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 | | 1918: Australians In France
By 1918, the First World War had been in progress for over three
years, and thousands of Australians had already been killed or wounded. During
the last year of the war, Australian soldiers had the opportunity to serve
alongside men of many different nationalities, as well as to mix with French
civilians.
[Australian War Memorial, ACT
] |
1956 Melbourne Olympics
Discover how Melbourne won the right to host the
Games from The Games Bid. Some of the issues and problems involved in
organising the Games are described in Preparations and Melbourne and the World.
Revisit some of the great moments in The Games. The Melbourne Games became
known as The Friendly Games yet were held at a time of extreme interNational political tension summarised in World Events.
[State Library of Victoria , VIC
] |  |
 | | Nora Heysen
One memory of childhood is always wanting to draw or paint. This
is my earliest memory and will be my last, I think, that I must put something
on paper or canvas or whatever within reach. From an interview with Nora
Heysen, 25 August 1994. Oral History Collection.
[National Library of Australia, ACT
] |
Norman B Tindale
On his first major field trip after being appointed assistant
entomologist at the South Australian Museum in 1918, Norman Tindale sketched
the tribal Aboriginal boundaries in the Groote Eylandt and Roper River area of
the Northern Territory. His map was edited before publication and the
boundaries removed on the basis that Aborigines were wanderers with no fixed
attachments to land...
[South Australian Museum, SA
] |  |
 | | The North Esk Wharves
Photographs of the North Esk Wharves from the local studies
collection of the Launceston Reference Library.
[Launceston Reference Library, TAS
] |
Last modified: January 12 2005.