- Bib ID:
- 6333814
- Format:
- Picture
- Related Online Resources:
- POSTER 2023-3215 copy
- Description:
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- [Sydney] : N.S.W. Bush Fires Committee, [between 1950 and 1959]
- 1 poster : colour ; 75 x 50 cm
- Summary:
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Artwork featuring a koala in a fire-fighter uniform, one arm raised in a stop posture, wearing a water tank backpack with a pump nozzle in his other hand. On the right are three comics. The top one shows the koala demonstrating use of a stone fire place to a man standing beside a tent; the middle one shows the koala (rake in hand), talking to his neighbour (leaning over the fence) about to set fire to some dry leaves; the bottom one shows the koala indicating the spark arrestor fitted to the exhaust pipe on a tractor. Words on the koala's helmet read: "Prevent bush fires".
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- POSTER 2023-3215 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Subject:
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- Other authors/contributors:
- New South Wales. Bush Fire Committee, issuing body
- Also Titled:
- Prevent bush fires!
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 2009 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1959
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