Australias imperishable record ... Australians! The empire needs you – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Australias imperishable record ... Australians! The empire needs you comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Australias imperishable record ... Australians! The empire needs you
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Australia's Imperishable Record" leads with a quotation from Sir Ian Hamilton, the British general who commanded the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli in 1915. Its closing call, "Australians! The empire needs you," was aimed at men of military age during the early months of the First World War, when Australia relied on volunteers to fill its expanding force. The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps had landed on the Gallipoli peninsula that April, and their conduct there was widely reported at home and used to encourage enlistment. The lithograph is a useful record of how commanders' praise was turned into recruiting material.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 101 x 65 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Stayner Owen photographer. |
| Subjects | Hamilton Ian Sir 1853-1947--Quotations. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Australia. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,676 × 5,775 px · prints to 16 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1071_Australias_imperishable_1915 |
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