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Launceston Historical Society April MeetingSpeaker: Rosalie Triolo OAM FRHSV
Topic: ‘Our Tasmanian Schools and the War’: School, Family and Community Experiences, 1914-18 and Beyond
A photograph of Perth State School, taken in 1916 and which her grandmother held dear, sparked a lifetime interest for Rosalie. While many Australian historians have focussed understandably on the military events and consequences of the Great War for soldiers, nurses, families and local communities, fewer have adopted a school community lens. Such a lens reminds us that children, as well as teachers and education authorities, experienced the war, including the deaths and woundings of people they knew and loved.
This highly visual presentation of Tasmanian photographs, artefacts and Education Department sources foregrounds experiences rarely considered. Beginning with one family, the Perth school and its local community, it presents the experiences as true for other Tasmanian families, schools and communities. Attendees will receive a free publication produced for the Anzac Centenary by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Distributed to every Australian school and library, it was written by Rosalie and captures the above.
Rosalie Triolo is President of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies, and a member of Launceston Historical Society and the Tasmanian Historical Research Association. She is a RHSV Councillor and past-President of the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria. Through the latter, she has worked with the Tasmanian History Teachers’ Association. For over 25 years at Monash University, she helped develop specialist teachers of History, numerous from Tasmania. She is much awarded for her World War I research.
All welcome. Admission free for LHS members, visitors $5.
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Meeting Room, QV Museum, 2 Invermay Road, Inveresk, Queen Victoria Museum, 2 Invermay Rd, Invermay TAS 7248, Australia, Launceston
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