The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A river scene, with Thai boats, background mountains and river bank vegetation. Two figures in left foreground are possibly fishing. There is a section of a timber fence running down to the water at centre left. 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 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
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 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
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
Two men, standing inside a fenced area, are seen singing a duet. Flames leap up from a bonfire at right. The two figures are standing in the midst of a thick forest. They are Bert Smith and Ivor Jones
Prisoners standing in a long line passing water back from the river. A large boat dominates the centre of the composition, with trees in the background. Several men, clothed only to the waist, are pas
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
