The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 uses the device of a medal, with the title and commonwealth credentials printed on the orange ribbon. The remainder of the text, 'applications received here', is drawn upon the medal itself. It is a clever, yet simple design.
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 post-war poster listing the names and addresses of prominent citizens who ran the N.S.W. 'Diggers' loan' committee. The 'Diggers' Loan' followed the earlier Peace Loans to recoup the cost o
Australian post-war poster appealing to viewers to apply for 'Peace Loans' which were needed to recoup the cost of the war. Peace loans functioned along the same lines of the War Loans, in that peopl
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
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