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Armenia, Australia and the Great War
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Australian civilians worked for decades supporting the survivors and orphans of the Armenian Genocide.
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Australian civilians worked for decades supporting the survivors and orphans of the Armenian Genocide.
24 April 1915 marks the beginning of two great epics of the First World War. It was the day the allied invasion forces set out for Gallipoli, and it marked the beginning of what became the Genocide of the Ottoman Empire's Armenians. For the first time, Armenia, Australia and the Great War tells the powerful, and until now neglected, story of how Australian humanitarians helped people they had barely heard of and never met, amid one of the twentieth century's most terrible human calamities. With 50,000 Armenian-Australians sharing direct family links with the Genocide, this has become truly an Australian story.
"Australians' responses to the wider world have a complex history but the humanitarian strand is deeply entrenched. Babkenian and Stanley have done a great service in casting light on this little-known but fascinating story." - TIM COSTELLO
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The book highlights Australia's significant humanitarian response during the Armenian Genocide, showcasing a deeply entrenched humanitarian strand in the nation's history. Authors Peter Stanley and Vicken Babkenian uncover a fascinating and little-known aspect of history, shedding light on the complex nature of Australians' engagement with the wider world.
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ISBN: 9781742233994
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 April 2016
Country: Australia
Imprint: NewSouth Publishing
Illustration: 29 illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 484g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Vicken Babkenian is an independent researcher for the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Sydney, and a committee member of Manning Clark House, Canberra. He has written several articles on Australian international humanitarianism for newspapers and history journals. Peter Stanley is one of Australia's most distinguished and active historians - he was formerly the Principal Historian at the Australian War Memorial. He is the author of 30 books.
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