The Remembering Them App

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Welcome Aims

• Navigate the new Remembering Them App
• Identify commemorative sites throughout Australia
• Explore education activities linked to the
  Remembering Them App
• Exploring a war memorial
• Researching a name on a war memorial
• A copy of this PowerPoint will be made available
  by the HTAV

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Warm Up Activity
Can you find the closest commemorative site to
our current location? (5 minutes)
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There are many websites with information on
commemorative sites in Australia. Monument
Australia www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/co
nflict Victorian War Heritage Inventory
http//vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/veterans
Register of War Memorials in NSW
http//www.warmemorialsregister.nsw.gov.au/
Queensland War Memorial Register
http//www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/ War
Memorials in WA www.anzac.dpc.wa.gov.au RSL
Virtual War Memorial (SA/NT) http//www.rslvirtu
alwarmemorial.org.au/ National Capital
Authority (ACT) http//www.nationalcapital.gov.a
u/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission
http//www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery.aspx
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A Walkthrough of Remembering Them

• Purpose
• To provide the public with a accessible list of
  memorials, war graves, museums and other
  commemorative sites in Australia that honour our
  wartime history.
• The App will be available from iTunes and Google
  Play for free.

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• Browse listings by category, including

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• Each category has its own sub-categories.

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• Each sub-category has its own listings.

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• Each listing (site) can include
• Brief history of the site
• Images and Video
• Contact information, phone, email and website
  details
• Address details allowing the listing to be
  pinpointed on a map
• Social media capability allowing users to share
  listings via email, twitter and facebook.
• Click through to map view and get directions from
  current location (Google Maps or Apple Maps)

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Near me function that will show listings near
your current location. About
section where you can contact the App developers
if a commemorative site near you is not currently
listed. (military_at_bigskypublishing.com.au)
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• Six discrete inquiry based education activities
  linked to The Australian Curriculum that will
  feature on the App (Education and Community
  category).
• 1. Conserving Australias wartime heritage
• 2. Exploring a war memorial
• 3. Researching a name on a war memorial
• 4. Creating a wartime heritage trail
• 5. Analysing a wartime heritage exhibition on the
  Vietnam War
• 6. Sharing stories of Australias wartime history
• These education activities will soon be
  accessible on the App and DVAs Anzac Portal -
  www.anzacportal.dva.gov.au

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Exploring a war memorial
Page 10 of
the Education Activities
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Researching a name on a war memorial

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the Education Activities
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Questions Anzac Portal

www.anzacportal.dva.gov.au