The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Armed guards seen watching the entrance gate to the military barracks Bandoeng, where POWs were mustered before being sent to the Burma-Thailand Railway. The British and Australians (referred to by Parkin as the Dunlop 1,000) went first to Changi and from Changi they were sent on to the Railway. Several figures of soldiers are seen at right and left, and a bicycle is parked at the left of the gate. A tree stands at right foreground in front of windows with opened shutters. This print is included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to Weary Dunlop while they were prisoners of war (POWs) together on the Burma-Thailand railway. Dunlop delivered the collection of drawings and paintings to Parkin on his return to Melbourne. As an expression of gratitude to Dunlop for hiding the drawings at great risk to his own safety, Parkin proceeded to make prints of the drawings and presented them to Dunlop in a bound folio in 1956. A single watercolour, dated 1943, is the only original painting from Parkin's POW experience to be included in the folio.
Presented by the Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Estate through the Cultural Gifts Program 1999
This is the end page of a folio of drypoints and one watercolour from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. The folio of drypoints were made from the original drawings th
The house of the playwright Laurens van der Post. It has open shutters on the windows. A single telegraph pole is seen at centre, with two tall trees at centre and right foreground. The print is inclu
This page contains a book dedication to "Weary" Dunlop, for a folio of drypoints and one watercolour from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. Dunlop was an eminent surg
A view of bombed buildings and wrecked telegraph poles at the sea's edge. City buildings are faintly visible in the background. This print is included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the o
A river scene, with hills in the background and riverbank vegetation; two birds are seen flying upper centre. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings
Tents pitched in the jungle at Hintoku. Men are seen lying on stretchers within the tents. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin ent
