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ANZAC Day - Australia's Culture PortalOn 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...
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. Armistice Day was obser...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
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...
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WOMEN IN WAR Interactive (website Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland (ADCC) )
Defying Male Civilization provides background on Spanish women and the construction of gender roles before 1936, but assumes the reader has some familiarity with the history of the Civil War. Nash describes three women's organisations: the Antifascist Wo...
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...
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...
During the Second World War, the Barrier Industrial Council lifted its ban on married women working and many women took up employment at the Munitions Annexe. The composition of Broken Hill's population during wartime differed from most: mining was deeme...
Click on a woman's name to see her biographical entry in the Australian Women's Archives Project register, with links to bibliographical and archival information. There are 186 women with biographical resources. Bandler, Faith Ida Lessing (c. ...
Click on an organisation's name to see further information in the Australian Women's Archives Project register, with links to bibliographical and archival information, and to see relationships between women and organisations. There are 33 organisations wi...
Click on the name of a commemoration for further information in the Australian Women's Archives Project register, with links to bibliographical and archival information. There are 15 commemorations with further information. © Copyright of the National...
Australian Women in War provides information concerning women and their contribution during the conflicts in which Australia has been involved and since. The project is a joint initiative of the New South Wales Local Committee of the Australian Women's A...
'Join Us in a Victory Job' was a Second World War recruiting poster created by Maurice Bramley in the Department of National Service. Services depicted include: Australian Army Medical Women's Service; Australian Women's Army Service; Women's Auxiliary A...
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