![]() ![]() The collections on display in Keepsakes are linked by a common theme. While the First World War generation has passed, these mementos help us understand how Australians experienced the war. This exhibition explores Australia’s memory of the war through the mementos and souvenirs kept by service personnel, political leaders, civilians, artists and families. In this centenary year of the outbreak of war the Library is proud to present some of its most important First World War collections in Keepsakes: Australians and the Great War. The National Library of Australia holds a unique collection of manuscripts, ephemera, art, photographs and documents from this defining period in Australian history. To understand what they went through, we need to turn to the things they kept. It is now no longer possible to talk to a soldier or a nurse who served in the war.
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