Australians at war
Peace and anti-war movements
- Reason in Revolt: Source documents of Australian radicalismAn expanding record of the movements, institutions, venues and publications through which radicals sought to influence Australian society.
A useful gateway to records of anti-war and peace movements (and more).
The best way to find information is to browse by topic:
- Peace movements -overview
- Peace movements - Anti-fascist and Second World War
- Vietnam War (1961 - 1975)
- Conscription - criticism, 1950-present
- Peace movements - First World War and earlier
- Peace Movements - 2000-2019
Museum collections
- Museum Victoria CollectionsAccess this gateway to Museum Victoria's collections and discover even more items than those they have on physical display.
Keyword searching and discovery tips
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Enter a search term, such as war
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Filter your search results by facets such as collecting area - Arms, Medicine & health, Migration & cultural diversity, and Public life & institutions will be particularly good for finding images and objects of war, but they can also be found in many other areas
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Filter your search results by item type (image, object, document, audio-visual) and image license (remember select CC By or Public Domain if you want to share it in your assignments, on the LMS and beyond)
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Add an additional search term by putting it in the search box and selecting the Add icon rather than the magnifying glass or simply clicking Enter
Browse the collection to explore it
You may prefer to browse the collection by:
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Articles and items
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Display location (Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum and more)
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Records with 'Recently modified' metadata (so that you don't miss anything new!)
- Access Victorian CollectionsSearch or browse from the home page.
- Symbols of Survival: Prisoner of war and internee objects in Victorian cultural collectionsExplore an example of the possibilities of Victorian Collections.
- Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBooks, records, maps, photographs and information on the history of Irrigation and wartime camps in Victoria's Goulburn Valley (including Shepparton and Mildura).
- Jewish Holocaust Centre - Collection guidesUse this resource to help you navigate the Jewish Holocaust Centre museum collections.
Australian War Memorial
- Australian War MemorialResources and links for Australia 's military experience.
There are a few different ways to find records from the Australian War Memorial
Searching for a person is the most direct way if you have a particular person in mind.
From the home page, go to People or “Search for a Person”.
Enter name and service number, unit name and/or conflict if you know these details or start broad and filter it down by just entering the name.
Once you have done this you can click on the name to access the relevant records or click on the unit name and browse records for all people in that particular unit.
You may also like to browse all digitised records by the following search results or types of records
- Australian War Memorial People SearchIf you know the name of a person and when they served, start here.
- Australian War Memorial - SearchUse this site to search the collection for or browse specific military events or periods, units, places and people.
- Australian War Memorial collection (Flickr Commons)Creative Commons and Public domain images from the Australian War Memorial Collection.
- Australian War Memorial - Google Arts & CultureExplore a number of online exhibitions from the Australian War Memorial hosted by Google Arts & Culture. Includes many paintings.
- Centenary of the First World WarA gateway to Australian War Memorial resources and projects on World War I.
National Archives of Australia
- Service records research guideUse this guide as a gateway to the National Archives of Australia service records collection.
- Discovering AnzacsA great example to illustrate the possibilities of National Archives of Australia records.
Watch this video to help you identify the language to use when searching the National Archives.
Watch this video to help you identify what all the abbreviations mean and help make your search more efficient and effective.
Name Search
Start by searching for Family name and selecting a particular category of records
You may want to unselect Use exact spelling if you’re not completely sure.
Click Display to browse all records or Refine this search result to add more details such as given names and/or service numbers.
Photo Search
You can do a keyword search, but it tends to be easier to browse titles by subject or conflicts:
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World War One
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World War Two
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Vietnam war