Arthur Blackburn, a lawyer, became the first South Australian to receive the Victoria Cross. At the 1915 landing on Gallipoli, it is believed that he and another man penetrated further inland than ...
Jack Dwyer was born at Lovett (now Cygnet) Tasmania. He enlisted in early 1915 and served on Gallipoli with the 15th Battalion. In 1916 he went to France with the 4th Machine Gun Company. Next year on ...
Note A single sheet from the Survey of Korea topographical map series covering the area around the city of Heijo (Pyongyang), capital of North Korea. Reproduction of a (1930s?) Japanese language map ...
Before gaining independence in 1975, the territory of Papua New Guinea was administered by Australia, which meant that the peoples of Papua and New Guinea were an indigenous population under ...
Leslie Morshead won fame as the defender of Tobruk during the Second World War and is among the most renowned Australian divisional commanders of that war. He was born at Ballarat in Victoria on 18 ...