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The Boer War - Australia's Culture PortalImage 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. ...
The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting, popular music, films and foods. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals b...
Australian folklore, its traditions, customs and beliefs are based on both Indigenous and also non-Indigenous people's knowledge and experience of history in Australia. Some of Australia's folklore remembers the relationship between Europeans and Aborigi...
Australian language, letters and literature in Australia has been influenced by Aboriginal storytelling, convict tales and the desire by colonists to relate their experiences in a new country. Similarly, the bush ballads of Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science was established in 1927 and the Academy Awards or Oscars ceremonies commenced in 1929. Image courtesy of Latent Image Productions Pty Ltd and National Film & Sound Archive. Their Oscar Statuette is on displa...
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Breaker Morant South Australian History (website Flinders Ranges Research )Born at Bridgwater, England on 9 December 1864, Morant, also known as Harry Harbord Morant or Edwin Henry Murrant, left England on 1 April 1883 aboard the SS Waroonga from Plymouth and arrived in Townsville, Queensland on 5 June 1883. The outbreak of the...
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In a lonely, windswept hill camp, far out in the veldt, Captain Hunt (Terence Donovan) instructs Captain Taylor (John Waters) to execute Boer prisoners brought in by Morant (Edward Woodward). When Morant queries the order to shoot prisoners, Hunt tells M...
Morant (Edward Woodward) and Handcock (Bryan Brown) march to their executions. This clip shows lieutenants Harry Breaker Morant (Edward Woodward) and Peter Handcock (Bryan Brown) being marched from the prison compound in Pretoria to their execution by fi...
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You can download and install the free Flash plug-in then view the video. Or you can view the same video as a downloadable MP4 file without installing the Flash plug-in. Morant (Edward Woodward), Handcock (Bryan Brown) and Witton (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) meet...
In the Boer War in South Africa in 1901, three Australian irregular soldiers are tried by a British military court for the murder of 12 prisoners and a German missionary. The accused are Lieutenants Harry Morant (Edward Woodward), Peter Handcock (Bryan B...
Military Stories & Anecdotes The Bushveld Carbineers Breaker Morant ...
Arrangements: Phil Cunneen, Eric Cook, Jack Grimsley, Bill Brown. v: John Williamson and Charles (Bud) Tingwell. v: John Williamson, Charles Tingwell. ...
Writer: Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford Edward Woodward as Lt. Morant Jack Thompson as Mjr. TaylorBryan Brown as Lt. HandcockAlso Charles Tingwell, Terence Donovan, Chris Haywood. Invites comparisons to other war crimes cases, prompting c...
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