A grey coloured cardboard cover with black information on the front. Top right hand side reads 7610-66-107-1144. There are two punch holes down the left hand side and the booklet is cover with plastic.australia - armed forces - service manuals, land warfare, tropical operations

'Tropical Flesh (ii)' draws upon the slippery experience of identity to explore family connection. There are threads of dislocation and the thickness of tropical time. Silicone casts of tropical jackfruits are fused with a cast of the artists’ aunt’s foot, the cast of which was made upon her permanent return to Thailand. Together, the visibly-aged foot and a fruit that decays quite vividly, evokes a sense of time passing. The work is informed by the experience of witnessing members of family age in slices of time, across vast distances. The artist asks us to consider the work as a memento mori. Artist Bio Nathan Beard is a multidisciplinary artist whose work draws from his Australian-Thai heritage to unpack the porous and precarious influences of culture and memory. Through the incorporation of exchanges with his family and archives alongside broader cultural signifiers of ‘Thainess’, Beard playfully express the complexities surrounding authenticity and diasporic identity. Recent exhibitions include A Puzzlement, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (2022), Husk, FUTURES (2022), Low Yield Fruit, sweet pea (2022), White Gilt 2.0, Firstdraft (2020), A dense intimacy (with Lindy Lee), Bus Projects (2019) and WA Focus: Nathan Beard, Art Gallery of Western Australia (2017). In 2022 Beard completed an Australia Council residency at ACME Studios, London. He has been a finalist in the Ramsay Art Prize (2021) the Churchie emerging art prize (2020), and participated in the 4A Beijing Studio Program (2017), and the Gertrude Contemporary Studio Program (2023-2025).

tropical theatre WW2Radio Housed in Rectangular metal containerContainer outside on side reads 'Tropical Theatre'. Radio Set, Top- Switch Red plastic screw top, several 'plug-in' points, Metal plate which reads,"WIRELESS SET NO 11 (AUST) SUPPLY UNIT L.P. SERIAL NO 4451 MANUFACTURED IN AUSTRALIA BY A.W.A. LTD DDcommuniction

Tropicaluniform, ww2, raaf

Padre Oliver served aboard HMAS Australia 2 and visited several African ports including Aden and was a first hand witness to the battle of the Coral Sea in WW2. Given the tropical dress being worn by the seafarers this photograph may have been taken near one of these two theatres of conflict or on return to Sydney.Padre Oliver's service during both world wars and his experience as a newly ordained minister with the RAN made a significant impact on his life and forged close bonds with both the merchant and naval services.Large group of seafarers in tropical uniform aboard a battleship assembled beneath two large gun barrels with robed padre facing away from the photographer at what appears to be an improvised altar. padre oliver, frank leslie oliver, hmas australia ii, ww2, royal australian navy, chaplain, kate oliver

Army tropicaluniform, ww2, army

Army Tropicaluniform, ww2

Atebrin was an anti-malarial supplied to Australian forces for use in tropical areas in WWII and Vietnam.This tin is representative of the experience of Australian service personnel serving in tropical areas throughout the 20th Century.Small green rectangular tin container. Embossed writing on the bottom. Hinged lid. Text inside the lid explaining the use of the contents. The tin is empty.ATEBRIN / (0.1 GRAMME) Tablet to be taken after a meal and followed by a large drink of water. The dosage (as ordered) in endemic areas, 1 tablet for every other day, except sundays (1 sheet per fortnight); in hyperendemic areas, 1 tablet every day, except sundays (1 sheet per week).malaria, atebrin, wwii, vietnam, medicine, treatment, tropical, new guinea, aif

Army Australian , tropicaluniform, army

Army Tropical Fatigueuniform, ww2, army

AWAS tropical kit.uniform, ww2, army

Tropical Womens Tunicuniform, 1943, army

Army jodhpurs tropical fabricuniform, c1920's, army

Battledress Jacket Army Tropicaluniform, 1942, army

Trousers tropical light khakiuniform, 1972, raaf

Trousers tropical light khakiuniform, 1972, raaf

Army Tropical WW2 Officersuniform, ww2, army

RAN Officers Tropical Uniformuniform, 1980, ran

Army Australian Tropical. With Majors insigniauniform, ww2, army

Army Nurse Tropical Aust Woman'suniform, 1944, army

white. Short Sleeve Navy tropicaluniform, c1980, ran

Army Tunic. Belt Tropical. Women'suniform, ww2, army

Army Tropical. WD Wookey VX38148uniform, army

Shirt tropical khaki Long sleeveuniform, 1972, raaf

Shirt tropical khaki long sleeveuniform, 1972, raaf

Shirt Tropical without pockets or collaruniform, 1943, army