DVA Education Resource

Australian Women in War

Complete Women in War publication

pdf (23.56 MB)

Introduction for Teachers

pdf (446.9 KB)

Unit 1—Australian Women in the Second South African Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902)

pdf (3.77 MB)

Unit 2—Australian Women in World War I (1914–1918)

pdf (4.24 MB)

Unit 3—Australian Women in World War II (1939–1945)

pdf (6.76 MB)

Unit 4—Australian Women in British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) and the Korean War (1946–1953)

pdf (4.46 MB)

Unit 5—Australian Women in the Vietnam War (1962–1973)

pdf (2.23 MB)

Unit 6—Australian Women in the Australian Defence Force and in Peace Operations (1947–today)

pdf (1.77 MB)

Unit 7—Australian Women and Commemoration

pdf (579.44 KB)

This educational resource provides teachers and students with self-contained classroom ready activities and teaching strategies to investigate the roles and experiences of Australian women during more than a century of wars, conflicts and peace operations.

It highlights the roles of women since 1899 in the services and their home front experiences. The resource includes an introductory DVD and a CD ROM with ten interactive classroom activities.