Conditions
From the trenches to POW camps, selected artefacts which convey conditions of war from the past 100 years.
By Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial
The Australian official war correspondent Charles Bean helped create The Dinkum Oil, an early example of the trench newspapers that appeared during the First World War.
The Dinkum Oil today offers a glimpse of life on Gallipoli, revealing not only the concerns and experiences of the men but also their spirit and humour.
Queen Victoria's chocolate gift tin
In 1900 Queen Victoria conceived the idea of sending a personal New Year’s gift to British soldiers serving in the Boer War in South Africa. This was later extended to include colonial troops and members of the naval brigade.
The papers of Sister Agnes Betty Jeffrey (1942-1945)Australian War Memorial
Australian army nurse Sister Betty Jeffrey survived the sinking of the Vyner Brooke on 12 February 1942 only to become a Japanese prisoner of war. Jeffrey recorded her experiences in various camps, including Palembang on Sumatra, in notebooks and on scraps of paper.
25-pounder gun (1942) by Thomas FisherAustralian War Memorial
Description
Men of B Troop, 14 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, pull a 25-pounder gun through dense jungle near Uberi, on the Kokoda Trail in the Owen Stanley Range in September 1942. They are being assisted by the 2/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion.
Centurion tank (1953) by Ivor HeleAustralian War Memorial
Night and day (2010) by Lyndell Brown and Charles GreenAustralian War Memorial
Night and day draws on the photographic archive the artists collected while they were embedded in Iraq, and their observation of the Welcome Home parade. Each panel is a complete work with a dominant image whose centre is partially concealed by a series of small pictures.
Curator: Robyn Van Dyk - Head, Research Centre
