People will be able to experience the Sights and Sounds of the First World War period, by exploring a new website produced in partnership by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision in New Zealand. NFSA Senior Curator Jennifer Coombes explained that a curated selection of hundreds…
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Simpson prize winners to attend Anzac commemorations
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Eight young Australians, winners of the 2014 Simpson Prize, will travel to Gallipoli to attend this year’s Anzac Day commemorations. “I was impressed by the sophisticated understanding of historical concepts displayed in many of these entries and by the in depth discussion of the Anzac story,” Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP said.…
2014 $1 ‘100 Years of Anzac coin released
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The Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC, Senator the Hon. Michael Ronaldson, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, The Hon. Steven Ciobo MP recently unveiled a new $1 circulating 2014 coin featuring the Centenary of Anzac logo. “The Centenary of Anzac will be one of the most defining moments in our…