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 24
... sacred relics are replaced , while the mind roams the world round thinking of the spot where the loved one rests in a foreign grave'.51 Maude O'Loughlin , of the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick , was devastated by the war . Her son George ...
... sacred relics are replaced , while the mind roams the world round thinking of the spot where the loved one rests in a foreign grave'.51 Maude O'Loughlin , of the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick , was devastated by the war . Her son George ...
Page 55
... sacred obligation resting on the whole Empire ' . Ware was deeply relieved . Though his greater battle had been with the Office of Works , his most significant victory was this imperial mandate over the graves . Ware wrote to his friend ...
... sacred obligation resting on the whole Empire ' . Ware was deeply relieved . Though his greater battle had been with the Office of Works , his most significant victory was this imperial mandate over the graves . Ware wrote to his friend ...
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... sacred'.82 Some who were fortunate enough to view a film made by Australian pilgrims at Gallipoli in 1926 had those assurances visually confirmed.83 Rather than bringing the experience home to Australia , Ruth Evelyn Millington , whose ...
... sacred'.82 Some who were fortunate enough to view a film made by Australian pilgrims at Gallipoli in 1926 had those assurances visually confirmed.83 Rather than bringing the experience home to Australia , Ruth Evelyn Millington , whose ...
Contents
Imagined Graves | 12 |
The Sacred Obligation | 36 |
Gallipoli and Australian Anxiety | 59 |
Copyright | |
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