Shrine of Remembrance

There were fifty miles to victory and defeat, fifty miles to collapse and renewal, and fifty miles to a new place for Australia among the nations of the world. They were among the most significant fifty miles in our history. Join Adam Wakeling as he explores the final battles for the Australian troops in the First World War and their significance.

Adam’s book The Last Fifty Miles is available for purchase in the Shrine shop.

For more stories from our military, past and present, check out our Remembrance magazine.

This talk was recorded on 23 May 2018.

Direct download: 2320May201820The20Last20Fifty20Miles.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:56pm AEDT

Tuesday 1 May 2018 - Melinda Martin, Matthew Sleeth, Wendy Sharpe and Tanja Johnston

Australian war artists as historians, documenters and first hand witnesses must confront their own experience of the tragedies of war. In partnership with Linden New Art Gallery, join us for a special conversation with two contemporary Australian war artists about their experience in war-torn countries.

Direct download: 01_May_2018_The_Art_of_War.mp3
Category:Talks -- posted at: 6:00pm AEDT

Recorded Thursday 8 March 2018

Sister Florence James-Wallace was stationed at Villers-Brettoneaux during the early stages of the 1918 German offensive. She described it as resembling 'Dante's Inferno'. The hospital overflowed with badly wounded men and hundreds more lay in the streets on stretchers needing her nursing skills. This is her story.

 

You can learn more about Sister Florence James-Wallace and other Australian Nurses in Susanna de Vries’s book Australian Heroines of the First World War.

 

Direct download: 0820March201820Anzac20Nurse20at20Villers-Bret.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:52pm AEDT

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