The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Light horsemen gallop across rough ground (from left to right of the image). Two horses fall. Steep hills rise behind. This painting depicts the action east of Jordan on 30 April 1918, when the Anzac mounted Division attacked and captured Es Salt.
A poster produced for the Commonwealth Aircraft Factory during the Second World War. The poster depicts an airman wearing a flying suit, standing near an aircraft on the ground while other aircraft f
This inkjet print is a sophisticated melange of motifs that Bennett has sourced form a variety of influences and from his own observations. It incorporates the outline of the New York cityscape to in
An Australian Special Forces cutaway helmet with the digital camouflage pattern of the Australian Defence Force. This type of helmet is manufactured by South African company, Global Armour. This wat
An Australian Special Forces cutaway helmet with a vegetation camouflage pattern. This type of helmet is manufactured by South African company, Global Armour. This watercolour was drawn in Canberra
Within a perspex box with a hessian covered board base: A painting on board of two women's legs with French text that could be roughly translated to red "They are violent with their legs and placement
Within a perspex box with a hessian covered board base: A painting on a board depicting a naked man and woman behind a black bush. The image is bordered by painted borders of lines and patterns and sp
Within a perspex box with a hessian covered board base: A painting on a thin piece of plywood of people on three escalators running in different diagonal directions, with a floral background. The pain
Pair of black leather Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force driver's gauntlets. There is a leather adjustment strap on the back of each wrist. Written in ink on the inside cuff of both gauntlets is,
A head and shoulders portrait bust of Gunner James Wigley. This work was cast in bronze in 2000, taken from a plaster cast completed c.1943.
Set of two stainless steel identity discs. The discs which are linked together with a fine silver chain are hand engraved, '177685 ANDERSON G H / WAAAF / METH / A2'. Set of identity discs worn by 17
Portrait of Lieutenant Roger Sanderson from the 2/10 Australian Infantry Battalion. This bronze edition was cast in 1986, taken from the plaster edition created c.1940.
A collection of objects loose inside a perspex box with a hessian covered board base. Objects include; a news pamphlet about Thailand titled 'One-Day Revolution Toppled a Dictator', a paint covered cl
A collection of objects loose inside a perspex box with a hessian covered board base. Objects include; three marbles, a die, fragments of pottery, a cylindrical and cuboid painted shape, a paint cover
'Migration', subtitled 'My story from my house to Australia', maps the artist's epic journey over land, air and water to seek refuge in Australia. The simple narrative format illustrates the geographi
Assemblage comprised of a museum stand with eight perspex boxes containing prints, photographs, paintings and objects. It relates to the horrors of war in general and to the Vietnam War in particular.
Cracked mirror fragments stuck to a painted wooden panel inside a perspex box with a hessian base. The mirror fragments on a black painted panel have a border of pink paint, which is bordered by crush
Cracked mirror fragments stuck to a painted wooden panel inside a perspex box with a hessian base. The mirror fragments on a black painted panel have a border of crushed brown and green glass, which h
Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force dark blue peaked cap with pleated crown. Complete with black leather chinstrap, black mohair band and blue embroidered WAAAF badge. The cap features a black leat
Figure of a Naval rating of a Gunner from First World War.
A poster produced for the Department of Aircraft Production during the Second World War. The poster depicts Bristol Beauforts in action against Japanese tanks (a Type 95 Ha-Go is depicted), ships and
Privately purchased khaki cotton gabardine double-breasted trench coat with fall collar. The collar points are rounded, and there is a tab under the left lapel with four brass eyelets. A brass buckle
Within a perspex box with a hessian covered board base: A stretched square canvas with a painted image of three bodies in a trough, and a painted vase of flowers superimposed over the image, with many
'Where should I go? futureless' is subtitled 'There is no-one to look after this little girl. It is difficult to be an orphan.' A young girl in traditional dress stands at the crossroads of two landsc
Depicts a profile portrait of Shibli Abraham Bishara, Arab proprietor farmer of Es Salt in Jordan, wearing burnous and with plaited hair. Lambert also painted the brother of the subject of this work:
This sketch of landscape containing hills and valleys, it is typical of the sketches made by Lambert in the Jordan Valley. In April 1918 Australian troops raided Es Salt across the Jordan valley. A
Depicts a landscape with river. Low wooden bridge resting on pontoons. Two horses crossing bridge. White mule with head down right. Mounted horsemen on bank extreme right. Horses in distance centre, t
Depicts a landscape of rocky hills with green vegetation and a clump of cypresses. Mounted light horsemen descend the hills. A small picture showing light horse coming down a hill in Palestine, across
1905; three men from troop of NSWMR firing rifles from behind log, fourth member of troop is acting as horse holder in the left middle ground, members of another troop are visible in background (Mount
In April 1918 as Australian troops advanced towards Es Salt, a communication post was established at Ghoraniyeh on a small knoll rising from the Jordan Valley. From this vantage point of 150 feet, obs
