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Women in action - Australia's Culture PortalImage 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...
Australian and American soldiers in a trench. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. Left to right: Lt Norman Malcolm, 2 Pioneers; Sister Stella Malcom, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS); Lt Eric Malcolm, 3 Division Artillery; Staff Nurse Ed...
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 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...
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...
And nowhere is this more apparent than in the actions of our front-line troops—soldiers or nurses—whether in the trenches, as prisoners of war or on leave. The significance of sport for Australian soldiers, from the First World War through to...
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Oceans of Love: Narelle An Australian Nurse in World War 1 - Oppenheimer, Melanie (website Adelaide Booksellers )Binding: Trade PaperbackEdition: 1st EditionPublisher: Sydney ABC Books 2006ISBN Number: 0733317103 / 9780733317101Seller ID: ID229502 Octavo Size. Illustrated with Black and White (Sepia) Photographs. 272 pages Uses Narelle's own letters and photograph...
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. ...
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/...
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....
An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Nurses revisit war hell (Bangka Island, Singapore) © Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...
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), 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...
> 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 ...
An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Australian nurses in the Boer War © Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...
An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Victorian nurses in the Boer War © Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...
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 © Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...
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...
> 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...
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