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Australia and New Zealand websites

Australians at War
ABC website with animated documentaries, information and online activities related to Australia's military history, as seen through the eyes of the men and women who were there.

Shrine of Remembrance (Melbourne War Memorial) Information about events, exhibitions and the Shrine's education program Keeping the ANZAC Spirit Alive.

Australian War Memorial
First stop for information on Australian in World War 1. The site has a database search of photographs, a Roll of Honour and Service information.

Australian Archives
If you would like information about an Australian's service history during WWI contact the National Archives Office. E-mail ww1prs@naa.gov.au to purchase a copy of an individual's WWI War Service file.

Australian ANZACS in the Great War 1914-1918
The AIF Project at the Australian Defence Force Academy includes a database of information on the more than 330,000 men and women who embarked from Australia for service overseas in the (First) Australian Imperial Force, 1914-1918.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Site
For information on the location of a grave of an Australian killed at War.

Department of Veterans Affairs
A commemoration of ANZAC and a look at Australians at War.

Australians in France 1918
An excellent online exhibition at the Australian War Memorial.

Australians in the First World War
A 'digital spotlight' from the National Film & Sound Archive, providing information and digital content relating to Australia's contribution to the First World War and the impact that the war had on the country's film and recorded sound industry.

Indigenous Australians at War
Includes general information about WW1 Aboriginal soldiers (Why did they serve?) and details of individuals (Roll of Honour and Example, Medals).

Albert Jacka, AIF
Site commemorating a well-known Australian Soldier awarded the Victoria Cross.

The Australian Light Horse
Includes descriptions of battles at Gallipoli and in Palestine, as well as first hand accounts of the Diggers' adventures.

Gallipoli
Both an historical and travel guide.

Allan Lorenzo Tongs' WW1 Diaries
A site containing transcripts of a World War 1 diary.

Veterans Online
A joint project of the Returned & Services League (Victoria) and the Victorian Department of Education

RSL
The Returned and Services League of Australia site.

The Australian & New Zealand Victoria Cross website
Lists the names of all 96 Australians who have won the VC.

New Zealand and the Great War
Excellent images of the Western Front.

European, Canadian and other sites

Versailles Treaty 1919
The full contents of the Peace Treaty of Versailles, signed on 28 June 1919 by Germany and the Allied powers at the Palace of Versailles. A sizeable document, the treaty featured some 440 Articles, with the addition of numerous Annexes.

The Great War Society Links page
Over 350 links to sites around the world that cover World War1.

Imperial War Museum
This British site contains information of Australians at War and a large photograph database.

Art of the First World War
Possibly the greatest single cultural resource on the Internet.

Canada and the First World War
The story of Canada in the Great War, produced by Canadian Veterans Affairs Department. Histories are also available on the Web for every Canadian Regiment.

Jack Turner's War
A documentary style personal view of the war.

Trenches on the Web
A vast, informative and aesthetically pleasing site. Photographs of Australians in France.

World War I Document Archive
Contains the essentials from the Schlielffen Plan to Wilson's Lusitania Note to a link displaying the entire Versailles Treaty. Good biographical feature, too. Has added extensive Medical, Naval sections and the terrific photographic collection of Ray Mentzer.

Photos of the Great War
Large selection includes commanders, individuals, battle scenes and equipment.

The Heritage of the Great War
An excellent and ever-improving multi-lingual site from Holland.

Canada Aviation Museum
Has material for young people and teachers.

101 Indispensable Books on the Great War
Introduction to the best in World War 1 literature.

The Great War in Numbers
A quantitative look at World War 1.

Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
A PBS series on the First World War, with interviews, maps, photographs and an interactive timeline.

World War I Document Archive
Archives containing original documents and images.



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