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This new collection of essays offers fresh perspectives from countries on both sides of the trenches of Gallipoli. Examined are intersections of art and memory, and the role that material culture and museums play in the representation and commemoration of war. The book takes an innovative approach to the cultural legacies of an event which continues to shape the identity of Australia, New Zealand and Turkey.

What literature there is on women's trade union involvement in Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries emphasises the barriers to women's activism. This article considers case studies of women who did become activists and leaders and argues that they shared a number of commonalities, especially related to family and community and to political convictions. It also analyses the strategies they employed to overcome a range of obstacles to their full participation in the union movement, and the extent to which they were successful.

The first celebration of Anzac Day occurred in Adelaide on 13 October 1915.1 It was also Eight Hours Day or, as the Daily Herald, South Australia's labour newspaper, put it, \"Eight Hours Day in a patriotic costume.\" \"Eight Hours Day,\" the Herald explained further, was to don a military uniform, just to show that Labor, in its celebration of its day of victory, was not forgetful of the gallantry of those brave boys who are fighting that the Australian workmen [sic] may not have to see his advantages swept away by the rough hand of Prussianism.

When the various Australian jurisdictions adopted industrial arbitration at the turn of the twentieth century, they created not just a 'new province for law and order', to use Higgins' famous term. They also created a new arena in which workplace contests could be fought, a new space in which discourses could be elaborated and a stage on which power relationships could be performed. The articles in this thematic section engage with all of these dimensions, drawing on the transcripts of proceedings as well as other written and oral evidence to explore the many levels on which the courts operated.

With some exceptions the striking similarities of labour history in Australia and New Zealand have traditionally been examined through the lens of separate national narratives. More recently, however, we have witnessed a recovery of the 'trans-Tasman world of labour'. Such historical analysis has enabled the emergence of significant insights into the parallel development of labour market legislation, policy formation and wage fixation. This article charts the shared gendered experience of the labour movement between Australia and New Zealand and focuses, in particular, on equal pay. We argue that attempts to tell national stories in these two countries will be enriched by an appreciation not just of the trans-Tasman context and influences, but also of the ways in which workers have mobilised at the international level.

The first decade of the twenty-first century has seen an increasing trend in the field of Australian Studies for scholars to situate their research within a broader international context and conversation. In some cases, this involves exploring how concepts developed in other national contexts can be employed to illuminate aspects of the Australian experience; in others, the focus is on the transnational movement of people and ideas between Australia and the rest of the world. This collection.

Selling Sex provides the first comprehensive history of prostitution in Australia from before European colonisation to the present, and situates this history within an international context of labour migration and policy formation. It draws on extensive archival research and interviews to chart the ways in which prostitution contributed not just to women’s economic survival but also to broader processes of colonisation and nation-building.

Prostitution has played an important role in the social and labour history of Australia since the arrival of the First Fleet. However, very little of this history has made its way into the nation's established museums and galleries — the official guardians of our past. Here the history of sex work in Australia remains a marginal topic. This is in stark contrast to the public interest, both here and overseas, in 'sex museums' and heritage tours which 'lift the veil' on the sex industry. How can we explain these gaps and silences? This article explores this issue, and also suggests some ways in which the history of sex work might be effectively represented in both local and national contexts.