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Opposing conscription The Labor Party This webpage was developed as part of State Archives’ contribution to History Week 2015. In New South Wales, the most prominent example of the divisions caused by the conscription debate came from the Political Labor League...
Homefront
Conscription Conflict on the Home Front This webpage was developed as part of State Archives’ contribution to History Week 2015. While World War I pitted the Allies against the Germans on the battlefields of Europe, another conflict was taking place on the New...
Homefront
William Arthur Holman 1916: Crisis point over conscription Premier Holman addresses the Waratahs in Sydney, December 1915. NRS 4481 MS3658P. Premier Holman addressing a crowd at Botanic Gardens Centenary celebrations, June 1916. NRS 4481, MS3931P. This webpage was...
Homefront, Remembrance
History Week 2015 War, Nationalism and Identity Soldier in sheepskin waistcoat, June 1915. From NRS 4481 MS3393P. Opening ceremony of Mosman Cottage Soldier Settlement, December 1916. From NRS 4481 MS4860P. Roll of Honour, Parliament House, March 1916. From NRS 4481...
Service
New South Wales Recruitment Campaigns Part 1: August 1914-September 1916 RECRUITMENT MARCHES – Part 1 The onset of snowball marches; The Coo-ees; Military response As the first anniversary of the commencement of the war came and went, the national recruitment...
