The War at Home – by John Connor, Peter Stanley and Peter Yule – Book review
Volume 4 of The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War series.
The War with the Ottoman Empire & The War with Germany – Book Review
These are volumes two and three of the Oxford Centenary History of the Great War, and we are most grateful to the publisher for the review copies.
Private John Charlton No.1467, 5th VMR Contingent – His Light Has Dimmed: A Lost Memory
For John Charlton, eldest son of Walter and Mary Charlton of Castle Creek, a small settlement near Euroa in central Victoria, deployment to the South African Boer War couldn’t come […]
Australia’s Worst 24 Hours: The Centenary of Fromelles with Dr Ross McMullin
The Battle of Fromelles is the worst 24 hours in Australian history claimed historian Dr Ross McMullin.
Memoirs of an Anzac by John Charles Barrie – Book Review
J. C. Barrie was a militia officer who went to war as a Lieutenant with the AIF’s 8th Infantry Battalion and served later with 15 Bde.
In All Respects Ready, Australia’s Navy in World War One by David Steven – Book Review
Popular Australian history of the First World War is primarily about the Army at Gallipoli and then on the Western Front. The RAN is seldom mentioned apart from Sydney’s defeat […]
Kokoda and Beyond: Papua and New Guinea 1942-1945
In early 1942 the Japanese set their sights on capturing Papua and New Guinea.
Australia and the Great War Identity, Memory and Mythology – Book Review
This is a valuable collection of chapters written by established and emerging authors seeking to present a range of material on complex issues arising from the Great War.
