TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how Australian universities commemorated the First World War, with a focus on the University of Melbourne as an institution with a particularly rich history of wartime participation and of diverse forms of memorialisation.Design/methodology/approach A case study approach is taken, with an overview of the range of war memorials at the University of Melbourne. These include memorials which acknowledged the wartime role of individuals or groups associated with the University, and took the form of architectural features, and named scholarships or academic positions. Three cross-campus war memorials are examined in depth.Findings This paper demonstrates that there was a range of war memorials at Australian universities, indicating the range of views about the First World War, and its legacies, within university communities of students, graduates and staff.Originality/value University war commemoration in Australia has not been well documented. This study examines the way in which the particular character of the community at the University of Melbourne was to influence the forms of First World War commemoration.
VL  - 45
IS  - 2
SN  - 0819-8691
DO  - 10.1108/HER-09-2015-0022
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/HER-09-2015-0022
AU  - Darian-Smith Kate
AU  - Waghorne James
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Australian universities and the commemoration of the First World War
T2  - History of Education Review
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 239
EP  - 255
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -