Exhibition focuses on Australia during WWI

A new exhibition - The Home Front: Australia during the First World War - has opened at the National Museum in Canberra.

Participants in the 1918 Armistice Day celebrations, Flinders Street, Townsville

A new exhibition which looks into the fears, challenges and opportunities faced by Australians on home soil during WWI has opened at the National Museum of Australia.

Jonathan Lineen is one of two curators responsible for putting together the exhibition titled The Home Front: Australia during the First World War.

He tells Van Nguyen how the concept first came to light and what audiences can expect to experience.

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