Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about conscription in Australia 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. 

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940.394 HIL
Hillman, R. (2001). World War I. Melbourne, Vic: Echidna Books.

994.04 PAR
Parry, A. (2006). Conscription. South Yarra, Vic: Macmillan.

994.04 MIR
Mirams, S., & Southee, M. (2015). Australia 1918-1950s. South Melbourne, Vic: Cengage Learning Australia.

994.04 MAS
Mason, K. J. (2007). Experience of nationhood: modern Australia since 1901. (5th ed). North Sydney, N.S.W: McGraw-Hill Education.

994.04 PYN
Pyne, M., Bowe, J., & Connolly, D. (2004). One land, many stories: a history of Australia in the 20th century. (2nd ed.). Sydney, N.S.W: Pearson.

eBook
Addison, P. (2012). Pearson history, 9, S.B. Port Melbourne, Vic.: Pearson.

eBook
Darlington, R., Price, J., Smithies, G., & Richardson, M. (2018). Jacaranda humanities and social sciences 9. Milton, QLD: Jacaranda.

Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre

Byrne, L. (2016). The Antis. Overland, (225), 85–90. Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre database.

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.

Australian War Memorial. (n.d.). Sources: the conscription debate.  https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/schools/resources/sources/conscription

This page features primary source material used to persuade people to vote in a particular way.

ANZAC Centenary Coordination Unit. (2018). A divided nation – conscription in 1916.              https://anzac100.initiatives.qld.gov.au/remember/conscription/index.aspx

ANZAC Centenary Coordination Unit. (2018). The divide deepens – conscription in 1917. https://anzac100.initiatives.qld.gov.au/remember/conscription-in-1917/index.aspx

Australian Government. Department of Veterans’ Affairs. (n.d.). Great debates – conscription. https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/resources/great-debatesconscription

This website provides information about significant individuals who were for and against conscription and their reasons why. It includes primary source material.

Ginn, G., Crotty, M., Kellett, S., Hart, D., Lancaster, E., & Norris, M. (2015). Historical background. https://hapi.uq.edu.au/historical-background

Hamel-Green, M. (n.d.). The World War I anti-conscription debate.  http://www.livingpeacemuseum.org.au/omeka/exhibits/show/ww1

National Museum of Australia. (n.d.). Conscription referendums. https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/conscription-referendums

This website includes a video about a prominent Australian at the time and their connection with the conscription debate.

Old Treasury Building. (n.d.). Propaganda and the conscription debate.  https://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/propaganda-and-the-conscription-debate/

This website also provides links on the right-hand side to additional information.

State Library of NSW. (n.d.). Australia’s conscription debate. https://ww1.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/australias-conscription-debate

Hamel-Green, M. (2016). When Australia voted no to war: the 1916-17 conscription referenda.  https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/when-australia-voted-no-war-1916-17-conscription-referenda

Jess, A. (2017, January 20). Why did Australians say no to military conscription 100 years ago?. ABC News.  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-20/why-australia-said-no-to-conscription/8178122

Kildea, J. (2002). Australian Catholics and conscription in the Great War. The journal of religious history, 26(3), 298-313. https://jeffkildea.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Catholics-and-Conscription.pdf

Conscription [Video file]. (2015). ClickView database.