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Armistice Day (Remembrance Day)

by State Library of NSW

"When You Go Home,
Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow,
We Gave Our Today."

November 11 commemorates the end of the First World War. These images from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales recall Armistice Day commemorations in New South Wales in the 20th century - www.sl.nsw.gov.au

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Armistice Day, Gray Street, Glen Innes, 11 November 1918 / by an unknown photographer
Poppy seller pins the flower on cricketer Don Bradman's lapel outside the State Theatre, Sydney, Remembrance Day, early 1930s / photograph by Sam Hood
Armistice at the Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, 1934 / photograph by Sam Hood
Armistice at the Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney, 1934 / photograph by Sam Hood
Grenadier Guards Band perform at the Cenotaph, Sydney, on Remembrance Day, 11 November [i.e. 8 November] 1934 / photograph by Sam Hood
11 am 11 Nov 1936, Remembrance Day on the GPO clock, Sydney / photograph by Sam Hood
Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, Sydney, 11 November 1938 / photograph by Sam Hood
Guard of Honour at the War Memorial, Hunter Street, Newcastle, Remembrance Sunday, 1953 / Hood collection
The Last Post, Armistice Day ceremony at a Sydney golf course, Kensington, November 1936 / photograph by Sam Hood
HRH the Duke of Gloucester opened the War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney, November 1938 / photograph by Sam Hood
The ANZAC War Memorial, Sydney, 1934 or 1937 / photograph by Sam Hood
Mrs Rose Splatt and family celebrating the Armistice, Melbourne, 1919 / unknown photographer
Sydney stops for "One minute's silence", the Cenotaph, Martin Place at 11 am 11 Nov 1934 / photograph by Ted Hood
Gladys Moncrieff rides a poppy-laden float, donated by Holeproof Hosiery Company, 11 Nov 1927-1930 / by Sam Hood
Prince of Wales, Sydney, 1920 / Sam Hood
Welcome Home for returning World War I soldier, Fred Tippett, 1919 ; the two lads in the front, Norm and Jack Maloney, went on to fight in World War II and were Prisoners of War in Changi. They survived - Lewisham, Sydney, NSW
Poppy Day girl collectors selling tributes, 11 November 1934?, by Sam Hood
Five Westland Wapitis of No 3 Squadron, RAAF, fly past the GPO clock which shows "One-Minute's Silence", Armistice Day, 11am, 11 November 1934 / photographer Sam Hood
Coronation decorations; illuminations of Sydney, Anzac War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney, 1937 / photographer, Sam Hood
Queen Elizabeth arrives at the Cenotaph, Sydney, during the Royal Visit, 1954 / photographer Jack Hickson
Merchant ship Centaur, pre-1943 / photographer M. Cooper
A wave of Infantry going over the top to resist a counter attack, Zonnebeke, 1914-1918 / Frank Hurley
Hell-Fire Corner. Showing the difficulty of transport along an exposed highway, 1914-1918 / Frank Hurley
A flight of bombing planes, 1st Australian Flying Corps, Palestine, 1914-1918 / Frank Hurley
The dawn of Passchendale. The Relay Station near Zonnebeke Station, 1914-1918 / Frank Hurley