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SISTER ROSA O’KANE – A HEROINE OF WWI

On May 9, 2023 / History / 4 Comments

Tags: 1918 Armistice, 1919 flu epidemic, HMAT Boonah, Jeannie O'Kane, Rosa O'Kane, Sister Stella Morris, Spanish flu, Suzie Cone, Troopship Wyreema, Woodman Quarantine Station, WWI

Sister Rosa O’Kane was from Charters Towers in Queensland. She was aboard the troopship Wyreema when the armistice was signed in November 1918, and the ship was recalled to Australia. After the Wyreema reached Freemantle, Rosa was one of twenty army nurses who volunteered to care for

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS…BUSH WEEK?

On September 16, 2016 / History / 6 Comments

Tags: 1919 flu epidemic, Anthony Hordern, Australian Bush, Australian History, Australian slang, Bush Week, History of New South Wales, Royal Easter Show, Sydney or the bush!

Today we romanticize the Australian bush, but a century ago the term had more negative connotations. The pioneers who had cleared the land were often perceived as dim witted yokels by their city slicker cousins. This was made very clear in 1918, when attempts were made to

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SISTER ROSA O’KANE – A HEROINE OF WWI

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS…BUSH WEEK?

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