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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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Aircraft targets, Thursday Island
Art
Maker: Annand, Douglas
Two Torres Strait Islander boys are setting up brightly coloured aircraft targets on Thursday Island. These targets were to be floated out to sea. A red flag is seen at left with two coconut palm tre...ART92444
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AWM237 [50] - [Roll of Honour cards, supplementary sources] AMF Nominal Roll of Deaths 1939-47, Pacific and Torres Strait Islanders; New Guinea enlistees; Papua enlistees; Northern Territory enlistees
Digitised Collection
[Information has been checked against personal records, casualty and war graves indices, and reconciled with Roll of Honour cards]AWM2021.18.2
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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 stand: American B-25 Mitchell bomber
Art
Maker: Williams, Dick
Wooden stand to accompany Mitchell bomber headdress.ART94620.001
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Cameron, Donald M (MHR for Fadden (Qld))
Private Record
Maker: Cameron, Donald M
Collection relating to the military service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people during the South African (Boer) War, First World War, Second World War, Malayan Emergency, Korean War and Vi...PR87/078
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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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Gidthau Steyr Gagaian Kab [the story of the Steyr Dance]
Art
Maker: Gutchen, Kapua
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as...AWM2018.1117.6
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Group portrait of officers and men of B Company, 2/31st Battalion
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of officers and men of B Company, 2/31st Battalion. Identified back row, from left: Private (Pte) R. H. Chattermole; Pte. P. A. Bennett; Pte A. R. Smith; Pte G. Cook; Pte A. H. Brethert...P06252.003
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Interview with Tom Lowah, a Torres Strait Islander servicemen, by Robert Hall about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and their military service during the Second World War and conditions at home at the time.
Sound
Maker: Lowah, Thomas Hall, Robert Anthony (Bob) Lowah, Tom
Q267678 Corporal Thomas (Tom) Lowah, a Torres Strait Islander man who served as a Corporal with the Torres Strait Islander Infantry Battalion during the Second World War. The interview is conducted by...S04625
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Kaubu Miebur Kab [War Plane Dance]
Art
Maker: Gutchen, Kapua
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as...AWM2018.1117.2
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Kaubu Sarek Kab [Bows and Arrows War Dance]
Art
Maker: Gutchen, Kapua
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as...AWM2018.1117.4
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Koskergiz Kaubu Kerkerr ge [TSI Womenfolks of the War Era]
Art
Maker: Gutchen, Kapua
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as...AWM2018.1117.5
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Kowbu Gidha Kedha [World war story as its told]
Art
Maker: Tipoti, Alick
'This print is my interpretation of the plane stories from World War 2 being told through songs. Songs and dances were our main tools of education. The figures on the top are the village dancers of th...AWM2016.401.1
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Kuyurudh [arrow head formation]
Art
Maker: Nona, Matilda
'Through this print I tell of my connection to the World War 2 stories. Through the eyes of the island women on ground, planes were seen passing above in the formation of the arrow. This formation is ...AWM2016.401.4
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19994 Lieutenant Tom ‘Rockets’ Guivarra MID, a Torres Strait Islander servicemen on 161 ...
Photograph
Maker: Gibbons, Denis Stanley
19994 Lieutenant Tom ‘Rockets’ Guivarra MID, a Torres Strait Islander servicemen on 161 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight.P04666.855
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19994 Lieutenant Tom ‘Rockets’ Guivarra MID, a Torres Strait Islander servicemen on 161 ...
Photograph
Maker: Gibbons, Denis Stanley
19994 Lieutenant Tom ‘Rockets’ Guivarra MID, a Torres Strait Islander servicemen on 161 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight.P04666.852
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Long winding trail
Art
Maker: Jose, Ellen
In keeping with Ellen Jose's tendency to combine exploration of the personal with wider external issues, 'Long winding trail' is both an intimate homage to her father and his soldier persona, and a re...ART29763
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Mamam Eud [Red Death]
Art
Maker: Gutchen, Kapua
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as...AWM2018.1117.3
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Ngaw Athen Thonarnu [during my grandfathers time]
Art
Maker: Gaidan, Aiona Tala
'Ngaw Athen Thonarnu means during my grandfathers time. The seven stars across the top of the print represents myself and my six siblings. In the centre I show a soldier kneeling before a cross paying...AWM2016.401.5