The Common Struggle: Australia Propaganda Poster
An English-language sheet numbered '5' headed 'AUSTRALIA' quotes Minister for External Affairs Paul Hasluck asking whether 'we can stand by and watch still another country brought under communist domination by force'. Photographs show an Australian airman in a bush hat, Australian troops landing by helicopter in War Zone D, and an Australian adviser with Vietnamese artillerymen. A named minister's quotation and the photographs present Australia's participation as one member of a multinational effort.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1966
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Free World allied-forces poster series (sheet no. 5), RG 306 records of the U.S. Information Agency; issuing office not printed
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Psychological Warfare Posters, Vietnam War (NAID 561393), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Free World allied-forces poster series (sheet no. 5), RG 306 records of the U.S. Information Agency; issuing office not printed. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-011-23.
Text on the object
5 AUSTRALIA "What we have to ask ourselves is whether we can stand by and watch still another country brought under communist domination by force against its will by a minority supported from an external communist center of power." — Minister for External Affairs Paul HASLUCK Australian troops land by helicopter and seek the enemy in former communist stronghold in War Zone D. Australian adviser aids Vietnamese artillery.
