This Sunday in Sydney a human rights champion will be talking about her lifetime of work and how she was influenced in this work by her father, a veteran from World War I. If you are in Sydney tomorrow morning I encourage you to attend. Judy Hassall is the daughter of Archie Barwick whose wartime service has recently featured on the ABC television series, The War That Changed … [Read more...] about WWI Soldier’s Daughter to Speak About Peace
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Travelling Back in Time
History is about time. That is so obvious that it is easy to take it for granted. While I have been moving I have been pondering what time means for my book. Some Exciting News marked a new era for Stumbling Through the Past. I finished it on the last day I will be in Australia for some months. I hit the ‘publish’ button, then shut down my computer ready for the drive to … [Read more...] about Travelling Back in Time
Some Exciting News!
You may have noticed that my blog posts have been sporadic of late. This is because my life has been in turmoil. I am writing this on the day that I am leaving Australia for Singapore. Hubble has a great new IT job and I am very happy to move to a new place and new cultures while still doing what I do online. An international move is complicated enough but then an unexpected … [Read more...] about Some Exciting News!
Exhibition of Soldier Diaries at State Library NSW
We gasped as we entered the exhibition. The enormous room was dominated by a wall of hundreds of World War I diaries. Born at Gallipoli, on the Western Front, the Middle East or on an Australian naval boat, these diaries now sit in the calm and comfortable conditions of a new exhibition at the State Library of New South Wales. There are big diaries, little diaries, stout ones … [Read more...] about Exhibition of Soldier Diaries at State Library NSW
War and Gender
Some historians are particularly interested in gender relations and gender roles during war-time. It is while a nation is at war that underlying attitudes of society about the proper roles of men and women become exposed and reinforced. Men go to battle, women are responsible for keeping things going at home. Professor Karen Hagemann from University of North Carolina opened … [Read more...] about War and Gender