The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A child's wooden board game, in the shape of a tombstone, being square on the bottom edge and curved at the top. It is made from a sheet of softwood with a seperately nailed-on thin raised timber edging. The game is designed to be played in a near lying flat position with the head of the board being slightly raised by means of a spacer rail nailed on the underside. The game was played with six coloured marbles, painted in three colours representing the three armed services. To play the game, marbles would be propelled by hand up a race situated on the righthand side of the board, allowing them to roll downhill under gravity on to the main playing board with the chance opportunity of being caught in various holes and snares, each labelled and number scored as military target objective. The targets include, Heligoland, Bremen, Siegfried Line and Sylt. Each target objective is painted with different military motif such as an aeroplane, tank, ship or factory. A small strip along the botton edge of the board is labelled as Neutral Territory. At the head of the board is the wording Berlin or Bust. In the centre of the board is a snare featuring a cartoon style portrait of Hitler. The board is painted lime green with a red edging. The motifs are painted in red, white and blue. The underside of the board game has a glued-on printed paper instruction label. The coloured marbles are missing from the game.
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Studio portrait of three unidentified men posed behind a studio cut-out prop simulating a flying aircraft. A pennant drawn on the backdrop reads 'BERLIN OR BUST' and the Australian coat of arms is fea
A First World War era framed and glazed patriotic dexterity puzzle entitled "Trench Football" which requires the player to manipulate a small metal ball bearing around a recessed playing course, avoid
Handmade painted plywood board for the traditional naval game of Uckers, made aboard HMAS Darwin. The board is a 57cm square, painted white, onto which has been marked an Uckers grid and home squares
Rectangular cardboard box containing 50 picture cards, a rule card and a booklet for six games that can be played with the EUCHIM game cards. The cards feature a blue fleur-de-lys pattern on the rever
Studio portrait of six privates and a corporal. Identified are machine gunners 4000 Private Bernard Michael (Bern or Barney) Alsop (standing left) and his brother 411 Private Frederick Benedict (Ted)
Boxed child's game entitled 'Target for Tonight'. The rectangular cardboard box, printed in blue and red, incorporates the title and an illustration of a boy playing the game, adjacent to a depiction
