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~ Australia at War ~

This PATHFINDER is a guide to print and non-print resources within and beyond the Adelaide High School Resource Centre. 

  • This Pathfinder was created on : February 5 2003

REFERENCE COLLECTION 

R030 WOR World Book Encyclopedia
R030 ENC Encyclopedia Britannica
R032 GRO Grolier Academic Encyclopedia
RT994.04 BLA Australians at War
R355.02 GRA Illustrated History of 20th C Conflict
RT940 Understanding History 3
RT 610.73092 HAY "We are here, too"
RT327.9405 BRI Australia in Asia & the Pacific - a 
history
R994 BOO The Book of Australia
R994.04 CID Australia in the 20th century
R994.003 AUS The Australian Encyclopedia
R994.003 COL Collins Australian Encyclopedia
R994.03 AUS The Australian People: an 
encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their 
origins
R994 AUS Australia through time
RT994 AND Focus on Australian History
RT994 MER Questions and Issues in Australian 
History
RT994 AUS Australia's Heritage: the making of a 
nation
RT994 KIE Our Heritage

AUSTRALIANS AT WAR
AUSTRALIA - HISTORY
AUSTRALIA - POLITICS & GOVERNMENT - 
   1965-1975
AUSTRALIA - HISTORY - MILITARY
AUSTRALIA - SOCIAL LIFE & CUSTOMS - 20TH 
   CENTURY
AUSTRALIA - HISTORY - 1914-1918
AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS PROGRAM
AUSTRALIA - HISTORY - 1945-1965
BOER WAR, 1899-1902 - AUSTRALIA
GULF WAR, 1980-1988
GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN, 1915-1916
VIETNAM WAR, 1961-1975 - AUSTRALIA
VIETNAM WAR, 1961-1975 - INFLUENCE & 
    RESULTS
VIETNAM WAR, 1961-1975 - REPORTING
WORLD WAR, 1939-1945
WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 - AUSTRALIA
WORLD WAR,1939-1945 - PUBLIC OPINION
WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 - AUSTRALIA - 
    WOMEN
WORLD WAR, 1914-1918 - PERSONAL 
    ACCOUNTS

WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 - PRISONERS & 

    PRISONS 

WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 - CAMPAIGNS & 

    BATTLES

AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
WORLD WAR, 1914-1918 - AUSTRALIA
WAR
WAR - SOCIAL ASPECTS
WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA
WOMEN AND WAR

EAST TIMOR - FOREIGN RELATIONS - AUSTRALIA

ANZAC

ANZAC DAY

AUSTRALIA - MILITARY - POLICY

AUSTRALIA, ARMY

PACIFIC REGION - HISTORY

KOREAN WAR, 1950-1953

BROWSE THE SHELVES 
VIDEOS 

959.7043 history of Vietnam War
994 Australian History
994.04 Australian History - 1901-
968.048 Boer War 1899-1902
940.3 World War 1 1914-1918
994.041 Australian History - 1901-1922
994.042 Australian History - 1922-1945
940.53 World War 2 1939-1945
994.06 Australian History - 1966

 

VC S&E          Society & Environment
VC Aust ST     Australian Studies
VC H               History

Anzac hotlist

OTHER

Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Gulf War
Women - Armed forces
Women & War
World War, 1939-1945 - Australia
World War, 1939-1945

PIC 994.041 AUST Australia in the Great War 
     (pictures/posters)
PIC 994.041 APR April 25 1915 (pictures/posters)

CR 371.89 PER Personal Narratives: WWII 

CD 073 Voices from a War

INTERNET SITES  
Don't forget that a search of the Amlib catalogue will also find web sites

World War 1

ANZAC

http://www.edna.edu.au/discover/index.html?queryText=Anzac

The resources listed here relate to information about Anzac Day and its origins, including teaching units.

 

Australia's Anzacs 
 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/anzac/ 
This page presents historical information about Anzac Day - an article about the Gallipoli battle, facts, highlights, and links to other related sites.

 

Anzac Memories
http://www.worldwar1.com/sfanzac.htm

 

The Great War
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

 

Conscription in Australia in WW1  
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/secondary_modules/conscription/conscription.htm 

An online research module for students to research the conscription issue in WWI and decide for themselves based on the evidence they find whether Australians should have been conscripted.

 

Gallipoli
http://www.edna.edu.au/discover/index.html?queryText=Gallipoli

These resources include information about the Gallipoli landing with maps and photographs.

 

Remembrance Day
http://www.edna.edu.au/discover/index.html?queryText=Remembrance+day

These resources explain the meaning of Remembrance Day as well as the traditions and ceremonies which are associated with the day.

 

Trench Warfare

http://www.edna.edu.au/discover/index.html?word=any&queryText=trench+somme
The resources listed here include poetry, photographs, descriptions, and battlefields.

 

Anzac Day and ANZACS 

 http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/austhist/anzac.htm 

This web page lists a large number of internet resources useful for teachers and students for the study of Anzac day and related subjects.

EdNA Online's Anzac Resources for Schools  
http://www.edna.edu.au/schools/themes/anzac.html 
The aim of this page is to provide a service to the educational community by aggregating a useful and comprehensive collection of ANZAC resources

 

World War  II

Their Sacrifice  
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/software/TF2000/sacrifice.htm 
About Australia’s involvement in World War II and the impact on this country and its people. 6 main themes: Life at home, The War Effort, Theatres of War, Women at War, Celebration and Homecoming,

 

War in the Pacific WebQuest 
 http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/gfowler/warinpacific/webquest.htm 
This WebQuest is to help Year 10 - 12 Social Studies students learn about The War in the Pacific. The goal is to get students engaging in critical thinking and to examine notions of right and wrong.

 

Prisoners of War, Australians under the Japanese, 1942-1945 
 http://www.softcon.com.au/POW/ 
This is the Submission to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Commemorative Activities Program 1998. Authored by Stephen Parker, Mike Pearson and Professor Hank Nelson it is also aimed as a curriculum...

 

Australia's War (WWII)

http://worldatwar.net/article/australiaswar/index.html

 

World War II

www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww2/ww2main.html

 

General

Australians at War 
http://www.australiansatwar.com.au/ 
Australians at War complements the Australians at War TV series, and is dedicated to those Australians who served their nation over the past one hundred years.

 

Defence Force Academy
http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au

Archives of Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au

 

Australian War Memorial
http://www.awm.gov.au

 

Australia at War

http://www.australiansatwar.com.au

 

Australian War Memorial Encyclopedia  
http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/ 
The Encyclopedia features answers to frequently asked questions about Australians at war.

 

Australian History 
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/austhist/default.htm 
This page links to a number of pages related to Australian History. Each sub-page lists internet resources useful and suitable for classroom teaching and student research.


Vietnam War

Memory & War - How Australians Experienced & Remember the Vietnam War 
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cip/learntech/se/sw/index.htm#describe 
Students used technology to explore the ways in which Australian mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, soldiers, children, protestors, politicians and others experienced and remember war.

 

Australia's Involvement in Vietnam

http://users.mildura.net.au/users/marshall/

 

Teaching Resources

myinternet ANZAC's Infoquest  

http://www.schools.net.au/edu/anzac/index.html 
The unit of work focuses on Australia's involvement in World War II and the defence of its northern borders, as well as, it's involvement in the defence of countries to its north.

 

Teach with Movies - Gallipoli  

http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/gallipoli.html 
This page from Teach with Movies contains a learning guide to Peter Weir's film Gallipoli.

 

Conflict and war - Unit Plan 
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/conflict_war/home.html 
This English On-line teaching unit aimed at Year 10 involves a study of war poetry from the first world war through to the Vietnam war. One section of the unit relates to the viewing of the film Gallipoli.

 

 



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