Before you register for national service think Accession Number: ARTV00867

Description

A wounded Vietnamese child carried by an adult after the My Lai massacre. The accompanying text advertises the Draft Counselling Centre, Sydney, and solicits donations to the Committee. The poster was produced by the Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act. It was formed in July 1969 after civil disobedience had spread from University students and academics to the wider community the month before. Its declarations of defiance received widespread support and by the end of November 1969 more than 8000 people had signed the Committee's 'incitement statements' which urged young men not to register under the National Service Act.

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Accession Number
ARTV00867
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: lithograph and halftone photoengraving on paper
Measurement
Overall: 79.9 cm x 45.4 cm
Medium
lithograph and halftone photoengraving on paper
Date Made
1969
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by Trans National Cooperative, 1979
Copyright
AWM copyright

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