Posters were created, targeting the Australian people’s personal life. The one to the left is about a hypothetical man’s father. It is asking the man if he would prefer his father to show his friends a picture of his son sitting at home; a lazy, easy-going, beer drinking man, or a picture of his son as a brave war hero, representing Australia in the Great War, doing something useful with his life. 
This poster gives people a personal, real life perspective on War. Australia is a country prone to bush fires, they could be dubbed as the enemies of our bushland. ‘Would you stand by while a bushfire raged?’ it asks.’ GET BUSY. And drive the Germans back!’ This, one could say, attributes the Germans to our annual bushfire season; our ‘enemy’.This poster is asking if we would just let a bushfire keep burning, or if would we take action to stop its growth. In other words, Are we simply going to let the Germans win the War? Or are we going to defend our country and the Triple Entente and come back home as victors? The posters’ effects on the Australian people will be explored in another post.
that was a really informative and interesting post ! :]
ReplyDeletehow old do you have to be to join the troops ?
The post contained very relevant information.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get your information?
this is really informative and really shows how manipulating the government was. bribing people with glory to become soldiers, tututut :|
ReplyDeleteFlower and Jasmine: Our sources tell us that the preferred age was 18, however many faked their ages so they could join the army :)
ReplyDeleteJane and Crystal: Hello therreee :) Please refer to the two links at the bottom of the Post.
Anmol & Chloe: Yes, merci beaucoup :)
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Great post. You have chosen some interesting posters which have been well analysed. Who made posters like the ones in your post? Was it the government, other industries or were they made by individuals?
ReplyDeleteThe goverment was the 'central force' behind the production of propaganda as they were responsible for recruiting troops. Some may have been made by individual companies who either strongly supported the war or were told to do so by the goverment.
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