Around 50 Australians graves from World War II in Libya’s Benghazi Commonwealth war cemetery have been desecrated, apparently by Islamist militia. Footage of this violent destruction has spread around…
International Holocaust day is an important day to remember all atrocities in human history.
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It’s hard to imagine that a whole race of people can be forgotten. But if no one chooses to remember them, genocide can mean just that, leaving a large hole in our history and dooming future minorities…
Italian-Australians deserve an apology for their mistreatment in internment camps in World War II.
Australian War Memorial Collection
Last month, the South Australian parliament unanimously accepted a bi-partisan motion moved by Labor member, Tony Piccolo, to acknowledge the wrongful internment of Italian civilians living in Australia…
There is an entire history of excuses given for why women shouldn't be given roles in the military.
Australian War Memorial Collection
The recent plan to see women take on frontline combat roles in the Australian military from 2016 removes one of the last formal barriers to women’s participation in all realms of work.
Unsurprisingly…
Uniformed attendees at the Remembrance Day service held in Sydney on November 11, 2010.
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Australia now officially recognises two special days to commemorate our national history of being at war but neither of them is Sorry Day.
The Australian history of engagement in war is primarily honoured…
A rebel fighter mans a makeshift checkpoint in Tripoli
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Despite confusion in recent hours about exactly who the Libyan rebels have captured, it is clear that the Gaddafi regime has been severely weakened by the weekend advance into central Tripoli.
This advance…
Australian veterans of the Pacific theatre in WWII attend a VJ Day memorial
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Sometimes an historian will challenge one of the key ideological myths of Australian capitalism.
Henry Reynolds does it in his work on the colonial treatment of Aborigines, a treatment some go so far…
