...AWM2017.1430.2
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Anzac C Company
Art
Maker: Tipoti, Alick
In 2016, the Memorial appointed internationally renowned Badu Islander artist Alick Tipoti (b. 1974) as an Official War Artist to document the 51st Battalion in Far North Queensland and in August 2016...AWM2017.1430.3
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Anzac C Company
Art
Maker: Tipoti, Alick
In 2016, the Memorial appointed internationally renowned Badu Islander artist Alick Tipoti (b. 1974) as an Official War Artist to document the 51st Battalion in Far North Queensland and in August 2016...AWM2017.1430.5
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Anzac C Company
Art
Maker: Tipoti, Alick
In 2016, the Memorial appointed internationally renowned Badu Islander artist Alick Tipoti (b. 1974) as an Official War Artist to document the 51st Battalion in Far North Queensland and in August 2016...AWM2017.1430.4
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Anzac C Company
Art
Maker: Tipoti, Alick
In 2016, the Memorial appointed internationally renowned Badu Islander artist Alick Tipoti (b. 1974) as an Official War Artist to document the 51st Battalion in Far North Queensland and in August 2016...AWM2017.1430.1
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Anzac C Company
Art
Maker: Tipoti, Alick
In 2016, the Memorial appointed internationally renowned Badu Islander artist Alick Tipoti (b. 1974) as an Official War Artist to document the 51st Battalion in Far North Queensland and in August 2016...AWM2017.1430.6
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Arm injury - amputation
Art
Maker: Aubrey-Crowe, George
Australian Military Forces, Services Reconnaissance Department, Native Constabulary; R416 Warrant 1 Yauwiga (or Yauwika) DCM, M Special, AMF, with loyalty medal, left arm amputated below elbow, wearin...ART24397
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A Soldier for a Thousand Years (Gangurru Camouflage)
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to deploy with the Army's Regional Force Surveillance Unit, North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE). NORFORCE is a surveil...ART94991
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Badu Island Aeroplane dance headdress: American B-25 Mitchell bomber
Art
Maker: Williams, Dick
Unmounted wooden airplane styled to resemble a Mitchell bomber, painted green with faux Australian markings. This detailed aircraft replica is the contemporary feature of the ceremonial headdresses w...ART94620
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Badu Island Aeroplane dance headdress: American B-25 Mitchell bomber
Art
Maker: Williams, Dick
Unmounted wooden airplane styled to resemble a Mitchell bomber, painted green with faux American markings. This detailed aircraft replica is the contemporary feature of the ceremonial headdresses wor...ART94619
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Badu Island Aeroplane dance headdress stand: American B-25 Mitchell bomber
Art
Maker: Williams, Dick
Wooden stand to accompany Mitchell bomber headdress.ART94619.001
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Badu Island Aeroplane dance headdress stand: American B-25 Mitchell bomber
Art
Maker: Williams, Dick
Wooden stand to accompany Mitchell bomber headdress.ART94620.001
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Be Deadly - NORFORCE
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to be attached to the Army's Regional Surveillance Force North West Mobile Unit (NORFORCE). 'I saw the recruits as ev...ART94987
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Black soldier
Art
Maker: Murray, Lesley
'Black soldier' depicts Lesley Murray's grandfather. The portrait is based on a photograph taken during the Second World War and is a private work of commemoration. It is also intended to serve as a t...ART91484
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Blue Danube [white]
Art
Maker: Scarce, Yhonnie
Contemporary glass artist Yhonnie Scarce was born in Woomera, South Australia in 1973. She belongs to the Kokatha and Nukunu peoples. Scarce is one of the few contemporary Australian artists to explor...AWM2017.929.2
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Blue Danube [white and black]
Art
Maker: Scarce, Yhonnie
Contemporary glass artist Yhonnie Scarce was born in Woomera, South Australia in 1973. She belongs to the Kokatha and Nukunu peoples. Scarce is one of the few contemporary Australian artists to explor...AWM2017.929.1
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Bombing of Darwin
Art
Maker: Wanji Wanji, Susan
Susan Wanji Wanji lives and works on Melville Island which is the largest of the two Tiwi Islands. The experience of the planes and the bombings on the island came as a shock to many Tiwi Islanders an...AWM2016.251.1
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Captain Reg Saunders
Art
Maker: Thalben-Ball, Pamela
Reginald Walter Saunders was born in 1920, in Purnim, Victoria, near the Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve. He came from a long line of soldiers. Both his father and his uncle served in the First World W...ART28159
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[coconuts]
Art
Maker: Pidgeon, William Edwin (WEP)
A scene with coconuts and notes about colouring. The verso of this page features a study of several standing figures at an Aboriginal mission station. William Edwin Pidgeon (1909-1981), known as 'WEP'...ART96481
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Coloured Diggers
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
This four panelled painting explores the social and political legacies of Indigenous military service during the Second World War, and specifically the lack of recognition felt by many following their...ART96531
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Coloured Diggers [panel 1]
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
Panel one of 'Coloured Diggers' a four panelled painting exploring the social and political legacies of Indigenous military service during the Second World War, and specifically the lack of recognitio...ART96531.001
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Coloured Diggers [panel 2]
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
Panel two of 'Coloured Diggers' a four panelled painting exploring the social and political legacies of Indigenous military service during the Second World War, and specifically the lack of recognitio...ART96531.002
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Coloured Diggers [panel 3]
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
Panel three of 'Coloured Diggers' a four panelled painting exploring the social and political legacies of Indigenous military service during the Second World War, and specifically the lack of recognit...ART96531.003
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Commemoration: Aboriginal People and Torres Strait Islanders
Art
Maker: Unknown Department of Veteran's Affairs
A poster produced by 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' to commemorate the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War. The background image is a photograph of Aboriginal fight...ARTV09179
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"Coo-ees"
Art
Maker: Kearney, William
A recruitment banner depicting serviceman G. Harvey in a green kilt with the traditional sporran and feathered bonnet, his hands are raised above his head as he is pictured dancing mid-jig. To the lef...ARTV07501
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Darnku Country
Art
Maker: Forrest, Alec
Topographical landscape of Kaningarra country in Western Australia. The composition marks various geographical sites including waterholes and lakes. The red lines are symbolic of the sand hills, and...ART95079
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Death of Major at Nine Mile
Art
Maker: Timms, Freddie
'Death of Major at Nine Mile' was exhibited in Freddie Timms' solo exhibition at Watter’s Gallery in 1999 which explored the history of the Aboriginal rebel and bush ranger Major, who was shot dead by...AWM2019.572.1
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Drawing for headpiece for 'Picnic races- North Australia' in 'Jungle Warfare' 1944
Art
Maker: Rafty, Tony
A group of soldiers cheering on a race between three Aboriginal jockeys on horseback.ARTI00024.D
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Drawing for illustration for 'Skipper' in 'Jungle Warfare' 1944
Art
Maker: Rafty, Tony
A cartoonish train track seen from above with Australian scenes along the line.ARTI00013.B
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Educated white
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to deploy with the Army's Regional Force Surveillance Unit, North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE). NORFORCE is a surveil...ART95007.001
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Educated White & Angry Blak (Gangurru Camouflage) [Diptych]
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to deploy with the Army's Regional Force Surveillance Unit, North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE). NORFORCE is a surveil...ART95007
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Face injury apparatus
Art
Maker: Aubrey-Crowe, George
Unidentified man with severe facial injuries, undergoing reconstruction of lower jaw and face, wearing plaster cap and external fixative apparatus (to hold bone fragments in place while they reunite, ...ART24398
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Fathers' Lament
Art
Maker: Clayton, Fay
Upper body portrait of a man in uniform surrounded by four text panels. Father's Lament is both a commemorative portrait of the Indigenous servicemen PR Cecil Robert Clayton and a lament about his po...ART94980
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Fight or Flight #2 The Near East - Bombs and Oil (Hostile Object)
Art
Maker: Cope, Megan
In 2017 the Australian War Memorial commissioned its first female Aboriginal official war artist, Quandamooka woman Megan Cope, to travel to the Middle East to accompany various Defence units particip...AWM2019.58.2
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Flight or Fight #4 A Golden Arc (Known Object)
Art
Maker: Cope, Megan
In 2017 the Australian War Memorial commissioned its first female Aboriginal official war artist, Quandamooka woman Megan Cope, to travel to the Middle East to accompany various Defence units particip...AWM2019.58.4
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Flight or Fight #6 A Line in the Sand
Art
Maker: Cope, Megan
In 2017 the Australian War Memorial commissioned its first female Aboriginal official war artist, Quandamooka woman Megan Cope, to travel to the Middle East to accompany various Defence units particip...AWM2019.58.6
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Flight or Fight #1 Old Rivers, Deep Water (Lake Qadisiya & Lake Assad)
Art
Maker: Cope, Megan
In 2017 the Australian War Memorial commissioned its first female Aboriginal official war artist, Quandamooka woman Megan Cope, to travel to the Middle East to accompany various Defence units particip...AWM2019.58.1
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Flight or Fight #5 Radar
Art
Maker: Cope, Megan
In 2017 the Australian War Memorial commissioned its first female Aboriginal official war artist, Quandamooka woman Megan Cope, to travel to the Middle East to accompany various Defence units particip...AWM2019.58.5
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Flight or Fight #3 Silk Road Extended (Friendly Object)
Art
Maker: Cope, Megan
In 2017 the Australian War Memorial commissioned its first female Aboriginal official war artist, Quandamooka woman Megan Cope, to travel to the Middle East to accompany various Defence units particip...AWM2019.58.3
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Flight or Fight #7 The Near and Middle East with International Borders (Mt Sinjar)
Art
Maker: Cope, Megan
In 2017 the Australian War Memorial commissioned its first female Aboriginal official war artist, Quandamooka woman Megan Cope, to travel to the Middle East to accompany various Defence units particip...AWM2019.58.7
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Forever Young (Gangurru Camouflage)
Art
Maker: Albert, Tony
In 2012 Tony Albert became the Australian War Memorial's first official war artist to deploy with the Army's Regional Force Surveillance Unit, North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE). NORFORCE is a surveil...ART95005