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Women in wartime - Australia's Culture PortalImage 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...
Chief Petty Officer Andrew Stapleton plays the Last Post at the ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Baghdad, 2004. The Australian War Memorial, in its section on the Anzac Day Tradition, says 'The Last Post is the trumpet or bugle call sounded at 10 pm each night ...
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...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01065.001. Over 16,000 Australian troops served in the Boer war. Matthews, Australian Light Horse in Boer War uniform. ...
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...
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...
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 ...
Nursing staff of a mobile hospital, including four Australian nurses, 1917. 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 ...
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Women in wartime - Australia's Culture Portal (website Culture and Recreation 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...
TITLE Painting Ghosts- Australian Women Artists in Wartime AUTHOR SPECK, Catherine DESCRIPTION RETAIL $70 (Click here to convert currency) PUBLISHER Craftsman House CATEGORY visual art If you would like further info please use our REQUEST FORM to send us...
This week Margaret and David discuss the Australian film Wolf Creek with accompanying interviews with the director Greg McLean and actor Cassandra Magrath. The man of steel is back in Superman Returns, the first film to be reviewed this week on the telev...
Produced by the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop Authority, this documentary promotes the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop as a way of meeting Melbourne s growing public transport needs. Filmed by John Mack at the Adelaide Parafield around 1930, this home ...
This list shows all the titles currently on australianscreen that include Lisa Harrow in a principal role. It is not a comprehensive filmography. This is the story of women in wartime those left behind while the men are away fighting. ...
HC Coombs is interviewed about his life and work by the current affairs journalist Robert Moore. A black-and-white nature program from the earliest years of ABC television featuring the unique lyrebird. Opera Australia,Äôs OzOpera Tour took the opera La ...
Join your historical friends in Bathurst for the RAHS State Conference. Highlights of the conference weekend include... *A "Welcome to Bathurst" reception at Abercrombie House. ...
This clip begins with the animated title Cartoons of the Moment, then shows political cartoonist Harry Julius sitting at his desk reading a newspaper. This cuts to an animated cartoon commenting on how the war should change the buying choices of Australi...
This list shows all the titles currently on australianscreen that include Gillian Jones in a principal role. This is the story of women in wartime those left behind while the men are away fighting. A late 20th century Beatrice (Anne Louise Lambert), mot...
This list shows all the titles currently on australianscreen that include Rhys McConnochie in a principal role. An aboriginal man, Stuart Wilkins (David Kennedy) is arrested for taking part in a land rights demonstration, after the death of his father. ...
This list shows all the titles currently on australianscreen that include Florence James in a principal role. It is not a comprehensive filmography. This is the story of women in wartime those left behind while the men are away fighting. ...
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