Women’s war stories put to song, dance
A MUSICAL telling the stories and struggles of women whose husbands have served in conflicts past to present is showing in Brisbane in April.
Anzac Centenary
Children put the music into Anzac Day
RESIDENTS of a Brisbane retirement village will receive a special Anzac concert from children wearing replica Light Horse slouch hats.
Brisbane veteran takes Anzac tribute to new heights
BRIAN Freeman‘s Anzac centenary goals cover it all — physical challenges, informing the masses and fundraising $2 million.
Students set to visit Gallipoli
HIGH School students from across the country are hoping to experience the full emotion of the historic Anzac centenary commemoration during a tour of Gallipoli and the Western Front.
More Stories
Why I work for the Red Cross
RUTH Jebb’s been carjacked at gunpoint, seen starving kids die and worked in war zones. She tells why she answers the Red Cross’ call.
Nurses: a special gift for our ally
WHAT do jockeys, David Jones, bluebirds and the carnage of the Western Front in WWI have in common? In a word, nurses.
What’s wrong with this picture?
THIS is a problem we desperately need to fix. One of our most important, iconic symbols is being badly misused. We can change that.
Are these Australia’s toughest women?
THINK you’ve got stress going on today, ladies? This is what you would have been doing 100 years ago — could you have coped?
Why I broke the SAS code of silence
EXCLUSIVE: Clint Palmer never intended to break the SAS code of silence yet after he retired he had a deep desire to ‘put a few things right’.
The shot at Sarajevo
THE assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, occurred more by chance than by good planning.
New name – first WWI serviceman killed
EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s Great War history is set to be rewritten to identify a sailor as the first to die in an Australian uniform in World War I.
Teen soldier’s remarkable message to parents
ON the way to fight in World War I, teen soldier Will Williams threw a comforting message, sealed in a bottle, from his ship into the ocean. What happened next was both extraordinary and tragic.
’Should the worst happen…’ It did
“SHOULD the worst happen” Australia would stand by Britain, said our soon-to-be prime minister. Within days, his words came horribly true.
Would you have had the courage?
IT’S the key question for so many people as we mark 100 years since WW1 began. In the search for answers, they are turning to their own history.
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