Year 10 Australia in the Vietnam war era assessment task web pages
VIETNAM WAR 1962-1972 useful overview of why and where Australians fought in Vietnam.
Michael Birch- war correcspondent’s poems, 1968 useful source for the perspective of the war from a correspondent who died in Saigon. Shows how some, at least one involved in the conflict, reacted to the war in Vietnam.
Nationalism and the Vietnam war
Vietnam war 1962- 1972 Useful for information regarding anti war sentiments in relation to certain conflicts in Vietnam
A lesson from history- letters to the SMH regarding reflections upon experiences of vietnam moratoriums and various anti-Vietnam protests
“The ’70s in Australia was a time of change…”- excellent for photographic sources, moratoriums and various other peace marches throughout the ’70s decade. Also mentions Gough Whitlam’s (labor’s) election to parliament.
April 4 1975. Thought for the Week- excellent source anti-Whiltlam/ anti- Labor propaganda (after troops withdrawn from Vietnam by Whitlam’s party).
Tales from the Vietnam Moratorium in Victoria Secondary source article written from the memory of a Communist who helped organise the second moratorium march in Melbourne. Gives his subjective (biased) opinions but also goes into some detail about what happened around Melbourne and Victoria during the second movement
Dogs of war - just a sad story about dogs as victims of war
A veteran’s experience good secondary source accounting for the experience of one veteran returning home and his experiences thereafter.