March 20-25:Anti-draft Week Accession Number: ARTV03112

Description

Depicts a poster of a clenched raised fist. The accompanying text advertises a week of rallies, forums and speakers as a demonstration against conscription. The poster was issued by the Draft Resisters Union, formed in 1971. Their activities added militancy to the protest movement whose attention had shifted to the issue of conscription after the Gorton government had announced the withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam on the 18th August 1971.

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Accession Number
ARTV03112
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Draft Resisters Union
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: screenprint on coloured paper
Measurement
Overall: 45.8 cm x 29.2 cm
Medium
screenprint on coloured paper
Date Made
1971
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by S J Woods, 1980
Copyright
External copyright

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