Year 9 History – Museum Exhibition
Women during WWI
Last updated September 2023
Print Resources
Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about women and the home front during WWI. You can locate these using the shelf Call No indicated. You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue using your keyword.
305.420994 INS
Inserra, R. (2004). Women at home & war: 1900-1945. Heinemann Library.
994.394 BUL
Note: This is on the LDL shelves
Bullen, S., & Pyne, M. (2012). World War I. Pearson.
940.394 HIL
Hillman, R. (2001). World War I. Echidna Books.
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994.04 ADA
Adam-Smith, P. (2014). Australian women at war. Five Mile Press.
994.04 MCK
McKernan, M. (2014). Australians at home: World War I. The Five Mile Press.
eBooks
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eBook
Conti, L., Easton, M., Carrodus, G., Wilson, J., Smith, R., & Wilson, A. (2016). Humanities and social sciences: Western Australian curriculum. Oxford University Press.
eBook
Siers, R. (2013). Devotion: stories of Australia’s wartime nurses. Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs.
eResources
There are no online database resources suggested for this task.
Websites
Search the catalogue for appropriate websites or use the websites listed below. If you search the Internet on your own, you will need to evaluate the websites using the CRAAP method.
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Australian Screen. (n.d.). Red Cross Activities During and After WWI. https://aso.gov.au/titles/historical/red-cross-first-world-war/
The footage on this website provides a snapshot of the daily tasks female Red Cross volunteers performed during and after the First World War.
Department of Veterans’ Affairs. (2022). Roles of Australian women in World War I. Anzac Portal. https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/personnel/australian-women
Discover information about women at home and overseas, the impact on wartime employment and the commemoration of women.
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This resource will provide you with Australian statistics and primary source material.
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. (n.d.). Life on the home front. https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/life-home-front
This website features primary source material from the time period about life in Australia during the First World War.
Papas, C. (2014). The forgotten women of the Great War. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/08/20/4071041.htm
State Library of New South Wales. (2017). World War I and Australia: women and war. http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/c.php?g=671848&p=4728753
This website features primary source materials like diaries and letters.
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Grayzel, S. (2014). Women at home in a world at war. https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/women-at-home
This website includes primary source material.
Videos
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Behind the News. (2014, November 10). War nurse Olive Haynes, Behind the News [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-njJdoVs8s
This gives an Australian perspective on women during WWI and in particular nurses.
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Doust, S. (2018). Women’s War. https://education.abc.net.au/newsandarticles/blog/-/b/2956601/explore-the-extraordinary-stories-of-women-during-ww1
Explore the extraordinary stories of women during World War One in Australia and around the world. An amazing source of information with many contemporary (primary) resources to discover. Download the app for iOS or Android
The Great War. (2015, March 9). Sustaining total war – women in World War I [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cVSjzuvThE
This video provides a good introduction to women during WWI.

