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Women in action - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Women in wartime - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

The Boer War - Australia's Culture Portal

Around 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. ...

The Miles Franklin Literary Award - Australia's Culture Portal

The annual Miles Franklin Literary Award is one of the most illustrious events on the Australian literary calendar. The award, now worth $42,000, was bequeathed by the will of Australian novelist, Miles Franklin for a 'published novel or play portraying A...

The war at home: Second World War shipwrecks in Australian waters - Australia's Culture Portal

Ships wrecked in Australian waters during the Second World War profoundly effected the Australian people, both civilian and military. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: 304919. The first Australian warship to be lost in the Second World War w...

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Biographical cuttings on Sister M. A. Latto Bett, Nursing Sister, Oodnadatta. 1912-1913. Army nurse in World War I - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Biographical cuttings on Sister M. A. Latto Bett, Nursing Sister, Oodnadatta. Bett, Mary Ann Latto (c. ...

Thesis - Jessie Tomlins: an Australian nurse, World War One - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Jessie Tomlins: an Australian nurse, World War One http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/~thesis/adt-NU/public/adt-NU20020222.160609/...

Book - Portrait of a nurse : prisoner of war of the Japanese 1942-1945 Sumatra - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Portrait of a nurse : prisoner of war of the Japanese 1942-1945 Sumatra Prisoners of war--Australia Biography....

Newspaper Article - Nurses revisit war hell (Bangka Island, Singapore) - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Nurses revisit war hell (Bangka Island, Singapore) &copy Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...

Book - The Australian Army Nursing Service: a short history with World War One nominal roll and award citations - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne The Australian Army Nursing Service: a short history with World War One nominal roll and award citations Mostly Unsung Military History R...

Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs) - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs), aboard the hospital ship Manunda on its arrival. Many of these nurses became prisoners of war (POWs) when they were captured by the Japanese after t...

Image - Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

> Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs, 18 October 1945, courtesy of Australian War Memorial. Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of ...

Resource Section - Australian nurses in the Boer War - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Australian nurses in the Boer War &copy Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...

Resource Section - Victorian nurses in the Boer War - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Victorian nurses in the Boer War &copy Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...

Book - Guns and Brooches: Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Guns and Brooches: Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War &copy Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...

Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs) - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs), aboard the hospital ship Manunda on its arrival. Many of these nurses became prisoners of war (POWs) when they were captured by the Japanese after t...

Image - Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), ex-prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

> Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), ex-prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, 13 September 1945, courtesy of Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), ex-prisoners of w...

Book - Guns and brooches : Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Guns and brooches : Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR) (189...

Book - Letters from Belsen 1945 : An Australian Nurse's Experiences with the Survivors of War - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Doherty, Muriel Knox, and Cornell, Judith and Russell, R. Lynette (eds) Letters from Belsen 1945 : An Australian Nurse's Experiences with...

Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), ex-prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), ex-prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, taking leave of family and friends who met them on their arrival at Mascot airport. The four were among six Australian army nurses captured at Rabaul ...