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ANZAC Day - Australia's Culture Portal

On 25 April every year, Australians commemorate ANZAC Day. During the Second World War, ANZAC Day became a day on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time were remembered. Commemorative services are held at dawn on 25 April, the time of the o...

Remembrance Day

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 ...

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 and air defence - Australia's Culture Portal

Women's involvement in air defence forces in a flying capacity was highly limited until the 1970s. For decades, women's roles in air defence were restricted to jobs on the ground and within Australia. Australian women's involvement in air defence servic...

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...

Australian national dress - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Modern Australian fashion - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

The changing face of modern Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

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 ...

The Battle of Long Tan - Australia's Culture Portal

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. ...

Aviatrices - Australian women of the air - Australia's Culture Portal

Unknown photographer, Freda Thompson (1906-1980), Pictured here in 1934 just before take off at Lympne Airport when she became the first Australian woman to fly solo from England to Australia, 1934. Courtesy of National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Avia...

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. ...

Elizabeth Cameron Dalman and Australian modern dance - Australia's Culture Portal

Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM is known as the founder of modern Australian dance. Elizabeth Cameron Dalman's foundation of the Australian Dance Theatre led to a flourishing of public programs and workshops in modern dance techniques and improvisation. The...

Australian political cartooning - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

The Japanese bombing of Darwin and northern Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Sacred places - Australian battlefield pilgrimages - Australia's Culture Portal

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 ...

Documents matching your query...

Australian Women in War - Acknowledgements   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

This project would not have been possible without the support and facilitation of the National Foundation for Australian Women, in particular Ruth Medd, president, and Ros Strong, convenor of the Sydney Joint Committee. Project consultants: Australian Wa...

Corsets to Camouflage Women and War - Adie, Kate   (website Adelaide Booksellers )

Binding: HardbackEdition: 1st EditionPublisher: London Hodder & Stoughton 2003ISBN Number: 0340820594 / 9780340820599Seller ID: ID194504 Small Quarto Size. MINT copy in like Dustjacket. 246 pages Published in association with the Imperial War Museum. ...

Women in War ,Äìpersonal reminiscences - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

This is a collection of records collected for the Queensland Women in War Exhibition in 1995, as part of the general ,ÄòAustralia Remembers,Äô project. The collection also contains a photocopy of an unpublished history of Voluntary Aid Detachments in Quee...

Journal Article - Homefires and Housewives: Women, war and the politics of consumption - 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 Homefires and Housewives: Women, war and the politics of consumption &copy Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...

Unsung Heroines. The Women who Won the War - Lynn, Vera with Robin Cross and Jenny de Gex   (website Adelaide Booksellers )

Author Name: Lynn, Vera with Robin Cross and Jenny de GexTitle: Unsung Heroines. Binding: HardbackEdition: 1st EditionPublisher: London Sidgwick & Jackson 1990ISBN Number: 0283060638 / 9780283060632Seller ID: ID144322 [29x21cm]. 176 pages A tribute to t...