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forgotten territory

(2016-2019)

Forgotten Territory was a weekly column of historic photos in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Archives Service, State Library of South Australia as well as other major collections and Facebook groups from around Australia. Click on the images to read the story behind the image.

Note: May contain images of people who have died.

forgotten territory

(2016-2019)

Note: May contain images of people who have died.

forgotten territory

(2016-2019)

Note: May contain images of people who have died.

forgotten territory

(2016-2019)

Note: May contain images of people who have died.

At the height of World War II, the Anzac Day events of 1945 attracted record numbers at ceremonies around the country, including this one on the top of ANZAC Hill in Alice Springs. A place of layered histories, the site was first known as Untyeyetwelye by Arrernte people, until the Reverend Harry Griffiths of the Australian Inland Mission suggested it would be a good place for a war memorial, which was built in 1934. The site has been the venue for local ANZAC Day ceremonies since. Last year the Aboriginal flag was flown on the hill for the first time.  

Image: Marjorie Andrew, PRG 1708/3/26, State Library of South Australia 

Published: 28 April 2019

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forgotten territory

(2016-2019)

Forgotten Territory was a weekly photo column of historic images in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library and other cultural institutions around Australia, as well as local history Facebook groups.

Click on the images to read the story behind the image.

Warning: May contain images of people who have died.

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