World War I - Year 10 History - WWI & WWII - Conde Library at Pymble Ladies’ College

WWI - Women

Use the websites below for information on Women during World War I and related primary and secondary sources

Roles of Australian women in World War I
Page on the roles of Australian women in WWI from the Anzac Portal created by the Australian Government's Department of Veterans' Affairs
Women at War
Website from the State Library of NSW on women who served during WWI
Women in Wartime
Website published by the Australian Government on the role of women in WWI and WWII
Women in War
Website from the Queensland Government. Focuses on women who were Voluntary Aid Detachments.
Women and the First World War
From the UK National Archives website. This provides information and sources on British women during WWI.

Use the websites below for information on Technology during World War I and related primary and secondary sources

Technology and equipment developed during World War I
The war drove scientific and technological initiative on an unprecedented scale. Innovation on both sides created more destructive and effective weapons. communications, medicine and transportation were also advanced. But not all inventions achieved their intended goals. From the Anzac Portal site managed by the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Technology, Weaponry and Communications in 1918
Australian War Memorial site on technology and WWI
Military Technology in World War I
Page from the US Library of Congress on technology in WWI
World War I in Photos: Technology
Developments in technology during WWI. Told in photographs.

Use the websites below for information on Indigenous Australians during World War I and related primary and secondary sources

Australian Indigenous service during World War I
Many Indigenous Australians served overseas during World War I. At first, racist regulations prevented them from joining the army. Restrictions were relaxed in 1917 because the British Empire needed reinforcements. The Anzac Portal, managed by the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Aboriginal service during the First World War
Australian War Memorial page on Indigenous servicepeople during WWI
Serving their Country
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies page on Indigenous men and women who served Australia in war. Use the menu to select WWI and continue to scroll down to find out further information on this topic.
Indigenous Australian soldiers
Page from the State Library of NSW
Indigenous Anzacs: Letters home from Aboriginal WWI diggers reveal humour, sadness
Letters from Aboriginal men who served Australia during the First World War are extremely rare.
Aboriginal Service in First World War
Complete title: Aboriginal service in the First World War: Identity, recognition and the problem of mateship