The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This poster was created in 1970 to promote an art show as part of the greater Vietnam Moratorium movement. The art exhibition was held at Darlinghurst Gallery (162 Crown Street, Darlinghurst) over 4, 5, 6 May 1970 with an auction of the works on the last day. On the Friday following was the first and largest of the Vietnam Moratorium protest marches.
The poster features text describing the exhibition and its direct association to the Moratorium movement, with the poster also featuring the large, red starburst symbol of the Moratorium movement in the centre of the poster.
The Vietnam Moratorium Campaigns were a result of a conference held in Canberra in November 1969 to plan a series of protests based on the American Moratorium model. There were three Moratorium campaigns in Australia in 1970 and 1971. The Moratorium was the first truly mass movement of the protest against the Vietnam War. Until 1969 the protest had been uncoordinated in a national sense and rallies had been reasonably small in size, whereas the Moratorium mobilised the support of hundreds of thousands. It also succeeded in gaining more publicity in its first six months than had been achieved by the protest movement between 1965 and 1969. The aims of the first campaign were the immediate withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam and repeal of the National Service Act. The Moratorium stated that all actions taken by its members and supporters should be of a non-violent nature and this philosophy was extended throughout Australia through various state committees and others.
Australian Vietnam Moratorium Campaign poster. The top two thirds of this poster features a large Moratorium symbol in orange floating on a blue background. The title and text are printed in white bel
Australian Vietnam Moratorium Campaign poster. The top two thirds of this poster features a large Moratorium symbol in orange floating on a blue background. The title and text are printed in white bel
Australian Vietnam Moratorium Campaign poster. The top two thirds of this poster features a large Moratorium symbol in orange floating on a blue background. The title and text are printed in white bel
This poster was created to promote the second Vietnam Moratorium march on 18 September 1970. The Vietnam Moratorium campaigns were a result of a conference held in Canberra in November 1969 to plan
The Vietnam Moratorium symbol in orange and white surrounded by a black border with accompanying text below the image calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Vietnam and advertising the Sept
The anti-Vietnam Moratorium symbol in orange and white surrounded by a black border with accompanying text below the image calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Vietnam and advertising the