The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A grass-roofed house in the centre of composition is surrounded by palm trees and other vegetation. 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
Several figures of people working, shovelling gravel on the beach for use on Tamuan roads. A large bamboo raft dominates the composition. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made
A shrine in the jungle covered with an attap shelter. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to Weary Dunlop while they wer
A worn and torn soldier's hat, with a smaller copy at the right. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to Weary Dunlop whi
Two bamboo river boats, one with a sail. Trees and vegetation surround the river. This print was included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to
A large ox cart dominates the centre of the composition, surrounded by an ox lying down at left, two seated figures at right, and vegetation in the background. This print was included in a folio of dr
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
