In 1947, young men from the UK migrated to Australia to help build houses and buildings during the post-war boom.

This attestation (enlistment) paper notes that Frank Fisher enlisted in the First World War on 16 August 1917, at age 37.

This is the the report of death of the youngest Australian soldier killed in World War I, Private James Martin, who died of enteritis in 1915.

A confidential memorandum to NJO Makin, Acting Minister for External Affairs, regarding what the post-war migration committee will consider.

This is an agreement about the migration, to Australia, of thousands of people in Europe who had become displaced because of the Second World War.

In April 1920 Edward VIII, the Prince of Wales, embarked on a three 3 month sightseeing visit to Australia. A thank you for the men and women who served in the Great War, his visit was warmly welcomed amongst large sections of Australian society.

A letter to the editor of The Argus newspaper in August 1915 from Isabella Fothergill, mother of First World War serviceman Jack Fothergill.

A research report compiled by the Australian War Memorial, into the most famous Anzac serviceman at Gallipoli in 1915 – Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick.

This is John Curtin's cablegram to Winston Churchill, requesting the return to Australia of the 9th Division of the AIF, during Second World War.

In the aftermath of World War II, the Australian Government embarked on a large-scale immigration program in order to strengthen the economy, infrastructure and defence of the nation.

This work of art recognises the contribution of the Australian Light Horse regiments who were serving in the Middle East during the First World War.

This newspaper clipping promotes immigration to Australia for national security, with an estimated 20 million people needed to hold Australia if war broke out.

This casualty form details the suffered illnesses and death of 14-year-old soldier James Martin, while serving in Gallipoli, World War I.

This document is a Second World War Instrument of Surrender by Japanese Forces in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and adjacent islands.

By the end of World War II, Australia was suffering from shortages in the work force. Its small population and isolation increased its sense of vulnerability.

This is a document regarding Albert Edmund Leane, who was one of more than 1,000 Indigenous servicemen who served during World War I.

A letter from widow Barbara Leane asking for her husband's death to be accepted as war service. Without this decision, she could not receive a pension.

This letter from 10 April 1948 is from a soldier seeking compensation for injuries incurred during in New Guinea during the Second World War.

Letter to Prime Minister John Gorton from Lyndon B Johnson, President of the USA, on the supply of sugar to free world forces during the Vietnam war.

A photograph of 2 Australian soldiers providing civilian food aid to a Vietnamese woman and her three children in Phuoc Tuy province during the Vietnam War.