University of Melbourne stories

The letters and diary of A.P Derham, stored in the University of Melbourne archives, reveal a steadfast young medical student who served in both World War 1 and World War 2. Read more...

University of Melbourne Archives holds a range of material relating to work done on the home front to support those serving in the war. This took many guises, from women working, children participating in fundraising drives and communities rallying together to support the business of war.
Swallow & Ariell, a prominent Victorian biscuit manufacturing company founded by Thomas Swallow in 1858, was one such business whose workers did much for the war effort. Photographs within the Swallow & Ariell collection offer an insight Melbourne home front activities during the First World War. Read more...

Ray Jones, a private signaller in the 19th battalion picked and preserved poppies from a French battlefield during the First World War. Amazingly these flowers still exist and are in the University of Melbourne Archives. Read more...