Australia has remembered the Anzacs in many ways – but some memorials toe a fine line between form and function.
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Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
The Sykes-Picot agreement is one of many colonial projects that we are still feeling the ripples of today.
The most successful shoddy droppers were smooth talkers attractively dressed in made-to-measure three-piece suits – but the cloth they sold was often poor quality.
Films about Australia’s efforts in WWI continue to exclude an Aboriginal presence – denying all of us access to their important stories.
The new Australian war epic is a young man’s production in more than one sense of the word.
Ukraine can borrow lessons from the First World War as the war with Russia enters its third year.
These novels can expand your encounters with war and commemoration.
The war in Ukraine is going to be a test of will, both for Ukraine’s troops and its allies in the west.
We combed through historical records to shed light on the lives of these two soldiers to enhance our understanding of the complexity of the Australian military experience.
Western society has become strangely unaware of the horrors of modern war, says an expert.
It’s undoubtedly exciting news, but polar exploration has a poor record when it comes to diversity and we need to rethink the values and attitudes that underpin our fascination.
The French-Senegalese author’s novel At Night All Blood is Black is a harrowing and politically profound story of a Senegalese soldier fighting for the French in the first World War.
Australia has sent help to its nearest neighbour to deal with its COVID crisis. But to really forge the next chapter in that relationship, we need to understand the history between the two countries.
In the 1980s, CSIRO and its university collaborators set into motion a chain of events that would lead to the production of relenza, the first drug to successfully treat the flu.
The second world war offers a possible blueprint for confronting the ventilator challenge.
When the 1918 influenza pandemic struck India, the death toll was highest among the poor.
Protected from development, natural landscapes worldwide are emerging from the violence of war.
For Australians serving overseas in WWI, Christmas was particularly difficult. Menus reveal how soldiers tried to maintain the traditions of home.
How books can help veterans overcome physical and mental trauma.
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