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Collected: Stories from the Australian War Memorial explores the artefacts that make up the museum of the Australian War Memorial and uncovers the stories that the public don't always get to hear.
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The Australian Army has always had rules about who is allowed to fight for their country. But during the First World War those rules were sidestepped by thousands of underage boys desperate to enlist....
Collected Episode 31: Women in the Airforce (00:29:58)
Women now comprise more than 25 per cent of service personnel in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and there are no restrictions on what they're allowed to do. But it wasn't always like this. In E...
Collected Episode 30: Nazi V2 Rocket (00:28:04)
The V2 rocket developed by the Germans in World War Two was the world's first strategic ballistic missile and a forerunner of the rocket that took humans to the moon. In Episode 30 of Collected, Louis...
Jewellery given and received in war is a symbol of love, pride and support. It comes in many forms, from expensive, commercially manufactured pieces in precious metals to hand-made objects crafted fro...
Collected Episode 28: The Lone Pine (00:28:31)
The Lone Pine The magnificent Lone Pine planted at the Memorial is 1934 is a living symbol of the sacrifice of war. It was grown by a bereaved mother from the seeds from pine cones gathered by her son...
Collected Episode 27: From Monoplanes to Fighter Jets (00:23:04)
The history of military aviation is told in the stories of the Memorial's oldest and newest aircraft. Built 70 years apart, these two planes demonstrate the huge and rapid shifts in design and technol...
HMAS Brisbane was one of the first three major Australian war ships designed and built in the United States and the last steam powered ship in the Royal Australian Navy. After the destroyer was retire...
Collected Episode 25: The tail gunner (00:28:56)
The Australian tail gunners who served in World War Two had a particularly dangerous job. They spent hours in cramped, freezing conditions, perched in Perspex turrets at the rear of bomber planes, vul...
Collected - 024 Acknowledging Indigenous Service (00:30:07)
In 1945, a young Indigenous Australian solider recently released from a German prisoner-of-war camp sat to have his portrait painted by war artist, Stella Bowen. It was nearly 70 years before his iden...
Collected-023 A tale of two dresses (00:28:59)
How do you preserve fragile items of clothing that tell remarkable stories about two young women whose lives were transformed by World War Two? Henryka's cotton frock was made from Nazi curtains to gi...
Collected-022 Places of Pride (00:23:53)
Nearly every town across Australia has its own war memorial. They range from small monuments – perhaps a stained glass window in a church – to community halls and swimming pools. Places of Pride, the ...
Collected-021Peacekeeping (00:26:17)
Australia has a proud record of peacekeeping around the world, from the Middle East to Asia, Africa to the Pacific. These operations have often involved ensuring the wellbeing of children. In Episode ...
Collected-020 VP Day (00:24:25)
When the war in the Pacific ended on August 15, 1945, Australians went wild with joy. That day – VP (Victory in the Pacific) Day – was celebrated across the country with street parties and parades. Bu...
Collected-019 Women and War Pt 2 (00:29:14)
Opportunities were limited for women who wanted to serve in World War One. But many women found a way to use their social position, skills, ingenuity or pure pluck to contribute to the war effort. In ...
Collected-018 Shinyo (00:20:35)
Towards the end of World War Two, Japan built and mobilised thousands of killer boats to defend its homeland and occupied territories from possible Allied invasion. In Episode 18 of Collected, Louise ...
Collected-017 Recorded letters (00:25:37)
Just months before he sailed for Gallipoli a young Australian soldier on leave in Egypt recorded a letter to send home. This unique artefact is the oldest known recording of an ordinary solider at war...
Collected-016 Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier (00:19:19)
In 1993, the remains of a WWI Australian soldier were brought home from the battlefields of France and laid to rest in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial. In Episode 16 of Collected, Lo...
Collected-015 G for George (00:25:32)
During the Second World War, 10,000 Australians served in British-based Bomber Command. More than one in three were killed during air raids over Europe, in training, or in accidents. In Episode 15 of ...
Collected-014 Military Working Dogs (00:24:30)
Dogs have always accompanied Australians to war, as mascots, messengers, scouts, guards - and comforting companions in tough times. These days, dogs in the Australian Defence Force are highly trained ...
Collected -013 Against all odds (00:25:01)
During the Second World War, the oceans of the world became even more perilous – for civilians and merchant seamen as well as naval forces. In Episode 13 of Collected, Louise Maher explores the storie...
Collected. Episode 12. Christmas during wartime (00:26:04)
Christmas is a meant to be a time of joy and celebration. So how have Australian servicemen and women – and their families at home – coped during times of war? In Episode 12 of Colllected, Louise Mahe...
collected-011 Women and War (00:26:27)
Women have always played a vital role on the home front, supporting the war effort in a variety of ways from factory work to fund-raising. But women have also contributed though military service and b...
Collected - 010 Damien Parer and the Oscar (00:26:05)
The first Oscar awarded to an Australian film shines a spotlight on the work of ace war cinematographer Damien Parer. In Episode 10 of Collected, Louise Maher learns about the mystery behind the Acade...
Collected - 009 Anzac biscuits and secret cookbooks (00:27:10)
It's 100 years since the first recipe for what we know as Anzac biscuits was published in a cookbook. In Episode 9 of Collected, Louise Maher explores the history of these sweet treats, and discovers ...
Collected - 008 Jim's POW loin cloth (00:21:21)
Jim Easton and Lou Engledow were young men thrown together in the Second World War as prisoners of the Japanese on the Burma-Thailand Railway. In Episode 8 of Collected, Louise Maher is shown a scrap ...
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