ORIGINAL EXHIBITION

ONLINE EXHIBITION

The John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library acknowledges the generous assistance of Curtin University of Technology’s Library & Information Service in the development of this exhibition.

The exhibition was open to the public from September 2002 to December 2004 at the JCPML Wesfarmers Gallery at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. From August 2005 to January 2006, the exhibition formed part of the Old Parliament House, Canberra, exhibition My melancholy duty: Menzies and Curtin in the Second World War.

Exhibition brochure: View brochure (232 kbyte pdf file)

Exhibition Team

Curator: Lesley Carman-Brown, John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library

Designer: James Cooper, Creative Spaces

Project Management: Kandy-Jane Henderson, John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library

Curatorial Advisors: Professor David Black, JCPML Historical Consultant; Michal Bosworth, historian

Curatorial and Research Assistance: Kathryn Barton, Lesley Wallace and David Wylie, John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library; Heather Campbell, researcher

Graphic Design: Brown Cow Design

Exhibition Fabrication: Professional Innovators

Graphics Installation: The Factory

Digital Graphics: Imagesource

Digital Production: John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library and Continuum Resources

Video Production: Learning Support Network, Curtin University of Technology

With thanks to:

John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library Donors
National Library of Australia
National Archives of Australia
Australian War Memorial
State Library of Victoria
Nonja Peters
The West Australian newspaper
Museum of Victoria
Museum of Childhood, Edith Cowan University
Western Australian Museum
State Records Office of WA
Battye Library of WA History
NSW Film and Television Office
Justice Nicholas Hasluck
FilmWorld
Fremantle City Library
Australiana Fund
Flashback, Museum of Light and Sound Technology
Lesley Wallace
ABC Radio Archives

The online exhibition was developed by the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library in 2005, using text and selected objects and images from the original exhibition.

Online Exhibition Team

Web design: Lesley Wallace and Sue Grey-Smith

Education activities: Ros Marshall

Virtual tours: Hans Versluis, Learning Support Network, Curtin University of Technology

With thanks to:With thanks to:

John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library Donors
National Library of Australia
National Archives of Australia
Australian War Memorial
State Library of Victoria
Nonja Peters
The West Australian newspaper
Museum of Victoria
Museum of Childhood, Edith Cowan University
Western Australian Museum
State Records Office of WA
Battye Library of WA History
Fremantle City Library
Flashback, Museum of Light and Sound Technology
Soula Vouyoucalos, ymo photography

Bren Gun carriers at State Engineering Works, North Fremantle.
Courtesy Fremantle City Library Local History Collection [#3995]