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April 2006
The new History and Education site War and
Identity is now available. Please browse the contents. Your
feedback is welcome.
June 05 - March 06
No new material has been added as a new dedicated History
and Education site has been under construction. Watch this space for
"opening day" -- expected end of March/early April.
June 2005
HISTORY: World War 1: Casualty
Clearance One of the least publicised of all Army services is
the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, which has given more than 100
years of dedicated work to caring for Australian servicemen in times of
war and its aftermath.
HISTORY: World War 1: Pioneers
of the Air In 1914 Australia’s only military
aviation base, the Central Flying School, newly established at Point Cook,
was equipped with two flying instructors and five flimsy training
aircraft.
HISTORY: World War 1: The
War at Sea At the outbreak of hostilities in 1914,
the Australian Fleet comprised a battle cruiser, six light cruisers, six
destroyers, two submarines — the AE1 and AE2 — and
numerous support and ancillary craft.
May 2005
HISTORY: World War 1:
Trooper Sloan ‘Scotty’ Bolton, DCM -- The
Beersheba Charger Documents the life and experience of one man
during and after World War 1, with extracts from family records.
EDUCATION: MAPS: Enhanced and updated
maps relevant to World War 1.
April 2005
EDUCATION: CHILDHOOD: Activities:
A series of interactive modules featuring flags, uniforms and
puzzles.
HISTORY: World War 1:
The Australian Homefront during World War 1
Describes the social, cultural, economic and political changes in
Australia during WW1.
EDUCATION: Activities:
Finding Smithy Explore
the legend and reality of
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
EDUCATION: Activities: Finding
treasures at home Learn how to discover the background
to, and history of, military memorabilia in the family's possession.
EDUCATION: Activities: Remembering and Commemorating
Examine the impact of ANZAC and Gallipoli on Australian culture.
January 2005
2005 is the 90th Anniversary of the ANZAC landing at
Gallipoli: What can we do to acknowledge this historical milestone at
this year's ANZAC Day commemoration ceremonies? To commemorate the 90th
Anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, the ANZAC
Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland invites all Australian
committees responsible for organising their local ANZAC Day Ceremony to
consider playing the New Zealand National Anthem, God Defend New
Zealand, in conjunction with our own National Anthem as a fitting
tribute to the united efforts of the Australian and New Zealand troops who
went ashore at ANZAC Cove 90 years ago. (Note: Protocol demands that the
Australian Anthem must always be played last). For those who wish to
participate, the sheet music and words in both English and Maori are
available on this site [click
here].
November 2004
EDUCATION: Activities: Australia and the Vietnam War -- Vietnam -- The
soldier's experience Through written excerpts and images,
learn what the Vietnam experience was like for some Australian servicemen.
October 2004
EDUCATION: Activities:
Australia and the Vietnam War -- Why did
Australia enter the war in 1965? Did Australians support this
decision? A comprehensive education activity focussing on the
circumstances surrounding the 1965 commitment of Australian forces to
combat in South Vietnam.
HISTORY: World War 2:
Supplementary Information and Anecdotes.
The death in 1994 of a US veteran of the war in the Pacific resulted in
the discovery, among his personal effects, of a copy of this poem, On
the Sananada Beach, penned by an Australian WW2 soldier (sourced from
the ADCC journal ANZAC Day 2004).
HISTORY: Peacekeeping:
Supplementary Information and Anecdotes.
Rwanda, 1995. Members of an Australian Army element of the United Nations
Assistance Mission For Rwanda witness a massacre at Kibeho (sourced from
the ADCC journal ANZAC Day 2004).
HISTORY: World Wars 1 and 2:
Supplementary Information and Anecdotes.
Nearly 63,000 British and Allied merchant seamen were killed in action in
World War 2. Read about the vital role of the Merchant Navy in most wars
(sourced from the ADCC journal ANZAC Day 2004).
HISTORY: World War 2: Supplementary Information and Anecdotes.
Learn about the mass breakout of Japanese prisoners from the Cowra POW
camp on 5 August 1944 (sourced from the ADCC journal ANZAC Day 2004).
HISTORY: Vietnam: Supplementary Information and Anecdotes.
A new anecdote (sourced from the ADCC journal ANZAC Day 2004) has
been added. Read about the Battle of Binh Ba -- one of the more
significant battles involving Australian forces during the Vietnam war.
August 2004
HISTORY: Vietnam: Supplementary Information and Anecdotes.
A new anecdote (sourced from the ADCC journal ANZAC Day 2004) has
been added. Read how specially trained tracker dogs were employed by the
Australian Army.
The Spirit of ANZAC: Where ANZACs Lie. Read Lyn Marsh's
poignant account of her visit to Gallipoli. (Sourced from the ADCC journal
ANZAC Day 2004).
EDUCATION: Memorials: Australian War Memorial, London. Sourced
from the ADCC journal ANZAC Day 2004 and with text reproduced by
permission of ABC, read Fran Kelly's account of the opening of this
memorial on Remembrance Day, 2003.
July 2004
HISTORY: Peacekeeping:
Supplementary Information and Anecdotes.
Read about the experiences, and view the associated images, of our medical
team which was deployed to Rwanda in 1994 (sourced from the ADCC journal ANZAC
Day 2004).
HISTORY: World War 2:
Supplementary Information and Anecdotes.
Learn about William Webb, a WW1 veteran who joined up again in WW2. His
ordeal has rightly earned him the title 'The Survivor', conferred on him
by Darryl Kelly, the author of Just Soldiers, from which this story
is reproduced.
HISTORY: World War 2:
Supplementary Information and Anecdotes.
A new anecdote (sourced from the ADCC journal ANZAC Day 2004) has
been added. It tells the story of the Striking by night display at the
Australian War Memorial, the centrepiece of which is the restored bomber,
G for George.
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