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Many Australians, for example, wrote about the Australian flora, and how they missed it. Many of these poets served in more than one campaign, while others only served in one, either joining up after Gallipoli, or being invalided back home or killed in action. A small listing of Australian Great War Poets can be seen below.
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australian involvement in the First World War. The series was edited by C. E. W. Bean , who also wrote six of the volumes and was published between 1920 and 1942.
Patricia Jean Adam-Smith, AO, OBE (31 May 1924 – 20 September 2001) was an Australian author, historian and servicewoman. She was a prolific writer on a range of subjects covering history, folklore and the preservation of national traditions, [1] and wrote a two-part autobiography.
John Alfred Charles Laffin was born on 21 September 1922 at Mosman, Sydney, Australia. [1] Both of his parents had served with the British Imperial military forces in World War I, his father as a commissioned infantry officer, and his mother as a nurse.
The Desert Column: Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine is a book by Ion Idriess based on a diary he kept of his service during World War I. [1] [2] Background
List of Australian writers by type. List of Australian diarists of World War I; List of Australian diarists of World War I (A-G) List of Australian diarists of World War I (H-N) List of Australian diarists of World War I (O-Z) List of Indigenous Australian writers; List of Australian novelists; List of Australian poets; List of Australian women ...
This is a list of novelists living in Australia or publishing significantly while living there. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Brennan influenced Australian writers of his own generation and many who succeeded him, including R. D. Fitzgerald, A. D. Hope, Judith Wright and James McAuley. [2] In remembrance, the Fellowship of Australian Writers established the Christopher Brennan Award which is presented annually to "an Australian poet who has written work of sustained quality and distinction".