On This Day
Centenary of the Battle of Fromelles
It’s been 100 years since the darkest day in Australian military history, which saw the most casualties in 24 hours of any Australian battle.
Tag: WW1
History & Culture
How ‘slanguage’ helped form a new national identity
Many mainstream Aussie words like “digger” and even the word “Aussie” itself have their origins in the trenches of WWI.
History & Culture
Australian soldiers’ personal photos of war
Anzac troops heading into the bloody conflicts of World War I used new handheld cameras to capture the true face of war for the first time
History & Culture
The lighthouse keeper’s daughter
Stationed at the town of Albany, WA, in November 1914, soldiers turned to the girl on Breaksea Island to send their messages home