Australia's Attitude Towards World War 1 Analysis

This primary source taken from a quote once said by Padre Mancha explains how Australian nurses even in dangerous situation stayed loyal to there patients. This here stats the Australian contributions ranged from not just the battlefield but also in the hospital. Nurse Kelly continued to nurture patient,a german shell dropped close to the building knocking Kelly to the ground but not killing her. A great secondary source analysing Nurse Kelly is show in a channel 7 series “Australia the story of us”, this paints a visual understanding of experience of Nurse Kelly. Nurse Alicia Kelly was awarded the Military Medal for her actions during her time spent on the western

Australian’s are prideful of past endeavours in war and celebrate this twice a year in ANZAC day on the 25th of April and Remembrance Day on the 11th of November. They celebrate this because the war represented the ultimate from the mateship. A prime example of this was the battle of Gallipoli, were the Australian soldiers (diggers)

Australians fought hand in hand during times of hardship, especially, when they were out-numbered and didn't have enough weaponry. For the past 3 months the control of Kokoda has gone back and forth but with our fighting squad, everyone's sure that this fight was made for us to win. A good example of our brave people is the 39th Battalion as they weren't trained to be overseas fighters but they still went to New Guinea even after they were told to, “bring their tennis

World War Two caused the death of millions of innocent people and the destruction of thousands of years of civilisation through the viciousness of mankind. World War Two started on the 3rd of September 1939 when the allied forces declared war against Germany after the unprovoked attack of Poland and didn’t end until 1945 with the defeat of the Japanese imperial forces. The battle of Kokoda began on July 21st 1942 when the Japanese imperial army invaded Papua New Guinea with the intent of capturing Port Moresby and using it as a launching point onto Australian soil. The battle ended on January 23rd 1943, resulting in an Allied victory. There were four peoples at war in Kokoda, those were the Australians and the Americans, who were allied.

Australia initially became involved in the Vietnam War in august 1962 when 30 military advisors. The men were set the task of assisting in the training of the poorly equip and under trained south Vietnamese army this marked the beginning of Australian involvement in Vietnam. Australian involvement in the Vietnam War potentially was a very costly campaign loosing 520 live, but events and key battles in which Australian troops were involved played a significant role in the events of the Vietnam War. Through out the campaign a total of 49,211 Australians served in Vietnam, which in comparison is very small number to the mammoth American army of 580,000 soldiers. Although having a small number of soldiers serving the Australian forces still played

When Britain declared war on Germany on the 4th of August 1914, Australia followed the mother country, entering what came to be described as “the war to end all wars”. There has been much written about Australian society during the war, ranging from claims of it being the nation’s “baptism of fire” to the first time social cohesion was

For the remainder of the war, both sides held their positions and neither side was able to make valuable advance resulting in a stalemate which is what brought the war to an end in 1953. Australia’s involvement in this war won many praises from other nations around the world. 615 awards and decorations were given to Australia during the war and a total of 173 awards given to Australia by other countries after the war. Australia had also gained several political and security benefits. The most important of the countless benefits gained by

Why was Australian society divided over the issue of our involvement in the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1972? The Vietnam War (November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975) was a very controversial and different war. Throughout out the duration of it, this war divided Australian society, affected by things such as conscription, the role of the media in the war and the television horrors that were broadcasted back to the Australian population and many other issues that raised tensions between the politicians and the citizens of Australia. Although this war was notorious for the conflict and arguments between the population and the politicians, there were still some significant and justifiable reasons to commit troops to the war effort.

Australia got involved in Vietnam in an attempt to stop the spread of communism in South Vietnam and protect is position in the Asian Pacific; this is a key event in Australia’s history as it changed the course of Australia’s allegiances and almost lead to warfare on Australian soil. Though relating cause and effect by using numerous historical sources I will assess the key reasons why Australia got involved in the Vietnam War. Robert Menzies parliament address in 1965, an article from The Conversation describing the events 50 years later as well as multiple extracts from “Contested Spaces” by Thomas Cantwell and key extracts from the History textbook all illustrate the main reasons why Australia was keen to get involved in the war in South

Shortly after, Hughes returned the being the Prime Minister. The Australian Labor party was left in an absolute powerless position. War kept on going, and the enlistment rates continued to decrease. Around 450recruits per month were joining the AIF ( Australian Imperial Forces).

Not only the war had a massive effect on the Indigenous in Australia, The war was a huge boom to the Australian economy and as it turned out another massive factor. As many Australian fundamental products were purchased as could be produced, and secondary, subsidiary industries manufactured many ‘modern’ items for the services. Many men and women retired and fled their careers to accompany the armed forces leading to a ‘deficit’ of labour. New commerce and businesses need to have been created to fund the troops with combat weapons, uniforms and ammunition. Scarce goods needed to be controlled by the Australian Government in enhancing better buying and selling and in ensuring that everyone received a fair share.

Introduction Peter Weir’s Gallipoli is based on the historical events from World War One in 1915, in Gallipoli. World War One started on the 28th of July 1914 and continued until the 11 of November 1918, the movie is set in 1915 from about the start of the year until 7th of August 1915 when the Battle of the Nek took place. This essay will discuss the accuracies and inaccuracies of the film Gallipoli compared to the events of World War One in 1915. The accuracies and inaccuracies of how the war started and who started World War One will be examined along with life in the trenches and the Australian attitudes to the war and the propaganda.

Some German trenches were captured Australian brigades, however, due to having so few men compared to the Germans, they were forced to

Popular culture in post-war Australia was immensely influenced by American and British culture. Upon the end of World War 2, Australians experienced increased leisure time with nothing to fill it with. The Union had successfully enforced the 8 x 8 x 8 principle, thus supplying Australians with 8 hours of work, 8 hours of leisure and 8 hours of sleep. Increasing globalisation meant that the average Australian became more aware of the world around them, rather than the impenetrable bubble of their farm or township that they belonged to. This knowledge of foreign ideas and behaviours were quickly adopted because of their tantalizing appeal and soon became extremely common in Australian society.

During the next 20 years’ Australian citizens grew to consider themselves separate from ‘Mother Country’ making Australia a nation in its own right. This line of thought lead to people questioning if it was still acceptable to give everything they had for Britain. In particular, was it sensible to join a war no matter what the cost to