Returning to the city: World War One, the repatriation of soldiers and the shaping of Melbourne. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Davis, Nicole J.; Vanags, George; May, Andrew J.
• Is Part Of: History Australia. Volume 16:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 130
• Page End: 152
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: urban history -- repatriation -- returned soldiers -- Melbourne history -- urban change; Australia -- History -- Periodicals; Australia; History; Periodicals; 905
• DOI: 10.1080/14490854.2018.1558073
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1449-0854

Abstract

Abstract: In Melbourne, a city in which World War One permeated everyday life, programs for the reintegration of soldiers into the community characterised the home front and continued after war's end. This article explores the manifestation of the returned soldier, utilising the city as a particular and novel frame to discuss the complex place of these men returning to a changing urban landscape that needed constant definition and renegotiation. It examines how the return of these men reshaped the city itself and contributes to our understanding of what it meant to be soldier, as well as a citizen, in the post-war period.