The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian poster issued by the Commonwealth Government to promote subscriptions to the Diggers' Loan. The poster features a white map of Australia in the upper right corner set against a red background. In the middle of the map is a drawing of the head of a smileing returned digger. He is wearing a slouch hat without any military bands or badges visible. The title and text printed in black and white are positioned centre right.
The Diggers' Loan, officially launched outside the Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place, Sydney on 8 August 1921, was the third and final peace loan to be held in Australia following the end of the First World War. It was used to fund the building of homes for returned soldiers and to assist with their resettlement.
Depicts an idealised image of a masculine Digger in a slouch hat positioned against a map of Australia. . The title and text sits above and below the image and is in white letters against a dark red
Depicts an idealised image of a masculine Digger in a slouch hat positioned against a map of Australia. . The title and text sits above and below the image and is in white letters against a dark red
Australian First World War poster issued by the Commonwealth Government of Australia to promote the sale of bonds in a Diggers' Loan for repatriation purposes. The poster is titled at the top with a l
An Australian poster issued after the First World War to promote a post-war reconstruction campaign to raise fund for returned soldiers, and also designed to help Australia recover from the crippling
Text based poster containing no images. The poster promotes subscriptions to the Diggers' Loan. Title is printed in red and blue ink, and occupies the top half of the poster. The remaining text occu
Australian post-war poster advertising the 'Diggers' Loan'. This loan functioned along the same lines of the War Loans, in that people 'lent' the government money in return for interest. The poster