The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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, and their song is 'Larboard watch ahoy!' 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
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
A large tent that shelters some of the sick prisoners of war. Others are seated on the grass surrounding the tent. The figure in front of the tree is, like the others, horribly emaciated. This print w
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 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
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
