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Survey Articles (Regional)

  • The impact of the First World War on Australia was so profound that its memory dominates the national political culture even today, in the form of the Anzac “legend.” The mass casualties suffered … READ MORE

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  • The Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, is the state war memorial of New South Wales. Fundraising for a memorial began during the war, but the memorial was not built until the early 1930s, opening … READ MORE

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  • On the outbreak of the First World War, the German presence in the Pacific, in particular its wireless transmitting stations, were seen as a strategic threat to both Britain and Australia. The … READ MORE

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  • Charles Bean was Australia’s official war correspondent who later wrote and edited the twelve-volume ''Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918'' and founded the Australian War … READ MORE

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  • World War I was not simply a conflict among European states but a global war of empires. The fighting took place not only in Europe, but also in Africa, Asia, and across the Middle East, and it … READ MORE

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  • John Monash is probably the most celebrated Australian figure of the First World War. He commanded the 4th Brigade in Gallipoli, the 3rd Australian Division in Belgium in 1917, … READ MORE

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  • Keith Murdoch was an Australian journalist and newspaper proprietor. His Gallipoli Letter was highly critical of the Allied conduct of the Dardanelles Campaign. Later in World War I he worked as a … READ MORE

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  • This article examines the concept of war poetry and considers the range of poetic responses generated by the Great War from an international … READ MORE

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  • Wireless telegraphy became an integral part of warfare on the ground, in the air, and at sea by 1918. Wireless helped to make the war global, though historians still debate its impact on the course … READ MORE

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Survey Articles (Regional)

  • The impact of the First World War on Australia was so profound that its memory dominates the national political culture even today, in the form of the Anzac “legend.” The mass casualties suffered … READ MORE

    Regional

Regional Thematic Articles

Encyclopedic Entries

  • The Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, is the state war memorial of New South Wales. Fundraising for a memorial began during the war, but the memorial was not built until the early 1930s, opening … READ MORE

    Entry
  • On the outbreak of the First World War, the German presence in the Pacific, in particular its wireless transmitting stations, were seen as a strategic threat to both Britain and Australia. The … READ MORE

    Entry
  • Charles Bean was Australia’s official war correspondent who later wrote and edited the twelve-volume ''Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918'' and founded the Australian War … READ MORE

    Entry
  • World War I was not simply a conflict among European states but a global war of empires. The fighting took place not only in Europe, but also in Africa, Asia, and across the Middle East, and it … READ MORE

    Entry
  • John Monash is probably the most celebrated Australian figure of the First World War. He commanded the 4th Brigade in Gallipoli, the 3rd Australian Division in Belgium in 1917, … READ MORE

    Entry
  • Keith Murdoch was an Australian journalist and newspaper proprietor. His Gallipoli Letter was highly critical of the Allied conduct of the Dardanelles Campaign. Later in World War I he worked as a … READ MORE

    Entry
  • This article examines the concept of war poetry and considers the range of poetic responses generated by the Great War from an international … READ MORE

    Entry
  • Wireless telegraphy became an integral part of warfare on the ground, in the air, and at sea by 1918. Wireless helped to make the war global, though historians still debate its impact on the course … READ MORE

    Entry