The History Workroom

WWI diaries online

Jaime — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:29:51 +0000

The Australian War Memorial has completed the digitisation of the notes and diaries of Charles Bean, Australia’s first official war correspondent during WWI. That’s more than 23,000 pages...

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Exhibition: Letters And Books of Sir Stamford Raffles And Lady Raffles

historyworkroom — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:46:40 +0000

Books Kinokuniya is hosting the above exhibition at two of its Singapore stores - its main store at Takashimaya Shopping Centre and its Liang Court...

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Into the light

Jaime — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:38:23 +0000

For more than three decades, young Cambodians did not know anything about the Khmer Rouge. It was a painful and controversial period of their history. Now, the young Cambodians are finally learning...

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Where is…

historyworkroom — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:49:56 +0000

…the Berlin Wall now? BBC news has put up this interactive map to track the whereabouts of the pieces of the Wall. …the National Library - (the red-brick one)?

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Happy Birthday, Sesame Street!

Jaime — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:08:37 +0000

Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away. On my way to where the air is sweet. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? This was the opening to one of the, undoubtedly, best-loved...

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