The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Major Percy Black had established a reputation for great courage. On 11 April 1917 at Bullecourt, Black led his men through gaps in the dense entanglements under heavy fire, capturing the first trenches and pressing on towards the next line. While getting them through another breach in the wire, Black was shot in the head and killed.
This painting, executed in Scott's studio at St John's Wood, London in 1919, refers to the death of Major Percy Black during the attack by the 16th Australian Battalion which Black led at Bullecourt o
No. 5 from a portfolio of 7 etchings, titled 'The dance of Death', features Death as a tangible image hovering ominously over the battlefield. The concept of dance of Death imagery began as a medieval
Streeton believed that Amiens, the key of the west, which refers to the events of 8 August 1918 and the fighting in the Somme area that led up to this day, was one of his most important works. Amiens
Please be aware that this material relates to Frontier Wars and may cause distress in some circumstances. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples please be aware this description may include the
Hand-coloured woodcut illustrating the poem 'Proem', the first illustration in a book of poems by British poet and novelist Richard Aldington (1892-1926), published by Beaumont Press, London, 1919. Th
Lambert wrote on 8 March 1919: "The old Bean [Charles Bean] had a great day among the old trenches about the plain before Krithia. Achi Baba makes a fine contour in the background and the plain is cov
