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Women in action - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Women in wartime - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Australians and the Western Front - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian and American soldiers in a trench. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. Left to right: Lt Norman Malcolm, 2 Pioneers; Sister Stella Malcom, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS); Lt Eric Malcolm, 3 Division Artillery; Staff Nurse Ed...

The Boer War - Australia's Culture Portal

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. ...

The Miles Franklin Literary Award - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Remembrance Day

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...

The war at home: Second World War shipwrecks in Australian waters - Australia's Culture Portal

Ships wrecked in Australian waters during the Second World War profoundly effected the Australian people, both civilian and military. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: 304919. The first Australian warship to be lost in the Second World War w...

Australian troops entertaining themselves at the front-line - Australia's Culture Portal

And nowhere is this more apparent than in the actions of our front-line troops—soldiers or nurses—whether in the trenches, as prisoners of war or on leave. The significance of sport for Australian soldiers, from the First World War through to...

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Book - Queensland Nurses, Boer War to Vietnam - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

Biographical cuttings on Sister M. A. Latto Bett, Nursing Sister, Oodnadatta. 1912-1913. Army nurse in World War I - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Biographical cuttings on Sister M. A. Latto Bett, Nursing Sister, Oodnadatta. Bett, Mary Ann Latto (c. ...

Newspaper Article - Nurses revisit war hell (Bangka Island, Singapore) - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Nurses revisit war hell (Bangka Island, Singapore) &copy Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...

Book - Portrait of a nurse : prisoner of war of the Japanese 1942-1945 Sumatra - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Portrait of a nurse : prisoner of war of the Japanese 1942-1945 Sumatra Prisoners of war--Australia Biography....

Thesis - Jessie Tomlins: an Australian nurse, World War One - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Jessie Tomlins: an Australian nurse, World War One http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/~thesis/adt-NU/public/adt-NU20020222.160609/...

Journal Article - "Giving the Dope": Australian Army Nurse Anaesthetists during World War I - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

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Book - Letters from Belsen 1945: an Australian Nurse's Experiences with the Survivors of War - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

State Library of Queensland - Nurse Huston, South African War exhibition   (website Becoming Queensland )

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State Library of Queensland - Nurse Huston, South African War exhibition   (website Becoming Queensland )

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Nurse Huston, South African War exhibition (State Library of Queensland)   (website Becoming Queensland )

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Nurse Huston, South African War exhibition (State Library of Queensland)   (website Becoming Queensland )

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Image - Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

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