World War I: World War I

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An overview of the causes of World War I and the reasons why men enlisted to fight in the war

The places where Australians fought and the nature of warfare during World War I, including the Gallipoli campaign

The impact of World War I, with a particular emphasis on Australia

The commemoration of World War I, including debates about the nature and significance of the Anzac legend

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The Western Front

• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 - Western Front
• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 - Western Front: Fromelles 1916
• Modern History: World > World War 1914-1918 > World War 1914-1918: Theatres of war

Gallipoli

• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 – Gallipoli
• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 - Gallipoli: John Simpson Kirkpatrick

Conscription

• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1: Conscription

Role of Women

• Modern History: World > World War 1914-1918 > World War 1914-1918: Women
• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 - Home Front
• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 - Women's role

Trench Warfare

• Modern History: World > World War 1914-1918 > World War 1914-1918: Trench warfare

Changing Technologies

• Modern History: World > World War 1914-1918 > World War 1914-1918: Technology

Theatres of War

• Modern History: World > World War 1914-1918 > World War 1914-1918: Theatres of war
• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 – Gallipoli
• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 - Middle East
• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 - Western Front
• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 - Western Front: Fromelles 1916

Remembrance of WWI

• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Australia: WW1 - Anzac Legend

Experience of Indigenous Australians

• Australian History > World War 1914-1918 - Australia > Indigenous Australians defending Australia

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• firstworldwar.com

  This website provides a summary overview of the First World War.
• Internet Modern History sourcebook - World War I

  Contains many links to other sites under the headings: The Path to War; The War; Resistance to War; Literary Responses, and The Aftermath.
• The First World War - Sources for history

  This collection draws on historical documents, film and sound available in Britain's National Archives and one of its leading museums. It starts from, but is not limited to, a British perspective on the war, and also aims to create a wider understanding of the global nature of the conflict and the profound consequences that resulted from it .
• World War One

  by BBC. The causes, events and people of the conflict dubbed the 'war to end all wars'.
• Primary documents
• Despatches from Gallipoli

  National Library of Australia
• Gallipoli - the first day

  ABC

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