Anzac Day – A Time To Reflect On The Service And Sacrifice Of Women
In the lead up to Anzac Day, often the stories of the service and sacrifice of women are overlooked. They have served with distinction…
Australian Women At War
War Reaches Australia: Bombing of Darwin 1942
Amongst the exhibits in the Australian War Memorial is a beige cotton working dress with links to the bombing of Darwin in 1942. The…
Dr James Barry: The first woman General in the British Army
On the morning of 25th July 1865, a secret was unveiled at Cavendish Square, London that would scandalise Victorian Society – the claim that…
From Lilian Violet Cooper to Australia’s other pioneering female military surgeons of World War I
The war service of Lilian Violet Cooper, the first female surgeon of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, is well recognized. Not so well…
Dr Phoebe Chapple MM: A WWI Australian Doctor On The Western Front
Dr Phoebe Chapple was one of 15 Australian women doctors who undertook overseas military service during World War I and became the first Australian,…
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