Publications by Journal of the Australian War MemorialResent articles by the "Journal of the Australian War Memorial" from The Free Libraryhttp://www.thefreelibrary.comen-usFarlex, Inc.Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:48:03 GMT360Free Online Libraryhttp://www.thefreelibrary.comhttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/TFLbyFarlex.gif17565Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 War, flowers, and visual culture: the First World War collection of the Australian War Memorial.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/War%2c+flowers%2c+and+visual+culture%3a+the+First+World+War+collection+of...-a0164112347
Over centuries and across cultures, war and flowers share an intimate history. In Roman mythology Flora, the goddess of fertility, gave life to Mars, the god of war. In fifteenth-century England, during the "Wars of the Roses", the House of Lancaster wore a red rose and the House of York, a white. In sixteenth-century Turkey, women prayed for the safe return of men from war...]]>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 "Unconscious of any distinction"? Social and vocational quality in the Australian Flying Corps, 1914-1918 [1].http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Unconscious+of+any+distinction%22%3f+Social+and+vocational+quality+in...-a0164112346
In the first volume of The story of ANZAC, official war historian Charles Bean claimed: 
 [T]here were in the Australian force no special corps in which University or "public school" men enlisted apart from others.... for the most part the wealthy, the educated, the rough and the case hardened, poor Australians, rich Australians, went into the ranks together, unconscious of any...]]>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 The Palestine Campaign 1916-18: causes and consequences of a continuing historical neglect.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Palestine+Campaign+1916-18%3a+causes+and+consequences+of+a...-a0164112345
 The Palestine Campaign occupies a curious place in the historiography of the First World War. Some of its events, most notably the charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba, have captured the popular Australian imagination and popular history in a way that few other episodes of the war have. Tied up with the romance associated with the Light Horse, the Palestine campaign, in as...]]>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 Soldiers' journeys: returning to the battlefields of the Great War.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Soldiers'+journeys%3a+returning+to+the+battlefields+of+the+Great+War.-a0164112344
 The Great War claimed the lives of over 60,000 Australians. They were buried, if at all, not far from where they fell, in cemeteries scarring the landscapes of Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine, Belgium, and France. Pilgrimages to these sites began in the 1920s when mothers, fathers, wives, and children crossed the seas to visit the graves of their loved ones. Theirs was a long, difficult, and...]]>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 Memory, methodology, and myth: some of the challenges of writing Australian prisoner of war history.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Memory%2c+methodology%2c+and+myth%3a+some+of+the+challenges+of+writing...-a0164112343
 One day in 1999, I found myself in northern New South Wales, interviewing a former Australian Second World War prisoner of the Japanese--a lovely man who was anxious to help and who congratulated me for wanting to write about the experience of Australian prisoners of war. After a three-hour interview, I asked him what he thought about a young person such as myself wanting to write about...]]>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 ANZAC day to VP day: arguments and interpretations.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ANZAC+day+to+VP+day%3a+arguments+and+interpretations.-a0164112342
 What is the current state of Australian historiography of the two world wars? As editor of the reference volume in the seven-volume series that marked the centenary of the Australian defence, Australian defence: sources and statistics, [1] I had a unique opportunity some five years ago to consider this question. The coverage of the volume was wide: encompassing not only the battles and...]]>