Posts Tagged military

Revisiting: Australian Soldiers in black and white

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Back in April 2010 we highlighted some from our collection. Quite early ones, in fact, perhaps dating back to the 1870s. We received many comments on the post at the time with most suggestions pointing to around 1870-1890. With only a rural landscape and no obvious landmarks/features, the site remains a bit of a mystery. [...]

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Hidden Stories: Acknowledging World War One Nurses as Soldier Settlers

Posted on April 23, 2010 by

Australian women who served overseas during World War One as nurses were entitled to apply for land under the Returned Soldiers Settlement Scheme…

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Archival detective work in action at the University of Newcastle

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

The Jarry – Gray manuscript was purchased in March 2001 as an early settler’s diary by the University of Newcastle Cultural Collections’ then archivist Denis Rowe. Mr Rowe retired soon after and it stayed under lock and key until late 2005….

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Women’s Voluntary Services – an important part of the war effort

Posted on September 23, 2009 by

World War Two changed the paths of thousands of Australian women as they found themselves in altogether different roles than was traditionally known to them.

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Using shadows to date photographs

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

This is a guest post from William Oates, University Archivist, Heritage Centre University of New England. The team at the University of New England (UNE) and Regional Archives has been trialling dating some of the photographs in their collection using the shadows cast by the sun. The two photos in this post are from a [...]

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