World Events, Local Impacts

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon

What world events are part of your community’s past? How have these events been remembered?

Expert Videos

Deborah Tout-Smith Senior Curator, Cultural Diversity, Museum Victoria Graeme Davison Professor of History, Monash University Richard Frankland Filmmaker, Koorreen Enterprises

Web Conferences

Graeme Davison Professor of History, Monash University

Museum Victoria Resources

Small Object Big Story A guide and range of tools to facilitate research and presentation. Olympic Games in Collections Online Research the Olympic Games, Melbourne 1956, in Museum Victoria’s collections online to discovery related images, objects, documents and more. World War I & II in Collections Online Research World Wars I & II in Museum Victoria’s collections online to discovery related images, objects, documents and more. Vietnam War in Collections Online Research Vietnam War in Museum Victoria’s collections online to discovery related images, objects, documents and more.

Other Resources

Australian War Memorial Explore the collections, biographical databases, the roll of honour and official war histories. National Archives of Australia Explore the Learning, What’s On and services content for ways you can access the collection. Mapping our Anzacs Find information about a service person and see their service records. Gallipoli and the Anzacs Search the extensive website for histories, images and timelines. National Archives of Australia This interactive lets you explore eight Anzac stories from around Australia, through the service dossiers. Australian History Museum Website for the exhibition about prisoners of war, Selarang to Sonkurai.