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title: Australia propaganda in the collection
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/country/australia/
description: Browse all 50 items from Australia in the FRAME collection, listed by date, each with its techniques, issuer, date and source.
section: Collection
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# Australia propaganda in the collection

50 objects, listed by date.

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- [Australia has promised Britain 50,000 more men; will you help us keep that promise](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/australia-50000-more-men-1915/) (Australia · 1915 · Bandwagon, Transfer)
- ['Get a move on old man!' (Harry J. Weston, Sydney)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/australia-get-a-move-on-1915/) (Australia · 1915 · Plain folks)
- [Australia's imperishable record. Australians! The empire needs you (Farmer's, Sydney)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/australias-imperishable-record-1915/) (Australia · 1915 · Testimonial, Glittering generalities)
- ['Were YOU there then?' (Harry J. Weston)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/australia-were-you-there-then-1916/) (Australia · 1916 · Transfer)
- [W. M. Hughes, M.H.R.: "In no circumstances would I agree to send men out of the country to fight against their will" (No-Conscription Campaign)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/in-no-circumstances-hughes-no-conscription-1916/) (Australia · 1916 · Card stacking)
- [The Blood Vote (anti-conscription leaflet)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-blood-vote-anti-conscription-1916/) (Australia · 1916 · Transfer, Fear appeal)
- [The Labor Call (Melbourne), 'The Same Old Enemies', page 6, 14 September 1916](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/labor-call-same-old-enemies-1916/) (Australia · Sep 14, 1916 · Name-calling, Scapegoating). Content note: Anti-conscription article that calls employers, pastoralists, Tory parties and named politicians 'ruthless enemies of Labor' and uses 'Shylock' for war-loan lenders.
- [The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), page 12, referendum day, 28 October 1916: 'He's sticking to you to-day, will you stick to him?'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/daily-telegraph-referendum-day-yes-cartoon-1916/) (Australia · Oct 28, 1916 · Transfer, Bandwagon). Content note: Pro-conscription cartoon of a soldier at a trench parapet, plus a report of a speaker attacked and a chairman nearly lynched ('Hang the ----').
- [The Ballarat Courier, page 3, 13 December 1916: 'Huns' Slave Raids' and 'Huns Impose Heavy Levies'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ballarat-courier-huns-slave-raids-1916/) (Australia · Dec 13, 1916 · Name-calling). Content note: Headlines use 'Huns' as a label for Germans over wartime reports of civilian deportation and killings.
- [Reinforcements. Our scrap of paper, honor it. Vote Yes. Referendum (Australia, 1917)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/reinforcements-referendum-vote-yes-1917/) (Australia · 1917 · Testimonial, Transfer)
- [? (The German Ogre), Norman Lindsay recruiting poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/question-mark-german-ogre-lindsay-1918/) (Australia · 1918 · Name-calling, Fear appeal)
- [Will you fight now or wait for this (Australian recruiting poster, Norman Lindsay)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/will-you-fight-now-or-wait-for-this-1918/) (Australia · 1918 · Fear appeal)
- [Win the war: Australian Labor Party Senate ticket, New South Wales (1940)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/australian-labor-party-senate-ashley-1940/) (Australia · 1940 · Testimonial, Glittering generalities)
- ['Don't thrash your vehicle!' (Australian vehicle-maintenance poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dont-thrash-your-vehicle-australia-1942/) (Australia · 1942 · Transfer). Content note: Caricature of a grinning Japanese figure swinging a spiked flail.
- ['He's coming south. It's fight, work or perish' (Australian Department of Information)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hes-coming-south-australia-1942/) (Australia · 1942 · Fear appeal). Content note: Racialised caricature of a Japanese soldier stepping on Australia.
- ['"Honorable thanks" ABSENTEE' (Australian silkscreen poster, General Motors Holden)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/honourable-thanks-absentee-australia-1942/) (Australia · 1942 · Name-calling, Fear appeal). Content note: Racial caricature of a Japanese man holding a bloodied dagger, with mock-pidgin speech.
- [Cinesound Review, Kokoda Front Line!, newsreel frame (title card, correspondent's credentials, 1942)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kokoda-front-line-cinesound-review-card-1942/) (Australia · 1942 · Testimonial)
- ['Put the squeeze on the Japanese' (Australian industrial-effort poster, General Motors Holden)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/put-the-squeeze-on-the-japanese-australia-1942/) (Australia · 1942 · Name-calling). Content note: Racial caricature: a yellow-skinned, slit-eyed Japanese face crushed in an industrial press.
- ['The Spearhead reaches SOUTH - ALWAYS SOUTH!' (Curtin leaflet)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/spearhead-reaches-south-curtin-leaflet-1942/) (Australia · 1942 · Fear appeal)
- ['The enemy listens. Your words are his weapons.' (Australian careless-talk poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-enemy-listens-your-words-are-his-weapons-australia-1942/) (Australia · 1942 · Fear appeal, Name-calling). Content note: Racial caricature of a red-faced Japanese officer.
- ['Join us in a victory job' (Australian Department of National Service)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/join-us-in-a-victory-job-australia-1943/) (Australia · 1943 · Bandwagon)
- [Ringed with menace! Bar the gates with 'Beauforts' (Australian aircraft-production poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ringed-with-menace-beauforts-1943/) (Australia · 1943 · Fear appeal)
- ['The Jap will get you first if you neglect to protect driving bands of shells' (LHQ ammunition-care poster no. 6)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-jap-will-get-you-first-driving-bands-australia-1943/) (Australia · 1943 · Fear appeal, Transfer). Content note: Ethnic slur ('Jap') in the slogan; a Japanese soldier aims a rifle at the viewer.
- ['We'll take care of the Japs, mates, if you'll take care of our food' (Australian food-hygiene poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/well-take-care-of-the-japs-mates-australia-1943/) (Australia · 1943 · Plain folks, Transfer). Content note: Ethnic slur ('Japs') in the slogan.
- [Work, Save, Fight and so Avenge the Nurses! (Centaur poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/work-save-fight-avenge-the-nurses-1943/) (Australia · 1943 · Transfer)
- ['90% of the world's rubber is in Japanese hands: Save rubber' (Australian Army poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/90-percent-of-rubber-in-japanese-hands-australia-1944/) (Australia · 1944 · Fear appeal, Transfer). Content note: A clawed, hairy hand standing for Japan reaches out of the dark (Australian wartime poster).
- [Ai Sẽ Là Những Người Kế Tiếp (Who Will Be Next), leaflet ATF-004-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/who-will-be-next-grave-scene-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Jun 6, 1970 · Fear appeal). Content note: Line drawings of eight gravestones with casualty counts, aimed at the enemy soldiers who received the leaflet.
- [Hồi Chánh viên Nguyễn Văn Rõ (Returnee Nguyen Van Ro), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-012-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hoi-chanh-nguyen-van-ro-d445-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Jun 25, 1970 · Testimonial, Scapegoating)
- [Những gì sẽ xảy đến cho các bạn nếu các bạn bị thương nặng (What Will Happen to You If You Are Seriously Wounded), leaflet ATF-021-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/what-will-happen-if-wounded-medical-care-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Aug 17, 1970 · Fear appeal, Testimonial)
- [Hãy nhớ lại người bạn cũ (Remember Your Former Comrade), leaflet ATF-022-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/remember-former-comrade-hospital-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Aug 24, 1970 · Fear appeal)
- [Hồi Chánh Viên Trần Văn Vinh (Returnee Tran Van Vinh), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-031-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hoi-chanh-tran-van-vinh-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Aug 30, 1970 · Testimonial)
- [Các bạn đang làm gì ở đây? (What Are You Doing Here?), leaflet ATF-041-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/what-are-you-doing-here-question-beliefs-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Oct 2, 1970 · Fear appeal)
- [Ấp Tây quick-reaction contact leaflet ATF-047-70 (After the Ap Tay Contact)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ap-tay-quick-reaction-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Oct 9, 1970 · Fear appeal). Content note: Drawing of a dead fighter lying between two grieving faces, aimed at the enemy soldiers who received the leaflet.
- [Tôi tự hỏi chồng tôi ở đâu và đang làm gì? (I Wonder Where My Husband Is), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-052-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/remembering-the-family-chieu-hoi-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Nov 10, 1970 · Fear appeal)
- [Bây giờ chúng ta đi về đâu? (Where Do We Go Now?), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-054-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/where-do-we-go-now-chieu-hoi-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Nov 28, 1970 · Scapegoating)
- [Đồng-bào miền Nam Việt-Nam giải-quyết những vấn-đề của miền Nam (South Vietnamese Solve the Problems of the South), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-065-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/south-vietnamese-solutions-flag-chieu-hoi-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Dec 1970 · Glittering generalities, Transfer)
- [Quyền lợi khi hồi chánh (Benefits on Rallying), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-063-70](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rally-benefits-clothing-money-leaflet-1970/) (Australia · Dec 21, 1970 · Card stacking)
- [Hãy ra Chiêu-Hồi để được ăn Tết vui vẻ (Rally to Celebrate Tet in Joy), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-073-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tet-1971-chieu-hoi-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Jan 19, 1971 · Fear appeal)
- [Tử-thần đang tìm kiếm thêm nhiều mạng sống (The Shadow of Death Is Seeking More Lives), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-074-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/d445-shadow-of-death-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Jan 25, 1971 · Fear appeal). Content note: Drawing of a grave and ghost figures with a list of named dead, aimed at the enemy soldiers who received the leaflet.
- [Chúng Tôi Đã Ra Chiêu-Hồi (We Have Rallied), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-078-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/three-hoi-chanhs-rallied-australians-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Jan 28, 1971 · Testimonial)
- [Phù-hiệu này có nghĩa gì? / Ý nghĩa Chiêu-Hồi (What Does This Emblem Mean? / The Meaning of Chieu Hoi), leaflet ATF-079-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/meaning-of-chieu-hoi-emblem-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Feb 2, 1971 · Glittering generalities)
- [Hồi Chánh Viên Nguyễn Văn Lệ (Returnee Nguyen Van Le), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-080-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-nguyen-van-le-rallier-1971/) (Australia · Feb 8, 1971 · Testimonial)
- [Các đồng-đội của các bạn ở Kampuchea đang bị khổ-sở (Your Comrades in Kampuchea Are Suffering), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-085-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-kampuchea-supply-line-1971/) (Australia · Feb 19, 1971 · Fear appeal)
- [Hồi Chánh Viên Phùng Xuân Hồ (Returnee Phung Xuan Ho), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-092-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hoi-chanh-phung-xuan-ho-binh-chau-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Mar 2, 1971 · Testimonial)
- [Hãy trở về với chánh-nghĩa (Return to the Just Cause), Xuyên Mộc 'follow the arrows' leaflet ATF-088-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/follow-the-arrows-xuyen-moc-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Mar 4, 1971 · Glittering generalities)
- [Hãy trở về với Chính-Phủ Việt-nam Cộng-Hòa (Return to the Government of the Republic of Vietnam), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-112-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/return-to-the-republic-of-vietnam-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Jun 1971 · Bandwagon)
- [Phạm Văn Lê, dí-danh Phạm-Văn-Thao (Returnee Pham Van Le, alias Pham Van Thao), Chieu Hoi leaflet 1971](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hoi-chanh-pham-van-le-long-dat-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Aug 1971 · Testimonial, Fear appeal)
- [Hỡi các Sĩ-Quan và Binh-sĩ thuộc Trung-Đoàn 4 Chủ-Lực (To the Officers and Soldiers of the 274th Main Force Regiment), leaflet ATF-115-71](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/demoralise-274-main-force-regiment-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Aug 24, 1971 · Fear appeal, Card stacking). Content note: Border of drawn skulls around text addressed to enemy soldiers.
- [Cùng các đội-viên du-kích và chi-bộ xã Bình-Ba (To the Binh Ba Guerrillas and Party Chapter), leaflet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/binh-ba-guerrillas-and-party-chapter-leaflet-1971/) (Australia · Oct 9, 1971 · Scapegoating)
- ['No Way. You will not make Australia home' poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/no-way-operation-sovereign-borders-2013/) (Australia · Sep 13, 2013 · Fear appeal)