Australia 1918-1950s | Nelson Modern History

	Australia 1918-1950s By Sarah Mirams, Merredith Southee, Tony Taylor \| Copyright Year 2015 \| ISBN 9780170244084 The following links are referenced in your textbook
Chapter 1	Australian War Memorial website http://www.awm.gov.au/ Explore the life and times of all Australian prime ministers http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/
Chapter 2	National Library of Australia TROVE resources http://trove.nla.gov.au Details of the soldier settlement schemes in Victoria http://prov.vic.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/soldier-settlement Nine-minute film made with the intention of publicising the work of the Repatriation Department and encouraging industry to offer jobs to soldiers returning from the First World War. http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F00139/
Chapter 3	Newsreel footage of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932 http://aso.gov.au/titles/newsreels/opening-sydney-harbour-bridge/ Digest of newsreels and other film footage from the 1930s http://aso.gov.au/titles/decades/1930s/ Film about the social and political conditions in Australia during the Great Depression http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/red-matildas/ Information from the State Library of Western Australia on the impact of the Great Depression on WA http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/federation/sec/046_depr.htm
Chapter 4	Stories of First WorId War Australian submariners http://www.submarineinstitute.com/submarines-in-australia/world-war-i.html An animated version of the story of the Australian submarine 'AE2' http://www.gallipoli.gov.au/submarines-in-the-dardanelles/voyage-of-the-ae2.php Full details of the Statute of Westminster http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/sowaa1942561942406/ Transcript of John Curtin's speech, The Task Ahead. http://john.curtin.edu.au/pmportal/text/00468.html Contemporary discussion on the fall of Singapore http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/specials/noprisoners/resources.htm Experiences of an Australian soldier in Hiroshima http://www.memoriesofhiroshima.com/an-australian-in-hiroshima.html Details on the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan, 1946-51 https://anzacday.org.au/british-commonwealth-occupation-force Extra biographical information on HV Evatt, from the Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/evatt-herbert-vere-bert-10131
Chapter 5	Detailed timeline and resources for the Second World War, with a British focus http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/ Details of the New Guinea Offensives of 1943-44 http://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/23/new-guinea-offensive/ Overview of Australian wartime leadership http://john.curtin.edu.au/ww2leaders/governments.html Analysis of the 'typical' volunteer to the 2nd AIF, 1941 http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j29/civils/ Summary of Curtin's call to action in 1942-43. It utilises many excellent images from the AWM resources. http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/underattack/bombed/curtin.asp Article by Peter Stanley presenting his belief that the Japanese did not plan to invade Australia in 1942 https://www.awm.gov.au/talks-speeches/1942-sydney-under-attack/ Battle for Australia Historical Society http://www.battleforaustralia.org/ Images and stories from Sandakan, part of an excellent website on Australian prisoners of war. http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/stolenyears/ww2/japan/sandakan/
Chapter 6	Episode 2 of the SBS TV program, 'Immigration Nation', explores the motivation and features of postwar immigration http://www.sbs.com.au/immigrationnation/videos/457/immigration-nation-episode-2-with-closed-captions Clips on the Aboriginal pastoral workers' strike in the Pilbara in 1946 http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/how-west-was-lost/clip1/ Detailed resources on engineering, stages of development and effects of the Snowy Mountain Scheme http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/hsc/snowy/ Resource on the experiences of immigrants at Bonegilla migrant camp, Victoria http://www.bonegilla.org.au Film showing differing perspectives of Bonegilla migrant camp, Victoria http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/heritage/bonegilla.html National Museum exhibition with interviews and personal stories of Aboriginal experiences during the 20th century http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/personal_stories/personal_stories_transcripts#pageindex0 Webquest on the Petrov Affair taking the perspective of B A Santamaria http://moadoph.gov.au/exhibitions/online/petrov/webquest-santamaria.html