The World Today

Britain Today
The British Empire in 1914
The British Empire
By 1914 The British
Empire held sway
over 420 million
people.
Worlds Population in 1914
around 2 billion
The British Empire
By 1914 The British
Empire held sway
over 420 million
people.
It covered more than
37 million square km
Land Area of the Earth
around 150 million Square
Kilometres
The Crimson Thread of Kinship
whatever happens, Australia is a part of
the Empire right to the full. Remember that
when the Empire is at war, so is Australia at
warI want to make it quite clear that all our
resources in Australia are in the Empire and
for the Empire and for the preservation and
the security of the Empire.'
- Joseph Cook, Australian Prime Minister, August 1914
The Crimson Thread
of Kinship
Andrew Fisher, who became Prime Minister a
month after Australia entered the war, vowed that
Australia would "stand beside our own to help
and defend [the empire] to the last man and the
last shilling.
- August 1914


A very dapper Andrew Fisher
Well Helllllooooo Dears!
Can you Name 7
Countries that were
part of the British
Empire in 1914
Queen Victoria (ruled 1837-1901)
The Crimson Thread
of Kinship
AUSTRALIAS TIES WITH BRITAIN


Social Reasons
Same Celebrations as the British Queens Birthday,
Empire Day, Christmas, Easter
The Class structure in Australia was the same as Britain
Upper, Middle and Working
Entertainment and Fashion was imported from Britain
The Crimson Thread
of Kinship
AUSTRALIAS TIES WITH BRITAIN


Economic Reasons
Britain was Australias major trading partner
Most of Australias rural primary resources were exported
to England & most of Australias manufactured goods
(secondary resources) were imported from England
The Crimson Thread
of Kinship
AUSTRALIAS TIES WITH BRITAIN


Political Reasons
Australias political system was modelled on the British
Westminster System
Australia is a constitutional monarchy with the British
monarch as the head of state
Britain largely controlled Australias foreign affairs e.g.
defence & trade
Australians were British subjects not Australian
citizens until 1949
The Crimson Thread
of Kinship
AUSTRALIAS TIES WITH BRITAIN


Cultural Reasons
96% of Australians had British ancestry
Shared racial & religious background, language and
culture with the British
Education & School curriculum based on British model
and materials
Other Reasons Australia Had
for entering the War
Australia was also a young country it wanted to
prove itself to the world
There was a sense amongst some that WWI
was the first real test of the new nation; a time to
validate the 1901 union in spirit, blood and
"mateship", not just in law.
"Australia has so far achieved nothing great from
the national standpoint. It cannot be said to have
failed because it has not yet been called upon ...
the Australian must be prepared in the event of
great emergency, to die for something or for
somebody."
Australian Enthusiasm for
War!
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions
in your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Righty-O Chaps
Name four Reasons
Australia had for
supporting Britain in
WWI.
Cheerio! Now I've got to
go trim my Moustache!
Andrew Fisher
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Under the heading of Australian
War Enthusiasm & Propaganda
answer the following questions in
your books:
What is the poster trying to say?
What tactics are they using to
achieve their aims?
What attitudes does this poster
reveal to us about many
Australians during the war?
Which artist
created this
poster?
What children
s classic was
written by this
same artist?
Hint: It was me
I am so depressed That Last Guys
Moustache was so very impressive
Id better grow one quickly or Elle
Macpherson might leave me!
Baptism of Fire
It is our baptism of fire ... Australia knows
something of the flames of war, but its realities
have never been brought so close as they will be
in the near future." -
Sydney Morning Herald 8th August 1914


Baptism of Fire
Although Most Australians were very
excited about the war, there were some
who though that Australia should have
kept out of Britains war


N
O
W
A
R
othing to do with us
ur religion says we should not kill
hy should we fight for Britain?
ustralia was told to fight, not asked if it would help
ich factory owners only want to make more money by selling war supplies
A Mustard Gas Victim

! What did
the Australian PM
Andrew Fisher pledge
to fight for Britain
until?
! I
look A lot like King
George V!
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
(ruled 1894 1917)
Imagine that you were an Australian male, aged
22 in 1914. Do you think you would have gone off
to the War?
Give reasons for your answer
Men of all ages and levels of physical
fitness crowded to the recruiting centres to
enlist in naive enthusiasm. The British
asked for 20,000 Australians - by
December 1914, 52,561 had enlisted.
Women also joined in, setting up
charitable voluntary groups to provide
support and "comforts" to victims of war.
Great emotion surrounded the departure
of the first troops. Ships were boarded in
Sydney on 20 October 1914. The 'Ovieto'
was given an enthusiastic send off in
Melbourne.