%0 Journal Article
%T ¡®War history on scraps of paper¡¯: Exhibitions of Documents at the Australian War Memorial, 1922-1954
%A Anne-Marie Conde
%J Public History Review
%D 2007
%I 
%X This article is partly concerned with defining the history of history exhibitions in Australia as a field of enquiry. Its specific departure point is the notion that the use of archival documents within exhibitions repays historical examination. I discuss how documents have been selected for and used in exhibitions at the Australian War Memorial between 1922 and 1954. The Memorial¡¯s collections began with the acquisition of archival records, and from the beginning, archives were fundamental to of the development of the institution and the exhibitions in it. I argue that documents were used to legitimise the historical interpretation the Memorial offered in its exhibitions. I also contend that words on paper had a power of their own to evoke visitors¡¯ imaginings and memories.
%K Museums
%K exhibitions
%K archives
%K collecting
%K memory
%K war
%U http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/phrj/article/view/301