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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...
Until the Second World War Australia was one of the world's leaders in aviation in terms of both air mileage and prominent aviation pioneers. Since the early development of powered flight in Australia in 1910, air services developed passenger and cargo t...
Gp Capt Eaton Charles, CO RAAF Station Darwin. Image courtesy of the Charles Eaton Photographic Collection and Peter Dunn's Australia @ War. Eaton entered Australian aviation legend when commanding the air searches for two lost aircraft, the Kookaburra ...
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...
The Great Depression (1929-32) was a time of extreme hardship for people in Australia. Even before the devastating stock market crash on Wall Street (the centre of stock market trading in New York, United States of America), unemployment in Australia was...
Sydney Harbour Bridge at sunset. It is the world's largest (but not the longest) steel arch bridge with the top of the bridge standing 134 metres above the harbour. Sydney Harbour Bridge, circa 1932....
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. The myth of the digger and the larrikin hero is an important part of the Australian experience of pastoralism, the goldfields, bushranging, shearing and droving. The slang term 'digger' re-surfaced during th...
The annual Miles Franklin Literary Award is one of the most illustrious events on the Australian literary calendar. The award, now worth $42,000, was bequeathed by the will of Australian novelist, Miles Franklin for a 'published novel or play portraying A...
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. After the end of World ...
Section of a glossary of Australian terms, 1936, Allan & Co. Image courtesy of National Library of Australia. Linguists and other cultural theorists value the study of Australian colloquialisms as a way of observing how the Australian character has develo...
As Australia had no native grape varieties suitable for wine-making, grapes were imported from Europe and much of the wine produced was shipped back to the United Kingdom. Early wine production at Lindemans, established in the Hunter Valley (New South Wa...
Nursing staff of a mobile hospital, including four Australian nurses, 1917. 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 ...
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Broken Sun is a film set in rural Australia about a First World War veteran living in isolation who meets an escaped Japanese Prisoner Of War.
The Diggers' War: Australia in the Great War (more info)
Resource for information about Australia in the First World War. Information about visiting the battlefields and Gallipoli, WWI words, photos and more.
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Australian War Memorial - First World War Nominal Roll (website Australian War Memorial (AWM) )First World War Nominal Roll File: 47-160 Start Name: Simpson,Harold Frank End Name: Simpson, John Return to results page...
First World War Nominal Roll File: 48-003 Start Name: Simpson,Norman Albert End Name: Simpson, Royden John Return to results page...
First World War Nominal Roll File: 47-154 Start Name: Simper,Robert William End Name: Simpson, Alfred Return to results page...
First World War Nominal Roll File: 48-001 Start Name: Simpson,James Robert End Name: Simpson, Leo Harry Return to results page...
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