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Publications
clockwise from top left:
Robur Tea war map (detail)
State Library of NSW
M4 390.8/1915/3
Cheer Lads, Cheer for
Dear Australia! 1914–1918
Harold Lindsay Campbell
Music Collection, National
Library of Australia
Diary of Alfred Herbert
Love, who was killed in
action on 27 April 1915
State Library of Victoria
Australian Manuscripts
Collection, MS 9603
NURSING SISTERS ON BOARD
A HOSPITAL SHIP AFTER TAKING
THE WOUNDED FROM GALLIPOLI
TO ENGLAND, 1915, STATE LIBRARY
OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
• Memories in Place
by Charles J Page —
records, in black and white
photographs, the different
ways that WWI appears
in today’s landscape in
Turkey, France, Belgium
and Australia. Available
April 2014.
• Victoria at War 1914–1918
by Michael McKernan —
records the achievements
of the state’s soldiers,
nurses and their families.
Publication: August 2014.
• Where Are Our Boys?
by Dr Martin Woods, NLA
Curator of Maps — follows
the exploits of the First
Australian Imperial Force
through Gallipoli, Palestine
and the Western Front
through maps of the day.
Publication: 2016.
• New Zealand and
the First World War
1914–1919
by Damien Fenton
(Penguin). A lavish landmark
production. Read more at
<NZHistory.net>
Cover: Indigenous Servicemen at
their wedding in Charlotte St
Brisbane, 1917, prior to going
to war, John Oxley Library
State Library of Queensland
image no. 60511
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Arrangement of George Samuel
Deviney collection 1909–1918
John Oxley Library, State Library
of Queensland, record no. 370554
NSLA libraries
ww100.govt.nz/
life-100-years-ago
www.nla.gov.au
www.slsa.sa.gov.au
www.library.act.gov.au
www.memorial.act.gov.au
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www.linc.tas.gov.au
www.territorystories.
nt.gov.au/handle/
10070/217055
www.slv.vic.gov.au
www.slnsw.gov.au/wwi
www.slwa.wa.gov.au
www.qanzac100.slq.qld.gov.au
P&D4160-3/2014
• My Dad
by Pauline Deeves — a richly
illustrated children’s book of
letters to a father fighting at
the front. Publication: 2016.
Commemorating
WWI and the
ANZAC Centenary
1914–1918
Left: A GROUP OF SOLDIERS RELAXING
BEFORE GOING OVERSEAS, 1915
STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
WWI collections
A u s t r a l i a a n d N e w Z e a l a n d L i br a r i e s
P u bl i c P r o g r a m s 2 0 1 4
C o m m u n i t y C r e at e d C o n t e n t
Share your stories
It is 100 years since the outbreak of World War I. More than 60,000
Australians and 18,000 New Zealanders lost their lives and many
more were wounded. Although peace was declared in 1918, the
impact of the war continued to reverberate across the following
century, affecting every aspect of our societies.
Between 2014 and 2018 libraries in Australia and New Zealand
will commemorate the breadth and extent of this terrible conflict
and reflect upon the service and sacrifice of all who served.
Libraries began documenting the war right from its beginning:
in newspapers, books, letters, diaries, photographs, poems, maps,
ephemera, posters and oral histories. Their collections contain
some of the richest, deepest and most surprising war records.
They include personal, intimate stories of life on the frontline
— gripping accounts of individual soldiers, officers, nurses and
doctors — balanced by the often forgotten accounts of the
home front.
The story of the war —so much larger than a recount of military
activity — simply cannot be told without reference to these
collections. Over the next four years libraries will be digitising,
compiling and curating these collections into easily accessible
online resources which you can find on your library’s website.
Examples include Red Cross Bureau missing persons records
in South Australia; digital stories and an interactive timeline in
Queensland; WWI-era newspapers in Victoria; Crowther collection
records in Tasmania; ANZAC records in the Northern Territory;
photographs from Passchendaele in the ACT; and WWI diaries and
letters in New South Wales, Western Australia and New Zealand.
Above: Payne, Henry Joseph
1858–1927: ”Kia ora”. Hancock’s
“Imperial” ale, stout. Calendar 1917
Ref no: Eph-D-WAR-WI-1917-02
Alexander Turnbull Library
Libraries will also be working in partnership with other cultural
institutions to deliver a rich resource for the community. For more
information visit <nsla.org.au/ww1>.
Date
National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) represents the national libraries
of Australia and New Zealand, and the State and Territory libraries of Australia.
Contribute your family stories to the conversation in your country. If you know
more about someone or something you find on our websites, share it with us.
Creating an interactive digital memorial will assist libraries in preserving vital
accounts that might otherwise be lost.
Exhibition/Program
Institution
10 April – 30 May
South Australian Red Cross collection
State Library
of South Australia
29 June –
21 September
Crown Studio Portraits of largely unidentified
Australian soldiers
State Library of NSW
From July
The Changing Face of Victoria,
Victorians’ experience of WWI
State Library of Victoria
5 July – 21 September
Life Interrupted: Personal Diaries from WWI
State Library of NSW
1 August – 19 October
The Lost Diggers of Vignacourt, a touring
exhibition from the Australian War Memorial
State Library
of South Australia
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1 August – 19 October
Treasures from WWI SLSA collections
State Library
of South Australia
Research and fellowships
August - December
Sir William Crowther – Army Medical Officer
LINC Tasmania, Hobart
27 September –
26 October
Don McCullin: The Impossible Peace
State Library of NSW
1 November 2014 –
18 January 2015
The Lost Diggers of Vignacourt and
Posters of the Great War
State Library of NSW
2014
An online exhibition of Territorians who fought
and died in the Great War
Northern Territory
ANZACs Database
2014
@life100yearsago online Twitter exhibition
National Library of NZ
November
A Contemporary Conversation WW100
program complementing ‘Hoki whakamuri kia
anga whakamua; Knowing our Past – Building
our Future’, a collaborative project between
the Ministry of Education and National Library
Services to Schools Curriculum Support Project
National Library of NZ
War and Memory: From the National Library’s
World War 1 collections
National Library of
Australia
2014
November 2014 –
June 2015
Research, education programs and digital humanities
By enabling online access to WWI collections and data sets, libraries are taking
the lead to build capability and skills among teachers, students, researchers and
community organisations.
Education programs
Online curriculum-based learning resources for teachers
Online information and social media hubs
Programs of activities for schools
Professional development workshops for teachers
• Victoria: A fellowship each year from 2014 to 2018 to research aspects
of WWI for Victorians including the experiences of Victorians at home
and abroad.
• Queensland: A research hub and 16 research fellowships awarded over
four years will uncover the hidden stories of WWI and the ANZAC
contribution. Four research symposia will share new knowledge and
understanding of the WWI experience with one symposium dedicated to
understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences of WWI
in Queensland.
Community outreach
2015–2018
Further information about exhibitions and events, including regional programs,
will be available on your local library’s website.
We’ll Fight for Our Australia, 1914
Manuel Klein, Music Collection
National Library of Australia
H. Phil Fry mounted on horse
in front of the Sphinx in Egypt
10th Light Horse 9.4.1915
Battye Library
To mark the centenary, libraries will be offering a range of exhibitions, events and
regional touring programs. In partnership with public libraries, government and
cultural organisations, we will bring this period of history back to life.
In partnership with public libraries and local community organisations,
historical WWI material will be brought to the regions. Digitisation of regional
newspapers is also providing rich content to tell the story of WWI at a local
level. Visit your library’s website for more information about events,
workshops and conservation clinics in your local area. For New Zealand
newspapers, see <www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz>.
Online
The ACT Memorial is documenting the lives of people associated with the ACT
who served in WWI. Visit <www.memorial.act.gov.au> to nominate eligible
people. Libraries around Australia and New Zealand are sharing stories and
images on social media. Visit your library website to find out more.