N OVEMBER 2025
State Library Windows on Collections Operation VeteranAssist
38 pages 294 views For 165 years State Library Victoria has collected books, maps, ephemera, objects and artworks on almost every subject you can think of, with a special focus on Victoria. The State Collection includes almost 5.5 million items which provide a vital window into the past and record of contemporary life. Window on Collections is our new series of displays - from full galleries to surprising pop-ups - that give you a glimpse of what we're collecting and why. Our first Window on Collections is the Rural and Regional Photography Commission, a poignant series of
photographs that document the year that was 2020 in regional Victoria. Captured through a local lens, these images share moments of regional life and its challenges in this extraordinary time. Discover more in our online gallery or see the series on display in the Victoria Gallery until January 2022. We need your support to expand this project in 2021 and capture more stories from across the state. Help us Focus on country Victoria while these experiences are still vivid. What are the unique issues facing rural and regional Victorians? What do our communities hope for and how will recent events shape the future? The events of 2020 have had a tremendous impact on rural and regional Victorians, with years of drought culminating in a devastating bushfire season, followed by the arrival of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
WJ Mason Last Man To Leave Gallipoli
28 pages 2 views The letters of Commander R. Langton-Jones R.N. (ret.) claiming to be the last man to leave Gallipoli and the further letter of Lieut. Col. (ret.) W.N.S. Alexander, according that honour to the late General Sir Stanley Maude have raised Interesting questions, …venture to put a further question, "Who was the last man to leave the "firing line on Gallipoli"? perhaps the following narrative may be of interest I have studied most of the accounts of the Gallipoli Campaigns, no details of the arrangements of the final evacuation appear to have been published.I was the Chief Petty Officer of the Dumezyl Group of Heavy Bombers. This arm of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force consisted of three officers and about 180 petty officers, non- commissioned officers and men from the various battalions forming the R.N.D. There were also a few details from one of the London Regiments. The Commanding Officer was Lieut. Alan Campbell.The "Group" as it was called was formed for the purpose of carrying on the heavy bombing which the French had hitherto performed. We took over their material, mortars and bombs, and they instructed us in their use. In conclusion, I do not think the Turks could have got through without giving us ample warning, and in confirmation of this General Von Saunders stated in his book "that the mines were very well laid.” The secret map previously mentioned is now in the War Museum, London.W.J. Mason, Lieut. R.N.V.R.
Maggie Marriott
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