ANZACS

Politics & Society

After the fighting: The soldiers who studied

After WW1, returning soldiers faced the question of ‘what next’? University study was the answer for some

Politics & Society

Beyond Anzac: What really shaped our nation?

Australia’s reputation as one of the first progressive democracies in the world may have been forged peacefully, but is nonetheless worthy of commemoration

Education

Remembrance Day: Updating an incomplete record

Almost a century after the First World War, the University’s war records are still being updated with new names of those who served and died - and there may be more

Arts & Culture

Dinner in No-Man’s Land

As the country marks Anzac Day, we look at how the act of sharing food during a time of war, even across enemy lines, is a potent symbol of our humanity.

Politics & Society

Anzac Day not just for the boys

By the late 1920s, Anzac Day had become male-centric. But that wasn’t the case during WW1 and the immediate post-war years, when nurses played a central role in commemorations.

Environment

Swapping guns for gardening

Returned WWII servicemen and women were given a fresh start through training in horticulture and gardening

Arts & Culture

Surreal stories make the best operas

Composer Elliott Gyger has transformed David Malouf’s much loved novella ‘Fly Away Peter’ into a high impact opera about the First World War

Arts & Culture

The Water Diviner: Unearthing the Gallipoli legend

A chance encounter prompts the co-writers of The Water Diviner to share a new perspective on the Gallipoli conflict