Yr 9 World War One Research: Home

Information on the Lucas Girls and the Avenue Audio tour podcast where each tour "focuses on an aspect of the lives of the men and women from Ballarat who served in the First World War, following the stories of individuals who are commemorated by trees in the Ballarat Avenue. They also tell the story of the building of the imposing Ballarat Arch of Victory and the committed efforts by the employees of E. Lucas and Co, and others, who worked tirelessly to raise funds and plant this remarkable Avenue of Honour."

This is a digital version of a 1921 pamphlet to celebrate the "patriotic work carried out by the Lucas Girls during the period of the Great War."

"The National Archives' extraordinary collection of records about Australia's defence and war efforts will help you learn more about your family's war history, support your academic research, or commemorate ex-service members."
From the main page, click on Record Search and begin with the Name Search tab to search for records held for that individual and view the digital copies.

"Sharing Australia's military and service history through the experiences of our veterans." This site includes information on the background to the war, military organisation and weapons, where Australians served and the wartime experience of Australians.

Describes the various paid and unpaid roles women undertook both at home and overseas, and lists the women's organisations that were active during this time.

"The Library’s extensive World War I collection is a great resource for historians, students, genealogists, returned soldiers and academics."

"This guide focuses on Australians serving in World War 1. It also includes some information relevant to Great Britain, other Commonwealth nations and other combatant nations. There is a section on nurses and women's war occupations."

Search for biographical information about a person or information on an organisation, e.g. the Australian Army Nursing Service. Information is often supplied to Trove from an external source that you can link to.

Find mentions of a person in digitised newspapers and gazettes. Make use of phrase searching and filtering results (e.g. to date range, newspaper title, article type) to narrow down your search.

Search for a name, then filter by conflict to narrow down to the relevant resource.

"The online resource for discovering the diverse stories of Australian women and finding archival and other research resources about their lives and achievements." Organisations are also included in the Register, e.g., Australian Women's National League, AANS, Red Cross, temperance unions.