Abstract
This article explores the digitisation of repatriation files, Australia’s largest single World War I archive. It charts this collection’s difficult transition from virtual obscurity to acclaim, considers the way these files extend understandings of war, and places this process within the shifting politics of the Anzac Centenary. The public disclosure of such intimate and sensitive material raised serious ethical questions, and this article scopes the moral choices faced by archivists and historians. It concludes that the dissemination of these records is a necessary historical corrective, subverting simplistic and romanticised Anzac narratives.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 190-209 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | History Australia |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jan 2019 |