Mystery of Indigenous warrior'nose art'on Lancaster bomber

Mystery of Indigenous warrior'nose art'on Lancaster bomber

The images that aircrew painted onto their bombers and fighters during the Second World War were good luck omens to bring them home safely.

  • byTim Barlass

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Remembrance Day:Mourning the father I lost
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Remembrance Day:Mourning the father I lost

Remembrance Day is a tough day,when the memories kept at bay stand front and centre in consciousness.

  • byRuth Clare
From army captain to agent of change for veterans'mental health

From army captain to agent of change for veterans'mental health

PTSD sufferer Sarah Watson is concerned her fellow veterans are not getting the mental health support and credit they deserve.

  • byTim Barlass
Poppy sales go virtual amid COVID-19 battleground

Poppy sales go virtual amid COVID-19 battleground

RSL NSW will launch a virtual appeal to try to get the country to donate ahead of Remembrance Day.

  • byTim Barlass
'We've stopped in silence 100 times':Old mates unite at Remembrance Day

'We've stopped in silence 100 times':Old mates unite at Remembrance Day

Thousands have marked the 100th Remembrance Day in silence at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance,the old ritual barely changed in a century.

  • byTony Wright
'My mother was devastated by the loss':Remembrance Day in Sydney

'My mother was devastated by the loss':Remembrance Day in Sydney

Raising of the Australian flags in bright sunshine either side of the Cenotaph set the scene as the rows of white seating began to fill up.

  • byTim Barlass
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Remembrance Day lesson:ambitious states,new technologies were ingredients for world war

Remembrance Day lesson:ambitious states,new technologies were ingredients for world war

The threats are diversifying,proliferating and intensifying rapidly,with a return to a former era of great power competition.

  • bySir Nick Carter
Lost Boys resurrect ghosts of under-age Anzacs

Lost Boys resurrect ghosts of under-age Anzacs

Untold stories of thousands of young men who forged a parent’s signature and left for battle are as tragic as you'd imagine.

  • byHelen Pitt
How November 11 has forged our national identity

How November 11 has forged our national identity

It is without doubt,the day that resonates most through Australian history,all with a strange strand of the developing national identity that weaves its way through the ages.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
From the Archives,1919:'A wonderful hush'

From the Archives,1919:'A wonderful hush'

100 years ago today,citizens of the Commonwealth marked the anniversary of the Armistice with a two-minute silence. What was the story being the tradition?

  • byJoy Williams andStaff reporter
'Dear Mrs Wheeler':The one-woman post office during World War I

'Dear Mrs Wheeler':The one-woman post office during World War I

Wartime letters to a central Queensland widow reveal how a patch of the outback maintained its strength during one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

  • byLydia Lynch