Famous People
He was an Australian general who led troops at the Battle of Hamel and revolutionised war strategy.
Who is Sir John Monash
This major campaign defined the ANZAC legend.
What is the Gallipoli landing?
Soldiers shared their trenches with these pests.
What are mud & rats?
An object from the past, like a helmet, letter, or photo.
What is an artefact?
Women took on these jobs in factories and hospitals to support the war.
What is women’s war work?
She was a nurse and writer who recorded her experiences during WWI in a famous memoir.
Who is Vera Brittain?
One of the deadliest battles on the Western Front in 1916.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
This was a common job for children but was often unsafe and unfair.
What is child labour?
A written record from someone who experienced an event firsthand.
What is a diary?
These medical volunteers helped care for soldiers and civilians at home.
Who are Red Cross nurses?
This German flying ace was famous for his bright red plane.
Who is The Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen)?
This act in Sarajevo set off WWI.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Posters and media used to influence people’s thoughts and actions during war.
What is propaganda?
This person organises and explains what is shown in a museum or exhibition.
Who is a curator?
Australia held public votes about this controversial issue.
What are conscription referendums?
What are conscription referendums?
The Serbian nationalist who shot the Archduke.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
This peace agreement officially ended WWI and imposed harsh terms on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Soldiers and civilians had to make do with less food by following these strict measures.
What is food rationing?
A display where people use artefacts, props, and role-play to bring history to life.
What is a living history exhibition?
Limiting food and supplies so more could go to the troops.
What is rationing?
British nurse executed for helping Allied soldiers escape.
Who is Edith Cavell?
Temporary peace: Soldiers met in No Man’s Land to play football and share gifts.
What is the Christmas Truce?
Creative items made from empty shell casings and other materials in the trenches.
What is trench art?
Soldiers often sent these handwritten items from the front to keep in touch with family and friends.
What are letters (or postcards)?
People planted these to provide food during shortages on the homefront.
What are victory gardens?