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Shell-shocked : Australia after Armistice / [catalogue editors: Kellie Abbott, Michaela Forster ; exhibition: Caroline Webber, Tracey Clarke, Mick Fogarty]

Record no:

61700

Call no:

940.439 SHE

Author:

Abbott, Kellie ; National Archives of Australia

Publisher:

Canberra: National Archives of Australia

Year:

2008

Description:

40 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

National Archives of Australia - Exhibitions;
World War, 1914-1918 - Armistices - History - Exhibitions;
War - Psychological aspects - Exhibitions;
World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Australian - Exhibitions;

Isbn:

9781920807719

Notes:

Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Archives of Australia, 8 Nov. 2008 to 27 Apr. 2009.

Type:

Book

Abstract:

Developed by the National Archives of Australia to mark the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice at the end of World War I. ... [Deals with] the nations struggle to recover from the shell shock of the war.

Contents:

'After the war comes the battle': Australia after Armistice / by Dr Michael McKernan -- The Armistice and the peace treaty. James Fleming: a soldier returns ; Sister Rachel Pratt: a life forever changed -- Repatriation: the digger carries on. Unsung heroes:

Aboriginal war veterans ; James Shady: a soldier on the land ; Herman Paech and Johan Wenke: the enemy within? ; Arthur Cox: a lifetime of care -- Grieving and remembrance. Annie Munro: a mother's desperation ; Isabella Fothergill: endless mourning ; Richard Stanton: a journey back ; In Flanders Fields -- A legacy of grief.

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