Generally speaking, the very model of a modern war historian
This article was written John Elder and published by The Age on January 30, 2011:Generally speaking, the very model of a modern war historian
A War Worth Fighting
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Australian enlistment numbers and motivation in the First World War
The centenary of the First World War has given reason for historians and writers in general to look anew at...
Anzac 2015 reflection
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It might be my imagination, though I think not, but did the nation’s celebration of Australia Day go up a notch this year? Without the aid of extensive survey...
Australia and the American Civil War
In this edition of Living History, historian Dale Blair joins Mat to discuss Australia's intriguing links to the American Civil War, and the extraordinary connection between the city of Melbourne and the CSS...
UNIONISM IN EXCELSIS: The Liverpool Soldier Strike, 1916
Image Source: (1916, February 15). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 7.
On St Valentine’s Day 1916 one of the worst examples of soldier unrest occurred in Australia’s military history when...