Apr 26, 2021
The service of Australian soldiers of Chinese heritage has been largely overlooked. Historian Dr Will Davies’, The Forgotten: Chinese Labour Corps and the Chinese Anzacs in the Great War, seeks to correct that oversight. In the first of two episodes, Dr Davies talks about Australia’s Chinese Anzacs and the Chinese...
Apr 12, 2021
Unlike World War 1 which was fought on distant shores, for the first time, World War 2 brought global conflict to Australian shores. Fearing a potential invasion by the Japanese Imperial Army, the Australian home front rallied in a variety of ways to meet this challenge. Historians Dr Karl James and Dr Aaron Pegram from...