The Parliament of New South Wales is marking the Centenary with a free public exhibition titled ‘Politics & Sacrifice: NSW Parliament and the Anzacs’, exploring the political aspects of the Great War.
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New exhibition in Melbourne celebrating cinema during the First World War
To mark the Centenary, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), in association with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, will present ‘War Pictures: Australians at the Cinema 1914-1918’.
Continue readingAustralia hosts international Gallipoli conference in March 2015
Leading First World War historians will gather at a major international conference in Australia in March 2015 to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landings.
Continue readingFirst World War heavy guns displayed at the Australian War Memorial
Two rare surviving examples of First World War artillery have gone on display outside the Australian War Memorial to mark the Centenary.
Continue readingGallipoli Centenary: Royal dates in UK and Turkey announced
Queen Elizabeth and senior members of the Royal Family are to attend ceremonies on April 25th 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign.
Continue readingACMI exhibition, War Pictures: Australians at the Cinema 1914-1918
To commemorate the Centenary of the First World War, The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), in association with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, will present 'War Pictures: Australians at the Cinema 1914-1918'.
Continue readingGallipoli Centenary April 25 – events preview, one month to go
Final preparations are being made for ceremonies around the world on April 24th/25th 2015 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings in Turkey.
Continue readingConference: ‘The First World War: Local, Global and Imperial Perspectives’, Australia
The University of Newcastle in Australia is organising a conference considering the local, global and imperial perspectives of the First World War.
Continue readingPublic lecture to take place in Brussels on sinking of Lusitania – titled ‘A Century of Deceit and Denial’
The lecture is taking place on May 7th 2015 – 100 years after the sinking of the liner. It is part of a series of lectures being organised to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue readingTurkish school project connects children with ANZAC families
The school project, ‘Two Trenches, One Letter’, aims to educate students about the Gallipoli campaign and to promote the understanding of shared sacrifice between Turkish and Anzac families.
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