Throwback Thursday – The Daily Advertiser from 21 Years ago

This is one of a series of blogs from the Australian War Memorial about First World War uniforms and covers the basic aspects of badges seen on Australian Imperial Force uniforms.

At the recent RAHS Regional Seminar held in Wagga, Christine Yeats in one of her sessions on Land Research mentioned the excellent reference publication, “Pastoral Possessions of NSW 1889” by William Hanson.

Wagga City Council advises that following the advice of its Heritage Consultant reconstruction work is now underway to repair the sign following substantial white ant damage.

By mid-1914 Australians were aware through their newspapers of the rising tensions and dangers of war in Europe. The response to the outbreak of war was generally one of joint patriotic exuberance for the nation and for the British Empire.

“Qualities of independence, originality, the faculty of rising to an occasion and loyalty to a ‘mate’”; this was how renowned historian Charles Bean described the Australian national character three years after the end of World War I.

Descendants and historians are calling for recognition for thousands of Australian nurses who served overseas in World War I but were not part of the official nursing deployment.

At the British National Archives, they hold records on the First World War from across the globe. They wanted to represent the global nature of the conflict, and feature these records. and came the idea of a map to explore the records in a visually engaging and intuitive way.

Explore a growing selection of government records about Australians and New Zealanders in World War I and the Boer War. Create a profile dedicated to the wartime journey of someone who served. Uncover the personal stories of service men and women through original archival records.

In these unique digital montages, Sydney people of 1914 mingle with their 21st century counterparts on streets that retain an uncanny resemblance to the way they were.