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Studio portrait of 896 Private Edwin Sydney Jones, 18th Battalion of Manly, NSW, c.1915
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Private Edwin Jones, 18th Battalion, AIF

Edwin Sydney Jones was born in 1883, the youngest of three surviving children to Edwin and Elizabeth Jones of the Sydney suburb of Manly, New South Wales.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Private George Henry Spinks, 52nd Battalion, AIF, c.1916
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Private George Henry Spinks, 52nd Battalion, AIF

George Spinks was born on 22 June 1891 to Charles and Rachel Spinks of Penguin, Tasmania. When George was seven, his 10 year old sister, Elvie, died of a heart condition.

Author: Australian War Memorial

'Good to Bad' painting from Garawa artist Jacky Green in Borroloola NT, 2013
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Good to Bad

"In this painting I show how things have been changing over time in the Gulf country.

Author: Australian War Memorial

'Moonlight' by Borroloola artist Jacky Green, 2013
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Moonlight

This painting by Jacky Green depicts the wartime story of 'Little Eva', an American B24 Liberator that came down in a storm off the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1943.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Aeroplane Dancer screenprint from Borroloola depicting a figure wearing aeroplane headdress with body paint, 2007
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Ka-wayawayama, Aeroplane Dancer

This screenprint, made in Borroloola, depicts a contemporary portrait of a Yanyuwa Dancer performing the Ka-wayawayama, also known as the Aeroplane Dance.

Author: Australian War Memorial