Ballarat 1914 - 1918

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• Ballarat 1914 - 1918: Writing the War : the State Library of Victoria's travelling exhibition to

  The State Library of Victoria has an extraordinary archive of diaries, letters, artefacts and visual material relating to World War One, ...

• Ballarat 1914 - 1918: 2014

  There is a tree in Ballarat’s Avenue of Honour dedicated to Major Richard Wells, even though his links to Ballarat may seem tenuous.  William Richard Wells was born in Hotham – North Melbourne, once ...

• Ballarat 1914 - 1918: October 2018

  The 11th of November will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War. The Armistice of Compiègne between the Allies and Germany came into effect at 11am on the 11th November 1918. T...

• Ballarat 1914 - 1918: Arch of Victory

  The employees of E. Lucas and Co, (the Lucas Girls), having completed their tribute to the local soldiers with the Avenue of Honour, set abo...

• Ballarat 1914 - 1918: The 7th and 8th Battalions at Ismailia on the Suez Canal

  The 8 th Battalion recruited from Ballarat, central and Western Victoria.   Lieutenant Colonel William Bolton, of Ballarat, originally...

• Ballarat 1914 - 1918: Battle of Broodseinde Ridge

  The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge will be commemorated on the 4th October. This battle, which occurred eight days af...