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'Australian narratives of World War I (WWI) reflect a different but characteristic commemoration of that event. While the best (to modern eyes) novels of WWI present a comprehensive picture of disillusionment, futility and waste, Australian stories proffer the view that the war was worthwhile, and that the sacrifices of the Anzacs were honourable and justified. In placing WWI as a salient marker denoting the origin of the nation, Australian texts diverge from the revered WWI canon’s convincing portrayal of the war as a symbol of civilisation’s demise. Even accepting this divergence, however, there is much in Australian narratives that amplifies the memorialisation of the war in Australian society.' (Introduction)
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“Whichever and Whatever It Was” : Rendering War and Peace in Australian WWI Narratives
Long Paddock
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- From Billabong to London 1915 single work children's fiction
- Jim and Wally 1916 single work children's fiction
- Captain Jim 1919 single work children's fiction
- Back to Billabong 1921 single work children's fiction
- Billabong's Daughter 1924 single work children's fiction
- Australia at War : A Winter Record 1918 selected work art work prose poetry
- Big-Noting : The Heroic Theme in Australian War Writing 1987 single work criticism
- The Desert Column : Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine 1932 single work autobiography diary correspondence
- The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916 1929 single work novel
- Crucible : An Australian First World War Novel 1935 single work novel
- Backs to the Wall 1937 single work autobiography
- The Cub 1915-1919 series - author novel
- Captain Cub 1917 single work novel
- Brigid and the Cub 1919 single work novel
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