A Distant Grief: Australians, War Graves and the Great WarSixty thousand Australians died during the First World War. This book is the first major study to examine the roles of war graves and cemeteries in private grief and mourning, through archival research of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the organization responsible for commemorating the million soldiers of the British Empire who died in the war. A Distant Grief reorients and enriches international discussion of reactions to death and commemoration during, and after, the First World War. The author, Bart Ziino, has written on war memorials, Gallipoli, and the Australian memory of war. The thesis on which this book is based won the 2005 Australian Historical Association's Serle Award for the best thesis in Australian History. |
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Page 33
... France ' had become familiar in letters home . Now it stood as a euphemism for the location of their dead . ' Somewhere in France ' offered a context for death and burial , as well as the care promised by the presence of comrades . Thus ...
... France ' had become familiar in letters home . Now it stood as a euphemism for the location of their dead . ' Somewhere in France ' offered a context for death and burial , as well as the care promised by the presence of comrades . Thus ...
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... France . Mary Ann Wickins was one of these , and she insisted that the graves not be neglected : I am only one of many Australian mothers whose boys are laid to rest in France and I hope you wont be vexed with writing to you but if you ...
... France . Mary Ann Wickins was one of these , and she insisted that the graves not be neglected : I am only one of many Australian mothers whose boys are laid to rest in France and I hope you wont be vexed with writing to you but if you ...
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... France . Venn - Brown , like numerous other Australian women , was unwilling to make her contribution at such a distance from the seat of the war . After taking leave from the Benevolent Society of New South Wales in 1915 , she made her ...
... France . Venn - Brown , like numerous other Australian women , was unwilling to make her contribution at such a distance from the seat of the war . After taking leave from the Benevolent Society of New South Wales in 1915 , she made her ...
Contents
Imagined Graves | 12 |
The Sacred Obligation | 36 |
Gallipoli and Australian Anxiety | 59 |
Copyright | |
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