The Springthorpe Memorial – death and mourning in nineteenth century Melbourne
Christine:I am reblogging this post by Janine, a fellow historian, about the Springthorpe Memorial which is found in a Melbourne Suburb – Kew. Springthorpe as I noted in my comments, was a leading...
View ArticleOn the 100th Anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli – 25 April 2015
Marina Larsson, Shattered Anzacs: Living with the Scars of War, Kensington, NSW, UNSW Press, 2009. In what way, I wonder, will the psychoanalytic fraternity in Australia acknowledge the the Great War...
View ArticleMental Hospitals for Returned Soldiers -WW1
Further to my previous post about psychiatric treatment of shell-shocked soldiers in Australia after the end of the Great War I notice that an exhibition about this has been opened in Melbourne.The...
View ArticleShell Shock in the Great War: Letters From ‘The Front’.
The psychological impact of the Great War upon soldiers occupied the thoughts of the leading members of the Australasian Medical Congress in Brisbane held in August 1920. Papers on the use of...
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