Ordinary people extraordinary service
There are five million volunteers in Australia; maybe you are one of them. The Morning Show is spending some time with Associate Professor Melanie Oppenheimer as she talks about the history of...
View ArticleTamworth's Bronze Foal
A request has been made to copy Tamworth's famous Waler Memorial and send it to the other side of Australia.
View ArticleSoldier Settlers
This generation returned from the great war and traded the battle and the trenches for the hardships of life on the land. Huge areas of Australia were settled by returned soldiers including land around...
View ArticleOceans of Love
..." it's only when you see them brought in, stretcher after stretcher in that endless procession and wonder if, when you see the next man's face, if you will see one of your own friends ... it's...
View ArticleRain fails to dampen Anzac spirit
Thousands have packed Martin Place in drizzly conditions for Sydney's Anzac Day dawn service.
View ArticleOceans of Love
..." it's only when you see them brought in, stretcher after stretcher in that endless procession and wonder if, when you see the next man's face, if you will see one of your own friends ... it's...
View ArticleFinding Peace
An Australian soldier from WWI, whose remains were uncovered in Belgium two years ago, has been identified as Private Alan James Mather from Inverell.
View ArticleWWI digger finally buried in Belgium
An Australian soldier discovered more than 90 years after a World War I battle has been buried with full military honours in Ploegsteert, Belgium.
View ArticleAustralia's Victoria Cross Recipients WWI
The stories behind the brave men who won the Victoria Cross in World War I.
View ArticlePutting faces to the names on the Manilla Roll of Honour
The archives room at the Manilla museum is all abuzz at the moment with a new project underway.
View ArticleRemembrance Day this Sunday
People across the New England North West are acknowledging Remembrance Day this Sunday.
View ArticleRemembrance Day marked across Australia
Remembrance Day ceremonies have been held across the country as people paused to remember those who have died in past and present conflicts.
View ArticleHorse whisperer breaks in brumbies
Hundreds of wild horses roam the misty mountains of the Guy Fawkes River National Park in northern NSW. Over the past ten years, Digby Foster has been successfully taming and re-homing the brumbies,...
View ArticleMy passion for the Light Horse
David Evans OAM has a personal connection to Tamworth's Light Horse Memorial
View ArticleA new meaning to ANZAC Day
For the Mather family from Inverell, ANZAC day now has new meaning now a century old mystery has been solved
View ArticleGrand to humble: war memorials around Australia
For as long as Australians have gone to war, we have built war memorials to recognise service, and remember those who didn't come home. From the 1850s to today, we commemorate those who served.
View ArticleInverell War Museum gets $100-thousand
Mould, heat and insects are wreaking havoc on Inverell's collection of war memorabilia
View ArticleLost dog tag sparks search for family of WWI digger
A search is underway to find the family of a WWI digger whose dog tag was unearthed in a French field.
View ArticleLost dog tag soon to be reunited with digger's grandson
The family of World War I digger Private Cyril McCarthy, who lost his dog tag in a French paddock, may soon be reunited with the memento.
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