Australians at War

Australians at War Resources

The library has a display of Anzac and war resources to celebrate Anzac day. Please pop in and check them out.

The following websites provide some great primary source records for Australians at war. Last year we searched through the National archive for a student's family war records with some very moving results including records of service, death certfticates, telegrams to the family and letters from the family to the war office.


http://www.australiansatwarfilmarchive.gov.au/aawfa/

http://www.awm.gov.au/

http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs63.aspx

The following is the list of resources on display.

• World War 1 resources
  Gallipoli by Les Carlyon 940.426/CARL
  http://www.echonews.com/815/book_reviews.html
  
  
• The other Anzacs : nurses at war, 1914-18 http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741755497
  
  
• Gallipoli 1915 - Pictorial history of Anzacs at Gallipoli
  
  
• Revealing Gallipoli – a documentary which looks at the tragic story of Gallipolo from all sides
  
  
• Soldier boy : the true story of Jim Martin the youngest Anzac by Anthony Hill - moving story of the tragic experiences of a very young Anzac at Gallipoli
  
• Gallipoli – movie starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee – a compelling story of friendship and adventure between two australina soldiers in 1915
  
  
  
• The gates of memory : Australian people's experiences and memories of loss and the Great War - this book examines the impact of loss on those left behind in war
  
  

World War 11

• Documenting World War 11 series - The Holocaust/ The rise of the Nazis/ Occupation and resistance - Looks at the key themes of World War 11 using primary source material as a focus


• Harry’s War : Aborigines in Wartime – DVD based on the Experiences of Harry Saunders who fought for his country and dies on the beaches of Gona in 1942



• The War years 1939/45 Local man Jack Moores writes about his World War 11 experiences in the British Army
  

Other Wars

• War in Iraq from the Australian at War series - basic introduction to Australian fighting in Iraq

Australians in all War

• Australians at war - ABC video recording from the Boer war to current peacekeeping missions.
  
• Australians at War - book of the series
  
  
• The encyclopaedia of Australia's battles
  
  
• Anzacs, Australians at war : a narrative history illustrated by photographs from the nation's archives
  
  
• Australia in History series. Three titles provide an introduction to Australia’s war experience in various Wars: Gallipoli and the Middle East, 1915-18 /The peacekeepers : Australia at war since 1945 /Australian and the Second World War 1938-45
  
• Australian Prisoners of War - looks at primary source material including interviews of Australian experiences as prisoners of war from the Boer War DVDs and CDS included This educational resource provides teachers and students with activities to investigate Australian Prisoners of War using the stories from the Australians at War Film Archive.
  

Women in War

• Heroic Australian women in war : astonishing tales of bravery from Gallipoli to Kokoda
  
  
• Nancy Wake : a biography of our Greatest war heroine by Peter Fitzsimons

Animals in Wartime

• M is for Mates – animals in Wartime from Ajax to Zep - a beautifully illustrated book describing the experiences of animals in wartime – A great basic literacy resource .Different letters of the alphabet are used to launch each page