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    South Australia - World War I

    Anzac and Armistice Day

    The proposed celebration of an "Anzac Day" on Eight Hours Day is reported in the Register,
    13 October 1915, pages 6b-7a; also see
    14 October 1915, page 4g,
    21 February 1916, page 4d,
    9 and 20 March 1916, pages 4g and 7a,
    6, 19, 25 and 26 April 1916, pages 4e, 4d, 4b-f and 4g:

    Photographs and information on Anzac Day are in the Chronicle,
    18 September 1915, page 30,
    23 October 1915, pages 28-29,
    5 May 1917, pages 28-29,
    Observer,
    4 May 1918, pages 24-25.

    The question as to who invented "Anzac" is discussed in the Register,
    3 January 1917, page 6g,
    "How Anzac Was Coined" is in The News,
    15 January 1936, page 3f.

    Also see Register,
    21, 24, 25 and 26 April 1917, pages 10c, 4g, 6b-8 and 7a,
    25 April 1918, pages 4c-5c:

    School Bonfires on Anzac Day" is in the Register,
    17 April 1918, page 7b.

    "Anzac Day a Public Holiday" is in the Register,
    9 and 22 April 1921, pages 7c and 8c,
    "Holidays and Holy Days" on
    26 April 1922, page 6d.

    Armistice Day is commented upon in the Register,
    11 November 1922, page 8c,
    "Anzac Day and the Races" on
    29 January 1923, page 11e.

    "The Day of Glorious Memory" is in the Register,
    25 April 1923, page 10.

    "The First Armistice Day" is recalled in the Advertiser,
    11 November 1927, page 5a,
    "What Anzac Day Means for Australia" on
    25 April 1928, page 8f,
    "Undimmed by the Years" on
    21 April 1934, page 11i.

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    The Build Up

    "The Cause of the Next Great European War" is in the Express,
    24 October 1891, page 2g.

    "Is Australia Prepared for War?" is in the Express,
    24 February 1904, page 4e.

    "The Coming Great War" is in the Register,
    7 April 1904, page 6d.

    "Anglo-German Relations" is in the Register,
    19 July 1907, page 4b.

    "The War Clouds in Eastern Europe" is in the Register,
    21 April 1908, page 4d.

    "War Talk and Finance" is in the Register,
    18 October 1911, page 6c.

    "Against War" is in the Register,
    25 October 1911, page 6c.

    "Peace Prospects" is in the Register,
    16 April 1912, page 4c.

    "When War Comes" is in the Advertiser,
    16 May 1912, page 9b;
    "The European Storm Centre" on
    28 May 1912, page 6c,
    "Threatenings of War" on
    1 October 1912, page 8e; also see
    9 October 1912, page 8e.

    "European Alarms" is in the Observer,
    1 June 1912, page 33c,
    "War Complications" on 9 November 1912, page 34e,
    "Anxious Times" on 16 November 1912, page 33c.

    "War Clouds in the Balkans" is in the Register,
    8 August 1912, page 8d.

    "War and Rumours of War" is in the Register,
    15 October 1912, page 6e.

    "Anglo-German Relations" is in the Advertiser,
    21 October 1912, page 8e,
    "Who Makes War?" on
    9 January 1913, page 8e,
    "Restless Europe" on
    20 February 1913, page 8d,
    "The Blazing Balkans" on
    15 July 1913, page 8e,
    "The Empire - The Call of Blood" on
    15 July 1913, page 9a.

    "The Friend in Shining Armour" is in the Register,
    4 December 1912, page 12d.

    "Lowering War Clouds" is in the Register,
    16 January 1913, page 6e.

    "Restless Nations" is in the Register,
    31 January 1913, page 6d.

    "The Blood-Soaked Balkans" is in the Register,
    15 July 1913, page 6d.

    "Rumblings From the Balkans" is in the Advertiser,
    1 October 1913, page 14d,
    "Professional War-Makers" on
    20 November 1913, page 14e,
    "The State of Europe" on
    22 December 1913, page 14e,
    "Restless Europe" on
    6 January 1914, page 8d:

    "The Race in Armaments" is in the Register,
    3 April 1913, page 6d.

    "Balkan Complications" is in the Register,
    25 April 1913, page 4c.

    "The Restless Balkans" is in the Register,
    25 September 1913, page 12e,
    "Unrest in the Balkans" on 4 April 1914, page 14f.

    "Problems of the Pacific" is in the Advertiser,
    27 March 1914, page 11d.

    "The War of the Future" is in the Register,
    24 April 1914, pages 8f-9a,
    "The Triple Entente" on
    4 June 1914, page 6c,
    "The Balkans Volcano" on
    16 June 1914, page 6d,
    "The Greco-Turkish Troubles" on
    18 June 1914, page 6c.

    "The Austro-Hungarian Horror" is in the Advertiser,
    30 June 1914, page 8b,
    "The War Cloud" on
    27 July 1914, page 8c,
    "The Bonds of Empire" on
    1 and 5 August 1914, pages 18e and 14d,
    "The Union Jack" on
    8 August 1914, page 14f:

    "On the Brink of War" is in the Register,
    28 July 1914, page 6b.

    "Australia and the War" is in the Register,
    3 August 1914, page 8c.

    "The Union Jack - Making an Empire Symbol" is in the Advertiser,
    10 May 1916, page 8d.
    Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Flags and Patriotic Songs.
    For information on a "new colonial flag" see Observer,
    24 May 1851, page 5e.

    "The Late Archduke" and his assassination is reported upon in the Register,
    1 July 1914, page 9h, 4 August 1914, page 7f.

    "The Late Archduke" and his assassination is reported upon in the Register,
    1 July 1914, page 9h,
    4 August 1914, page 7f.

    "Service Not Conflict - Australia and Japan" is in the Register,
    1 July 1914, page 11d,
    "Empire Defence - Policy of the Pacific" on
    4 July 1914, page 16h,
    "Japan and the War" on
    9 November 1914, page 4b.

    "More War Talk" is in the Register,
    25, 27, 28, 30 and 31 July 1914, pages 14d, 9f, 6b-7, 8b and 6c,
    1 August 1914, page 14b.

    "Horrible War" is in the Register, on 3 August 1914, page 7f:

    "Australian Immunity from Invasion" is in the Register,
    13 August 1914, page 10a,
    "Who Began the War" on
    14 May 1918, page 4b.

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