When the war was declared, at the age of 44, she offered her services to the British government. She also changed her middle name from the Irish, Alanna, to the more Norman/English Eleanor. She would be known as Alice Eleanor throughout her war years and revert to Alanna on her return to Australia. Continue reading
The An Post images tell the story of reconciliation: that both sides suffered as a consequence of war and also the 1916 rising. Continue reading
Calls for Donations for a new play about WWI by Irish-Australian poet, Meg McNena. Continue reading
1917 was a bitter year – probably the most bitter in white Australia’s history – but also one of which Irish Australians can be proud. Continue reading
Democratic Opposition to War:
The 1916-17 Anti-Conscription Campaigns: Impacts and Legacies Continue reading
Darcy’s body was embalmed and brought back to Australia to a hero’s reception from the Australian people Continue reading
Come to the centenary re-enactment of the speech, by noted actor Rod Quantock. Continue reading
unspoken words waiting
to be given a sound. Continue reading
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