Title

Defending the north: Queensland in the Pacific War.

Collective title

UQ Art Museum touring exhibition

Venues

Artspace Mackay. None

Tweed River Art Gallery. None

UQ Art Gallery | University Art Gallery [2] (2005 – 2005)

Date

(2005)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (QLD).

Curator

Spearritt, Peter; Helmrich, Michele; and Searle, Ross

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

The exhibition, Defending the north: Queensland in the Pacific war, combines art and social history to look at the impact on and role played by Queensland in the Pacific war. Official war artists and artists serving in the forces and in camouflage units, who visited and depicted different parts of wartime Queensland, will be represented, alongside local Queensland artists.

The exhibition tells the story of Queensland’s war years: the debates about the ‘Brisbane Line’, Queensland’s role as a land base for military action further north, the social impact of an influx of American and Allied forces, and life on the home front. [QU Art Museum media]