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Ted Smith’s War
By Helen Smith
23 April 2018
My grandfather arrived at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915, the day the Wellington Infantry Battalion captured Chunuk Bair. This is his story.
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“Now, so long, sister mine”: My family’s Passchendaele story
By Helen Smith
3 October 2017
Remembering 2nd Lieutenant William Henry Comper, who died 4 Oct 1917, in the Battle of Broodseinde.
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Exploding cows, baby killers and death rays
By Dylan Owen
5 September 2016
The extraordinary life of James Pomeroy, inventor.
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‘I (being senior)’
By Peter Ireland
1 July 2016
The diary and letters of a New Zealand officer in World War One.
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Amstel - a short story by Edna Shemesh
By Edna Shemesh
7 April 2016
Edna Shemesh is an award winning writer, literary reviewer and translator from Israel. Her publications include the novels Hotel Malta and The Sand Dunes of Paris, and Amstel, a collection of short stories.
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Highlights from the Arrangement & Description Team
By Catherine Bisley
23 December 2015
Behind the scenes in 2015.
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Folkies and flonkers
By Michael Brown
24 August 2015
A folk music collection takes us on a trans-Tasman tour.
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The big picture
By Catherine Bisley
30 April 2015
A treasure trove of images from the production of the film Once Were Warriors.
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World War One at home: In ephemera
By Barbara Lyon
29 January 2015
Posters, programmes, ads and more ephemera from the home front.
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