Stuck truck; verso: Noggy workmen Accession Number: ART90321.008

Description

Ninth page of artist's sketchbook containing one drawing. The drawing depicts two covered trucks stuck in the road with a number of men attempting to push the truck out of the part of the road that it is bogged in. Verso: contains three drawings. The upper drawing depicts a large number of workmen standing on the edge of a roadway, looking down at men digging in the trench below them. The drawing in the lower right depicts three work men , one seated and one standing with a tool raised above his head. The drawing on the lower left depicts a group of workmen. 'Noggy' was a colloquial and derogatory term used in the later stages of the Korean War by British and Australian troops to describe the Koreans. It was originally derived from a British term ('nig-nog') , however, 'noggy' was an Australian derogatory term referring to 'an Asian'.

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Accession Number
ART90321.008
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: carbon pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 30.1 cm x 21 cm
Medium
carbon pencil on paper
Date Made
1952
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1994
Copyright
AWM copyright

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