Shrine of Remembrance Melbourne - Battle of Beersheba - 31 October 1917

Photographs - Exhibition September 2008 to February 2009

Dance: In and out of time

A time to dance I

A time to dance II

Flamenco

Hooves and Steel: Warhorse in Conflict

THE SPIRIT OF THE ANZACS ..and the band played Waltzing Matilda...

Inspired by the legendary song "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", by Eric Bogle, this body of work seeks to represent the memories of a young soldier's journey through the tragedy of Gallipoli. The fifteen charcoal drawings engage imagery, depicted in historic film footage, portraying a narrative of the subsequent sequence of events which surround the Australian arrival at Anzac Cove. A pictorial storyboard, the resultant imagery seeks to characterise the courage and endurance of our diggers, retracing memories of an old hero as he remembers.

When I was a young man I carried me pack	I waltzed my Matilda all over	In 1915 my country said son, there's work to be done I	In 1915 my country said son, there's work to be done II	They gave me a tin hat, they gave me a gun	They marched me away to the war	...and the band played Waltzing Matilda, as the ship moved away from the key	How I remember that terrible day, Our blood stained the sand and the sea
Suva Bay	We were butchered like lambs to the slaughter	Johnny Turk	In five minutes flat, he'd blown us to hell	But the band played Waltzing Matilda, when we stopped to bury our slain	We tried to survive, in that mad world of blood, death and fire	Now every April I watch the parade, the old men march slowly, Old Heroes from a forgotten war