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Sacred Places
Memorials to Australian participation in wars abound in our landscape. From Melbourne's huge Shrine of Remembrance to the modest marble soldier, obelisk or memorial hall in suburb and country town, they mourn and honour Australians who have served and died for their country. Surprisingly, they have largely escaped scrutiny. Ken Inglis argues that the imagery, rituals and rhetoric generated around memorials constitute a civil religion, a cult of ANZAC. Sacred Places traces three elements which converged to create the cult: the special place of war in the European mind when nationalism was at its zenith; the colonial condition; and the death of so many young men in distant battle, which impell...
The Australian War Memorial
Steve Gower, the highly successful director of the Australian War Memorial from 1996 to 2012, gives a comprehensive account of the development of the Memorial from its inception just over a century ago. The Australian War Memorial also goes behind the scenes to provide insights into the many facets of a major, modern cultural institution.
ANZACS on the Western Front
A newly updated, lavishly illustrated account of the ANZACs involvement in the Western Front—complete with walking and driving tours of 28 battlefields. With rare photographs and documents from the Australian War Memorial archive and extensive travel information, this is the most comprehensive guide to the battlefields of the Western Front on the market. Every chapter covers not just the battles, but the often larger-than-life personalities who took part in them. Following a chronological order from 1916 through 1918, the book leads readers through every major engagement the Australian and New Zealanders fought in and includes tactical considerations and extracts from the personal diaries ...
Records of War
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Australians at The Great War 1914-1918
Australia's contribution to the Great War has become part of the core of its national identity, and this work from the Australian War Memorial's Peter Burness offers a compact, thoroughly-illustrated and authoritative survey of the founding of the ANZAC tradition. From the shores of Gallipoli, through the trenches of France and Belgium, to the Light Horse in the Middle East, Australians at the Great War: 1914-1918 showcases photographs, artworks, posters, maps and artefacts from the War Memorial's comprehensive archive, along with detailed historical and anecdotal passages. Both as a testament to the courage of Australians at war, and as a guide to Australia's cultural legacy, Australians at the Great War: 1914-1918 is the perfect introduction.
Stories of Love and War
Offers a window into love during war by exploring the beautiful, humorous, touching and evocative objects found amongst the treasures of the Australian War Memorial's collections.
Moments in Time
Dioramas, or sculpted models with painted backgrounds, represent a conscious attempt to achieve a powerful art form within a museum context. In them, history and art have merged to create accurate and moving visual records of the events of war. Central to the vision of the Australian War Memorial galleries, which first opened in 1941, dioramas would attempt to convey the fullest possible account of the experiences of Australians who fought in Europe and the Middle East, and on Gallipoli, during the First World War. By establishing this historical perspective, the dioramas were intended to complement, in an engaging way, the more detailed displays in the galleries, which included plan models, uniforms, and artefacts.
