National Archives of Australia
Shell-shocked: Australia after Armistice
10 June 2012 to 22 July 2012
Cowra Regional Art Gallery
77 Darling Street
Cowra NSW 2794
Tour schedule
- Opens:
- 13 September 2012
- Closes:
- 28 October 2012
- Location:
- Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum
Cnr. Goondoon & Bramston St
Gladstone QLD 4680
- Opens:
- 7 November 2012
- Closes:
- 6 January 2013
- Location:
- Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
1 Barolin St
Bundaberg QLD 4670
- Opens:
- 1 February 2013
- Closes:
- 23 March 2013
- Location:
- Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
161 Old Maryborourgh Rd
Pialba QLD 4655
- Opens:
- 4 April 2013
- Closes:
- 28 July 2013
- Location:
- Museum of Tropical Queensland
70-102 Flinders Street
Townsville QLD 4810
Milinary class for war widows, 1919.
(NAA: A7342, ALBUM 1)At 5am on 11 November 1918, on a train outside Paris, the armistice to end World War I was signed. It marked the end of a conflict that left 200,000 Australians dead, injured or maimed, and a generation in shell shock.
Following the immediate jubilation marking the end of World War I, soldiers came home to a different reality. Shell-shocked: Australia after Armistice explores how the community dealt with the lingering effects of the war over the next 20 years.
Feel the grief and uncertainty of the mother unable to find out the fate of her son for two years. Discover what the future held for the brave nurse wounded on the field as she treated a casualty. Follow the journeys of soldiers as they resettled after the horrors of battle.
This exhibition tour is supported by Visions of Australia
