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A Special Event with Guest SpeakerCara DownesAustralian Veteran’s service records and the role women played after the War was over.
Australian Servicemen, Romance, Marriage and the records. |
This Event is open to both GCFHS members and the general public, bookings are essential as numbers will be limited. Registration is now open.
Cara Downes from the National Archives of Australia
'The Aftermath of WW1 - The Australian experience'
After four years, the Great War ended in November 1918. For Australians that fought in the war and survived, their battle had not ended. Australia was faced with the largest number of wounded and mentally damaged men in its history and was far from being equipped to assist them. The National Archives is the home of the Veteran’s repatriation files that reveal in many cases what their lives were like after the war. The seminar will show you how to locate and use repatriation and service records and also look at the role women played after the war was over. 'War Brides in Australia'
WWII saw for the first time, the mass migration of Australian women to the USA as war brides or fiancées. Australia’s involvement in various wars there were many romances between servicemen and women from countries where they were serving and often this lead to marriage. Many of the women they married migrated to Australia and this happened for both WWI and WWII. We will look at their stories through photographs, service records and shipping lists found in the collection of the National Archives of Australia. |
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Cara Downes is an archivist who has worked for the National Archives of Australia for fifteen years with the majority of time working in the Queensland Office of the National Archives. Cara has had extensive archives experience both in Australia and the United Kingdom where she worked for the Oxford University Archives.
Cara currently works in the area of public access which means making the archival collection available and discoverable to the public. Cara is also the Senior Copyright Officer, providing permissions and advice on copyright for the use of material held in the National Archives to the public, organisations and Government Departments. An important aspect of Cara’s work with the public is the presentation of seminars that showcase the Archives collection through a wide range of topics. From the Waves In Time Conference 24-25 May 2019 - Caloundra |
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Gold Coast Family History Society is organising a series of talks by well renowned experts to help you with your research in 2019.
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