Event from the University of Adelaide
Reminiscences of the Great War: A Flanders Fields Poppy Trail 2016 Exhibition
Free: All Welcome
Friday, 17 June 2016 - Friday, 26 August 2016
Barr Smith Library, Rare Books & Special Collections, Level 1
A selection of memorabilia from Michael Milburn and other South Australian collectors.
From the destruction of Belgium to the victory in 1918, this exhibition will take the viewer through an intimate understanding of the suffering and day to day life of the ordinary soldiers, the modernisation of guns, transports and the nursing stations, and the heart breaking messages of soldiers and their families.
Curated by Christine Rothauser
Ms Cheryl Hoskin, Email: cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au [2], Special Collections Librarian, Business: (08) 8313 5224
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[1] http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/exhibitions/flanders_fields.pdf
[2] mailto:cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au