- 2012 Gough Whitlam Oration
- 2012 What Matters? Competition
- Impacts of High Stakes Testing
- 2012 Behind the Lines Exhibition
- Forum: Australia's Population Challenge
- Perspectives
- Young People and Democracy
- Federalism and Australian Schooling
- The Impact of Government Contracts
- 2011 Labour Market Evolution Symposium
- 2011 Gough Whitlam Oration
- Archives
- What Matters? Competition 2011
- Exhibition: Shell-shocked
- Exhibition: Behind the Lines
- 2010 Economy Symposium
- Exhibition: Billy Hughes At War
- ParraMac: The Grand Macquarie Feast
- Exhibition: Mrs Prime Minister
- Governing the Economy Symposium
- Getting to Grips with the Economy
- Energy Security: The Real Story
Shell-shocked: Australia After Armistice
The Whitlam Institute is proud to host Shell-shocked: Australia After Armistice for it's first Sydney showing
Following the immediate jubilation marking the end of World War 1, soldiers came home to a different reality.
This new touring exhibition from the National Archives of Australia reveals the legacy of sorrow endured by thousands of Australians following World War I.
Shell-shocked: Australia after Armistice explores the personal impact of war on Australian men, women and children, and the nation’s attempts to recover from the loss or injury of almost three-quarters of its soldiers serving overseas. It shows how the nation channelled its grief into public commemoration, honouring the fallen with national monuments and ubiquitous small town memorials.
The exhibition is accompanied by Mapping our Anzacs, an innovative and popular website encouraging users to explore the National Archives collection and create and share content. Mapping our Anzacs presents information on servicemen and their communities in a fundamentally different way, using Google Maps technology.
11 July – 23 September 2011
Monday to Friday, 10am – 4pm
$5.00 entry fee
Free entry for school groups, UWS Students, Staff and Alumni, and for Veterans, War Widows and their families. If you are interested in bringing a school group please read the information at the bottom of this page
Venue: Historic Female Orphan School Gallery (Building EZ)
University of Western Sydney
Cnr James Ruse Dr & Victoria Rd
Rydalmere NSW
Information for teachers
Shell-shocked: Australia after Armistice is of direct relevance to Stage 3 and Stage 5 History students in NSW.
Entry is free for school groups but bookings are essential. To make a booking for a school group to attend the exhibition please contact Sandra Stevenson at the Whitlam Institute on 02 9685 9187 or by email at info@whitlam.org.
We will be running special teachers’ workshops to accompany the exhibition. Please contact us on 02 9685 9187 for more information.
Developed by the National Archives of Australia with the support of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs
This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.
