The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
'American flag in Australian map' shows the continent of Australia covered in stars and stripes from the American flag. The map is covered with fine rows of hand stitching. This work is one in a series of four works by Gallegos outlining of the continent of Australia upon which images related to September 11 and its aftermath are printed. Gallegos' works show Australia as a land dominated by world events and the politics of other countries. The work challenges the viewer to examine their responses to September 11 and the subsequent involvement of Australian troops in the recent conflict in Iraq.
'When troops left Australia' depicts a newspaper image of a ship leaving Sydney Harbour carrying troops bound for Iraq. Above the image a headline draws attention to the dates of past conflicts which
'Big smoke' depicts a newspaper image of the clouds of debris that followed the destruction of the Twin Trade Towers in New York. The verso side contains images of stars and stripes from the American
'Bush war' is one in a series of four works by Gallegos outlining of the continent of Australia upon which media images of September 11 and its aftermath are printed. This work depicts a fragment of
Depicts a parody of the USA flag in which the red stripes have been replaced with a network of capilliary-like lines and the stars with peace symbols, Christian crosses, Jewish Stars of David, communi
A daughter of English immigrants, Cossington Smith had no sympathy for the anti-conscriptionists or an Australian nationalism that posed itself against England. Yet the break she made with conventiona
American First World War poster issued to promote the sale of Government Bonds as part of the 3rd Liberty Loan Campaign in early 1918. It targets new Americans and features an image of an immigrant fa