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21 May, 2015
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A Pencil in Every Knapsack: Digger Poetry of WWI
Date/Time: Friday, 1 May 2015 - Friday, 31 July 2015
Location: Rare Books & Special Collections, Level 1, Barr Smith Library
Cost: Free - All welcome
More information: Visit website
In the nine months of the campaign almost half a million Allied troops were deployed at Gallipoli, many of them decimated by death, disease and injury.
The Anzac legend, forged from the deeds of Australian soldiers at Gallipoli, signified for many the birth of Australian nationalism.
In the public imagination the idealised Anzac soldier was fearless, tough, inventive, loyal and gallant and a bit undisciplined, with a healthy disrespect for the British officer.
Tall and lean, a typical 'bushman' - the Anzac enjoyed a laugh, good company and a beer, but was modest and shy with women.
The Anzac legend was shaped largely by the literature of war, composed not only by war correspondents and poets at home but also on the battlefield.
Such was the extent of Anzac literature that it was held that every soldier had a poet's pencil in his knapsack.
Visit this exhibition of poetry which shaped the Anzac legend, composed on both the battlefield and the homefront and illustrated with contemporary sketches, cartoons and photographs. On display until 31 July during Library opening hours, Rare Books & Special Collections foyer, level 1, Barr Smith Library.
Contact: Ms Cheryl Hoskin, Email: cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au, Special Collections Librarian, Business: (08) 8313 5224
Friends of the Library:Judith Brown: Researching Place of Pines and other historical works
Date/Time: Thursday, 21 May 2015, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library
Cost: Free
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The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library invite you to a Discovery event with Judith Brown on Thursday 21 May, 2015, at 1.00pm in the Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide.
Judith Margaret Brown is a published non-fiction writer and historian. It took her seven years of research and writing to complete Place of Pines. Her historical romance begins in England in 1913 and covers 2 World Wars, the Great Depression and the French Resistance, before ending in England again.
Her books on South Australian history, The Almonds of Walkerville, Augustus Short DD, Bishop of Adelaide and Country Life in Pioneer SA among others, are in constant use for student research.
She presented a weekly program on ABC television for 2 years and on Radio 5DN for 3 years, researching and presenting programs that covered a broad spectrum including current affairs, politics and history.
Bookings by Tuesday 19 May to:
robina.weir@adelaide.edu.au
Telephone: 8313 4064
Open to the public
Contact: Mrs Robina Weir, Email: robina.weir@adelaide.edu.au, Website: http://www.alumni.adelaide.edu.au/fol, Friends of the University of Adelaide Library, Barr Smith Library, The University of Adelaide, Business: 8313 4064, Fax: 8313 4369
