“The theatre with the most meagre audience”: War trophies from ex-German New Guinea
How the First World War is envisaged and commemorated in Australia has been the subject of many studies, which focus on the European war. Seemingly forgotten is the occupation of New Guinea, which has received recent interest as Australia’s first war action. This article analyses the first transient...
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| description | How the First World War is envisaged and commemorated in Australia has been the subject of many studies, which focus on the European war. Seemingly forgotten is the occupation of New Guinea, which has received recent interest as Australia’s first war action. This article analyses the first transient war memorials, namely the exhibiting of war trophies in local shop windows. The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces brought home and sent home a mixture of German war trophies and New Guinean artifacts, blending war trophies and curios into shows of victory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e63de9d8d80e4f5e9c34c48d29bb2d942022-12-21T20:04:30ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832015-12-012110.1080/23311983.2015.10736561073656“The theatre with the most meagre audience”: War trophies from ex-German New GuineaChristine Winter0University of SydneyHow the First World War is envisaged and commemorated in Australia has been the subject of many studies, which focus on the European war. Seemingly forgotten is the occupation of New Guinea, which has received recent interest as Australia’s first war action. This article analyses the first transient war memorials, namely the exhibiting of war trophies in local shop windows. The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces brought home and sent home a mixture of German war trophies and New Guinean artifacts, blending war trophies and curios into shows of victory.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2015.1073656WWIAustralia and New Guinealegacies of German colonialismethnographic collecting |
| spellingShingle | Christine Winter “The theatre with the most meagre audience”: War trophies from ex-German New Guinea Cogent Arts & Humanities WWI Australia and New Guinea legacies of German colonialism ethnographic collecting |
| title | “The theatre with the most meagre audience”: War trophies from ex-German New Guinea |
| title_full | “The theatre with the most meagre audience”: War trophies from ex-German New Guinea |
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| title_full_unstemmed | “The theatre with the most meagre audience”: War trophies from ex-German New Guinea |
| title_short | “The theatre with the most meagre audience”: War trophies from ex-German New Guinea |
| title_sort | the theatre with the most meagre audience war trophies from ex german new guinea |
| topic | WWI Australia and New Guinea legacies of German colonialism ethnographic collecting |
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