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The common grief of Empire: early Anzac Days in Britain

Issue 10 April 2013

Professor Bruce Scates looks at the first Anzac Days in Britain and explains how they united an Empire in mourning. Continue reading

Tags: 1910s, Anzac Day, Bruce Scates, Issue 10, war graves, World War I

Categories: Archives, Defence, International relations, Research, Social history

Out of the Cabinet: nothing like a dame (Edna)

Issue 8 October 2012

Ian Warden uncovers a 1983 Hawke Cabinet decision that helped bring an end to Australian knights and dames. Continue reading

Tags: 1980s, Bob Hawke, Cabinet, Dame Edna, Issue 8, Kim Beazley, Order of Australia

Categories: Archives, Politics, Social history, Uncategorized

Archives vintage: the good wife

Issue 7 August 2012

How do you measure up as a 'good wife'? We take a look back at expectations of wives in 1950s Australia, as represented in the Archives' photographic collection. Continue reading

Tags: 1950s, Anne Fogarty, fashion, Issue 7, photography, Women's Weekly

Categories: Archives, Family history, Social history, Uncategorized

The underwater menace: transcript

Issue 7 April 2012

Doctor Who: But Professor Professor: Yes? Doctor Who: Even supposing you succeeded, you know what will happen, don’t you? Professor: You, tell me Doctor. Doctor Who: Well the water will be converted into super-heated Continue reading

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