History: Year 9 History

This page provides links to education resources related to Australia and our involvement in various wars, for year 9's there is a collection of resources on Australia's involvement in the Western Front.

TROVE provides online access to a number of Australian historical magazines and newspapers.

This is a collection of resources developed by the SLQ about QLD and WW1. It includes a number of primary source documents, speeches, photos and newspaper items.

The National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items.

Primary Sources collected by the State Library of QLD

This guide is provided by State Library of Victoria providing links to a range of resources related to Australian and WW1.

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ANZAC portal website

National Archives of Australia - this page provides links to a number of primary sources related to WW1 Australian Nurses

AWM site - includes photos and quotes from nurses serving during WW1

ABC news article

Sir John Monash National Memorial France website.

International encyclopedia of WW1

The Chariot journal

Australian War Memorial website

QLD Anzac Centenary Site

Teaching Resources document from the Anzac Portal site, produced by the Department of Veteran Affairs.

QLD Government Anzac memorial site

international Encyclopaedia of the First World War - this section provides some detail on Australia's contribution in both Gallipoli and the Western Front.

Sydney Morning Herald 2013 article

Anzac Century Site sponsored by Victorian Government

Australian Film and Sound archive - short video of General Monash and background to his involvement at Gallipoli

An unofficial honour acknowledging specifically the contributions of AIF units in operations mounted in France and Belgium for the duration of their deployment there. The official British battle honour "France and Flanders 1914-18" was amended to reflect the date of arrival of first AIF units on the Western Front in 1916.

The Australian article in the International Encyclopedia of the First World War provides some useful information for this topic. Go to the section 3 : Australia's military contribution to the War.

Anzac Portal

This is a university student's thesis, and is very lengthy. Use the contents to direct your reading of this document.

International Encyclopedia of WW1 - this page details Monash's as commander and his legacy.

2016 Sydney Morning Herald Article

ANZAC portal website

Australian War Memorial site

AWM site - article about use of the Howitzer by the AIF

The Australian article about use of the Howitzer.

AWM site

Virtual War Memorial Australia - tdetails about the AIF battalion who operated one of the Light Trench Mortars.

Australian War Memorial site

SBS news site

Australian War Memorial site

SBS news site

AWM site, details the uniform worn by AIF and some of the benefits, in particular compared with the British uniform.

In the last century, new technologies have continued to transform the nature of warfare and influence the outcome of wars.
Australians have shown great innovation in times of conflict, from improvised creativity on the battlefield to scientific inventions at home.

A selection of pro and anti conscription primary source material provided by the Australian War Memorial

Information provided by State Library of Victoria

Produced by the Anzac Day Commemorative Committee.

Stories from the Qld State Archives - copy of the War Precautions Act 1914

Migration heritage centre

AWM page provides details about statistics and impact at home

On page 5 there is a table showing deaths and casualties as a % of population for many countries involved in WW1.

This article compares deaths due to combat and non-combat, includes tables of statistics related to the AIF.

The strategist website

The Conversation

From International Encyclopedia of the First World War

Anzac Portal site, provides some examples of censorship in war correspondence.

School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne

The Conversation article

ABC website 2020 article. Provides a viewpoint of Galliopoli and WW1 as the birth of Australia.

During World War I and World War II, Australia held both prisoners of war and internees.
Prisoners of war were captured members of enemy military forces, or those who had surrendered.

an article discussing censorship regarding conscription of troops in 1917

First world war encyclopedia - details the impact of WW1 on Australian economy

Information, including graphs, provided by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Anzac Day Commemorative Committee - provides an overview of the impact of WW1 on the Australian economy.

Article in the International Encyclopedia of the First World War

Aust. Bureau of Statistic presents a time series, over the whole of the last century, of the size of defence expenditure (in current prices), and of its percentage of GDP and of Commonwealth sector outlays.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

DFAT website - ability to search based on decade

Australian Treasury Article outlining key aspects of Australia’s economic development
over the century since Federation.

An immersive experience in which the user can follow individual soldiers on their journey abroad to the war fronts in Europe and the Middle East.