Fremantle Studies Day 2018

This year’s Fremantle Studies Day marks the centenary of the end of fighting in the First World War. Germany formally surrendered on 11 November, 1918, and all nations agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. It was not until 28 June 1919, when Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles that the war formally ended.

The war was both universal and personal. Stories abound of the impact it had on nations, communities and families. Our 2018 Studies Day explores some of these. Papers will include:

Dr Leigh Straw, 'The suffering begins: returned soldiers, families and the aftermath of World War 1 in Western Australia'

Allen Graham, 'The Fremantle hotel trade during World War 1'

Baden Pratt, 'Hell for leather: North Fremantle Football Club and the Great War'

Dr Michelle McKeough, 'Repatriation: a debt of gratitude', Studies in Western Australian History, 32: 39-49.

City of Fremantle Library Theatre
Sunday 28 October, 1.00 – 5.00pm
Members $15, Non-members $20
Afternoon tea included

Freotopia

This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 11 August, 2018 and hosted at freotopia.org/fhs/fs/fsday/fsday2018.html (it was last updated on 18 September, 2021), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.