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

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.

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.

Private Thomas Anderson Whyte, 10th Battalion, AIF
On the 24th of April 1915, Private Thomas Anderson Whyte wrote a letter he hoped would never be sent.

Lance Corporal George Samuel Joshua Matthews DCM, 3rd Battalion
When two platoons came under fire from hostile machine-guns at Chuignes on 23 August 1918, George Matthews sprang into action.

Private Francis Brett Topp, 6th Battalion, RAR
Francis “Frank” Topp was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 26 January 1947, to Norman and Bridget Topp, the second of 11 children.

Captain Frank Edmond Getting, HMAS Canberra, RAN
Frank Getting was born on 30 July 1899, the youngest of three to Paul and Janet Getting of Manly, Sydney.

Lance Corporal Francis Oakenden Roberts, 2/17th Battalion
Francis “Barney,” Roberts was born on 23 February 1904, the youngest son to Joseph and Mary Roberts of Braidwood, New South Wales.

Alexander Stanley Clingan, 53rd Battalion, AIF
Alexander Stanley Clingan was the son of Ruth and William Clingan of Newtown in Sydney.

Alexander Stanley Clingan, 53rd Battalion, AIF
Alexander Stanley Clingan was the son of Ruth and William Clingan of Newtown in Sydney.

Capt Hugh Marcell Conran, Maj William Brazenor and Maj Eric Thomas Brind, 23rd Battalion
Studio portrait of three officer of the 23rd Battalion who all embarked together from Melbourne on 10 May 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides. Two are from Ballarat.

William Sydney Duchesne, 1st Battalion, AIF
William Sydney “Syd” Duchesne was born on 28 May 1894 in the Sydney suburb of Waverley, the eldest son of Edwin and Edith Duchesne.

Lieutenant Frederick Gladstone Wilson, 13th Battalion, AIF
Frederick Wilson was born on 17 August 1890, the second son of Frederick and Eleanor Wilson.

Private Gilbert Pratt, 55th Battalion, AIF
Gilbert Pratt was born in 1893, one of ten children to James and Ann Pratt of Junee in the New South Wales Riverina region.

Trooper Kenrick Corey Riley, 16/6th Light Horse Regiment
Kenrick Cory Riley was born at the family estate, Glenmore, at Mulgoa on 2 April 1892, to Alick and Louisa Riley.

Private William Lewis, 30th Battalion, AIF
William Lewis was born in 1894 to John and Ethel Lewis of Adamstown, New South Wales.

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.

Sergeant Walter John Hancock, 2/29th Battalion, 2nd AIF
Walter Hancock was born on 6 September 1902 in Ballarat East, Victoria, to Albert and Clara Hancock.

Private Vivian Francis David Sprague, 2nd Battalion, AIF
Vivian “Vic” Sprague was born in 1896 in Blackheath, New South Wales, to George and Sarah Sprague, the second of two sons.

Corporal Ernest Lionel Bailey, Australian Salvage Corps, AIF
Ernest Bailey was born in Sydenham, London in 1886. At 23, he emigrated to Australia and the Western Australia goldfields, where he worked as a gold assayer.

Private David Andrew Allison, 11th Battalion
David Andrew Allison was born on 3 December 1872 in Murphy’s Creek, Queensland, to Samuel and Elizabeth Allison.

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.

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.

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.