World War I

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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

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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

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Arts & Culture

Bringing a fire damaged book back from the brink

A new approach to restoring parchment has saved a WW1 Book of Remembrance commemorating local fallen soldiers that was badly damaged by fire and water

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Arts & Culture

Comedy in the trenches

Humour was a safety valve for trench-bound soldiers during the First World War and the language of the enemy was prime fodder, journals reveal

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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

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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.

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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.

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Politics & Society

The women doctors who fought to serve

When the Great War broke out, female doctors were famously told to “go home and sit still”. But a group of remarkable women refused.

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Arts & Culture

Lest we forget: Storing precious memories

A roadshow will travel across Victoria to help families preserve their wartime memorabilia

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Arts & Culture

Why Emmeline Pankhurst criticised her daughter

An angry telegram from the leader of the Suffragette movement to an Australian Prime Minister sheds new light on her relationship with her daughter, Adela

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