The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a seaman dressed in uniform, at home engaged with cleaning the kitchen dishes. His wife stands aggressively in the doorway, like a ship's captain, pointing to shoes on the floor lined up as if ready to be polished. The title is a play on the naval naming conventions for vessels with the difficulties and challenges of post-deployment. The work has the same title as one of the 12 colour lithographs published in Weston's 'All's well with the fleet!' (1914), a set of illustrations themed to a dozen vessels, starting with HMAS Australia. The names of the other ships are all British, and chosen for comic effect. Other examples in the Memorial's collection include HMS Dreadnought, HMS Challenger and HMS Flirt.
Harry John Weston (1874-1938) was an Australian cartoonist, painter, commercial artist and architect who worked in Launceston, Melbourne and from 1905 in Sydney. Weston was a member of many clubs and societies, and associated with many of Australia's now famous cartoonists and illustrators.
Australian First World War recruitment poster advertising a 'Sportsman's Recruiting Day' Friday 27 July 1917. It features an image of a man donning his soldier's uniform on the left side of the poster
An Australian First World War recruitment poster by Harry J Weston designed to target the Australian love of sport and recruit men for a unit manned entirely by sportsmen. A soldier in full uniform s
Depicts two vessels from the Royal Navy Auxiliary Squadron, HMS Wallaroo and HMS Royal Arthur. HMS Wallaroo (originally laid down as HMS Persian) was a third class cruiser, and HMS Royal Arthur, a fir
1910-04-30. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE SECOND CLASS PROTECTED CRUISER HMS CHALLENGER IN HEAVY WEATHER IN THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT, AS SEEN FROM HMS POWERFUL. BOTH SHIPS WERE HEADING FOR FREMANTLE FOL
A view over many roofs to a large circular bilding with a tall chimney. There is a haze of smoke in the sky. Clausen's six 'Making Guns' lithographs portray the atmosphere in factories. They depict th
Collection relating to the service of 3618 Corporal James Weston, who served in the Crimean War with H Company, 2 Battalion, 46th Regiment of Foot. He later served in the Ionian Islands, and then in I