Victoria and the Great War (La Trobe Journal 96)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
987117742
ISBN 13
9780987117748
Category
History/Australia
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Publication Year
2015
Publisher
State Library of Victoria Foundation, Australia
Pages
224
Subject
TBD
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Description
In the Great War of 1914-1918, almost half a million Australian men and women served their King and Empire. Some 330,000 left Australia, and almost 60,000 never returned. Most of those who come back were damaged, either physically or mentally. Victoria was the fulcrum of the Australian war effort. The decision for war was taken in Melbourne and it was from Melbourne that the Australian contribution was planned and co-ordinated. The city was also the centre of the bitter social and political conflicts that divided the nation, especially in 1916 and 1917.Victoria and the Great War, a special edition of the La Trobe Journal, brings together the work of established and newer scholars to examine issues concerning the war on the home front that have previously received less attention than they deserve.
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