World War I
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From Black Hawks to $2 pool noodles: Inside the new Anzac Hall
Engineering and architectural nous is behind the controversial expansion of the Australian War Memorial, which will include helicopters, armoured vehicles and an F/A-18A Hornet.
- Julie Power
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Sending it by sea snail mail
When it absolutely, positively has to be there within the decade.
The year the Anzacs came: the little-known story one English village still tells its children
Leighterton still relied on horse-drawn carts when a few hundred young Australians arrived in 1918, weaving their way through the skies above and into the hearts of the villagers below.
- Rob Harris
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- Anzac Day
Why so many Diggers voted ‘no’ to conscription in WWI
Australians, including many thousands of Diggers fighting in Europe, voted against conscription during the Great War. It was a blow to then-prime minister Billy Hughes.
- Oliver Sinclair
Two-up: a ‘fair dinkum’ tradition or a devilish game of skill?
Two-up is played religiously on Anzac Day at pubs and clubs across Australia. But is there a darker side to the simple coin toss, and can you improve your chances?
- Penry Buckley
Pompey Elliott and the butterflies of the Western Front
While making a crucial contribution to the war effort in April 1918, an Australian general and his men also managed to save a remarkable collection of art and fauna.
- Ross McMullin
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The park where Anzac Day comes early, beneath Australia’s oldest Lone Pine
Each year hundreds flock to the Anzac service that is held in Wattle Park a week before Anzac Day. This year, it will be two weeks early.
- Tony Wright
Why an Anzac VC winner’s remains are in a plastic bag in a remote Russian morgue
More than 105 years after his death aged 22, a campaign is growing for Victoria Cross recipient Samuel Pearse to be given a dignified burial with military honours.
- Rob Harris
After watching his veteran father plant it 90 years ago, John returns to a great elm at the Shrine
Dr John Miller will be a guest of honour at the Shrine of Remembrance on Monday. He attended the inauguration of the Shrine on November 11, 1934.
- Tony Wright
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