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Darren Watson on 'behind barbed wire'

Watch Darren Watson speaks about researching enemy Prisoner of War and internee records, during Family History Feast 2013.

25 Sep 2013 Duration: 43:45

Steven Kafkarisos on the Library's military history collection

Steven Kafkarisos speaks about the Library's military history collection in a talk presented during Family History Feast 2013.

25 Sep 2013 Duration: 45:15

Ken Inglis on remembering the Dunera

Ken Inglis reveals the fate of German and Austrian Jews interned in Australia as enemy aliens during WWII.

20 Apr 2011 Duration: 47:31

Audio: Recovering the Australian war dead at Fromelles

Hear insights from an ex-soldier and an academic as they look into the reburials of Australian soldiers killed on foreign soil during WWI.

12 Nov 2009 Duration: 01:30:22

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