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'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

Waverley Soldiers War Memorial
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Waverley Soldiers War Memorial

Made of sandstone, this monument consists of a statue of an Anzac soldier holding a rifle to his side, positioned on a pillar.

Author: Waverley Council

Private Oscar Herbert Hart, 4th Battalion, c. 1915
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Private Oscar Herbert Hart, 4th Battalion

Oscar Hart was born in 1889, one of seven children born to Joseph and Sarah Hart of Wollongong, New South Wales. He lost his mother at the age of six.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Lieutenant General Sir Harry Chauvel, artist: George Lambert, 1918
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General Sir Henry George Chauvel, GCMG, KCB

The first Australian corps commander, Harry Chauvel was a professional soldier who rose to command the renowned Desert Mounted Corps during the First World War.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Sergeant Maurice Buckley (who won the VC serving as Gerald Sexton)
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Sergeant Maurice Vincent Buckley, VC, DCM

Maurice Buckley’s military service began badly. He had joined the light horse in 1914 and went to Egypt, where he contracted a venereal disease.

Author: Australian War Memorial