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The Boer War - Australia's Culture PortalAround 16,000 Australians volunteered to fight for Britain against the Dutch-Afrikaner, or Boer, settlers in South Africa from 1899 to 1902. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01065.001. Matthews, Australian Light Horse in Boer War uniform. ...
Australia has a strong and vibrant history of political cartooning. Since the 1830s, when political cartoons were first featured in Australian newspapers, they have provided satirical, witty or humorous comment on political and public affairs, social cus...
Merchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. During the Second World War, the Japanese flew 64 raids on Darwin and 33 raids on other targ...
While Australia has no single uniform national costume, an Australian national dress style, based on specific local dress styles, has emerged in response to climate, lifestyle and identity. An Australian style can be seen clearly in the main types of loc...
Nicola Finetti, Dress of silk georgette, silk chiffon and metallic embroidery on silk organza. Fashion can be defined by colour, cut, cloth, garment type, garment styles and interpretation of looks. Chinese silk embroidered shawls and Chinese surcoats b...
Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society and identity. Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. Migration Museum, History Trus...
Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. The hundreds of thousands of people who arrived in Australia after the First World War greatly influenced Australia becoming a modern society. Image courtesy of the Australian War ...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01404.028. One of the most well-known Australian engagements of the Vietnam War was the Battle of Long Tan, 17-20 August 1966. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: COL/67/0140/VN. ...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. The myth of the digger and the larrikin hero is an important part of the Australian experience of pastoralism, the goldfields, bushranging, shearing and droving. The slang term 'digger' re-surfaced during th...
Music and song have helped document Australia's participation in conflict and war from the Australian colonies' first representation in the Sudan War in 1885, through the First and Second World Wars, to the Gulf and Iraq wars. Until the First World War, ...
Image courtesy of AAP Images. For many Australians, the experience of visiting a place where Australians died and suffered during war is a reminder of the real meaning of the day. Defence Minister Robert Hill and Captain Nick Berry during ANZAC day dawn ...
Originally called Armistice Day, this day commemorated the end of the hostilities for the Great War (World War I), the signing of the armistice, which occurred on 11 November 1918 - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. After the end of World ...
Image courtesy of Australian War Memorial: VIC1426. The involvement of Australian women as nurses in war began in 1898 with the formation of the Australian Nursing Service of New South Wales, from which sixty nurses served in The Boer War. According to th...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. The involvement of Australian women in each war is closely connected to their role in society at different times, and the nature of each war. Australia has been involved in a number of wars including The Boer...
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The Dead Persons' Society aims to promote an interest in genealogy via the internet (or bulletin board systems) in a social environment, to promote the production and distribution of genealogical indexes and other research tools and to foster cooperation,
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Enlistment standards, Boer War, First World War, Second World War [Australian War Memorial] (website Australian War Memorial (AWM) )During the course of the First World War standards for age, minimum height and minimum chest measurement for enlistment in the AIF were altered. In June 1915 the age range and minimum height requirements were changed to 18-45 years and 5ft 2in, with the m...
Numismatics > Military badges>>+ N21251 Badge, Australia: NSW, military.... > + N21305-2 Badge, Australia, military. > + N19848 Badge, Australia, World War I. 30... > + 2008/73/1 Military badge, headdress badg......
Numismatics > Military badges>>+ N21251 Badge, Australia: NSW, military.... > + N19848 Badge, Australia, World War I. 30... > + 2008/73/1 Military badge, headdress badg... >N21305-2 Badge, Australia, military. ...
The two indexes are called: 1. Index to Military Service Records, 1899-1901 and, 2. Index to Pay Books, 1899-1902. This Index was compiled from QSA Item ID18351, Military service records. 5th South African Contingent, No. ...
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