At 5am on 11 November 1918, on a train outside Paris, the armistice to end World War I was signed. It marked the end of a conflict that left 200,000 Australians dead, injured or maimed, and a generation in shell shock.
Following the immediate jubilation marking the end of World War I, soldiers came home to a different reality. Shell-shocked: Australia after Armistice explores how the community dealt with the lingering effects of the war over the next 20 years.
Feel the grief and uncertainty of the mother unable to find out the fate of her son for two years. Discover what the future held for the brave nurse wounded on the field as she treated a casualty. Follow the journeys of soldiers as they resettled after the horrors of battle.
Between January and March 2009 join us for one of our curators' tours of the exhibition. See our Events in Canberra for more details.
