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This website is not yet complete and is updated on a regular basis. The interviewing process is now complete and was conducted in every state and territory of Australia. The interviews encompass individuals representing every conflict in which Australia has been involved from World War I up to and including the present day. There are interviews with veterans from all the Services, the homefront, peace operations and currently serving members of the Australian Defence Force.
Each interview will be transcribed and progressively made available on this website. No access to the filmed interviews will be available until the conclusion of this phase, estimated to take place in late 2005.
All interviews were undertaken without rehearsal on the part of the interviewees and have been transcribed without the interviewees having an opportunity to edit the transcripts for grammar, syntax and repetition. As well, despite the best efforts of the Archive's editors and an extensive fact checking process, errors may exist in some transcripts, in particular, with regard to names of people and places. Should you detect such errors in your transcript, please contact the Archive and corrections will be made.
In the meantime however, users of this site are able to comprehensively search the interview transcription database which incorporates photographs of our interviewees, the transcription of their interviews and historical summaries relating to many of the categories that comprise the Archive.
Some of the details recorded here may be distressing to users and family or friends of the persons interviewed. Users should also keep in mind that some materials may contain offensive language, depictions of sexual matters or negative stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a period or place.
The material presented on this website is the memories and reflections of the person being interviewed. The material is presented in good faith, but does not reflect the considered views of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) or The Australians at War Film Archive (AAWFA).
Any access that you make of this website is undertaken at your own risk.
The Archive is a repository of memories, a collection of experiences, and as such, it does not claim to be an accurate historical record. Rather, it is the stories of particular times in Australia's past, told by the people who were there. We are indebted to each and every veteran who has so generously permitted us to share their memories.
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