The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of men from the Civil Construction Corps leaving the airfield in Bankstown. Some of them are travelling in a truck, others are on foot or are riding bicycles. Dobell has captured the mass movement of the workers at the end of a working day and the various transportations available to civilians in war time. The perspective used by Dobell brings the viewer into the action as part of the crowd.
Formed in February 1942, the Civil Constructional Corps (CCC) was responsible for supplying civilian labour on construction projects such as docks, aerodromes, roads, gun emplacements, hospitals, fuel
In this drawing a truck is driving along a wet road next to an empty airfield towards a setting sun. The road is flanked on either side by nine leafless wintery trees. Behind them are three cylindrica
Dobell was a great draughtsman, and he incorporated these skills into his painting technique by using brush strokes and lines rather than blending colours. He was also able to adapt his technique to h
The solemn mood is captured at a peaceful protest held in suburban Melbourne during the Second World War. A group of civilians are depicted standing alongside one another, with the central figure of a
Medical Civil Aid Programme (MEDCAP) in South Vietnam. Each week a team from the 222nd Aviation Battalion Medical Detachment goes to the Catholic Mission in a nearby refugee village to attend to the r
'Flying falling diving drowning' is a Highly Commended work from the Australian War Memorial’s Napier Waller Art Prize 2022. This is the forth iteration of Prize which is open to former and current Au
