The War That Changed Us is a 4-episode Australian television documentary series presenting the true stories of six Australians in World War I.[1] The series, produced by Electric Pictures, based on an original concept by historian Clare Wright, was first shown by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on four consecutive Sunday evenings commencing on 19 August 2014. Australia entered World War I in August 1914, one hundred years earlier.[2]
Characters edit
The series follows the range of experiences of the following real-life people:[2]
- soldier Archie Barwick
- army officer Pompey Elliott
- army nurse Kit McNaughton
- Anti-war activist and trade unionist Tom Barker
- Anti-war activist and publisher Vida Goldstein
- Pro-war crusader Eva Hughes
These people were chosen because there was a substantial amount of material they had written. Archie Barwick and Kit McNaughton kept diaries. Pompey Elliott wrote many detailed letters to his wife. The speeches of Tom Barker, Vida Goldstein, and Eva Hughes were widely reported in newspapers. Vida Goldstein also published many opinion pieces.
Further reading edit
- Butler, Janet (2013), Kitty's war, St Lucia, Queensland University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-4967-9 – a book about Kit McNaughton's experiences as reflected in her diaries
References edit
- ^ "The War That Changed Us". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ a b "The War That Changed Us". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.