Australia has promised Britain 50,000 more men; will you help us keep that promise
A kangaroo stands beside a huge '50,000' while a column of silhouetted soldiers with bayonets marches behind it under the words 'Australia has promised Britain'. The tell is the promise framed as the nation's own, with a marching crowd and a national animal standing in for the audience: the poster asks 'will YOU help us keep that promise' and gives no reason beyond the pledge.
- Date
- 1915
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Australian recruiting poster (printer's mark Syng, Adelaide)
- Region
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Hughes Government
- Leader
- William Morris Hughes
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Event
- World War I
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1915, before 1931; Library of Congress World War I Posters, item 2004675096)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA (item https://www.loc.gov/item/2004675096/)
Text on the object
AUSTRALIA HAS PROMISED BRITAIN 50,000 MORE MEN WILL YOU HELP US KEEP THAT PROMISE [printer's mark] Syng ADELAIDE
