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Melbourne, Australia

Telephone: (03) 9338 8993
Mobile: 0425 704 545
Email: historyupclose@iprimus.com.au
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AUSTRALIAN WWI
AUSTRALIA DURING THE GREAT WAR
Activities

The Great War
Home Front to the Trench 

Tailored for a smaller incursion, we introduce the students to life during the Great War. 

Home Front: 
What was it like to be a young man or woman when war broke out? 
What kind of pressures were men and their families under to enlist. 
Propaganda, conscription and the contribution of indigenous Aboriginal soldiers.
Care packages sent to soldiers.
We run an activity to get the students to read letters from soldiers and then pack a care package choosing reproduction items from the era.

Nurses: 
The un-acknowledged sacrifice of Australian nurses during the Great War and the ordeals they had to overcome. Injuries soldiers suffered and the post 
war effect. 
The Soldier:
Kit and uniform a soldier would have been issued. 
Life in the trenches for Australian soldiers. 
We put students in WW1 reproduction uniforms. 
Gas warfare and the resulting injuries. 
Students get to wear some of the types of primitive gas masks used during the great war.

       
Students wearing Australia WW1 uniforms and trying on webbing.

    
Left: A student experiencing the full weight of webbing and pack.
right: Students packing a billy to make a comfort pack for a soldier.

Photos were taken at the Light Horse Museum (a National Treasure!)
If you would like to visit this museum please contact  the owner/curator Bernie Dingle,
200 Bessie Creek Road, Nar Nar Goon, Victoria
Phone (03) 59425512, Mobile 0408 567 698