Skip to content
Defence, Veterans Affairs

Australian War Stories eBook collection free through libraries

Mediality < 1 mins read

A remarkable collection of 110 ebooks, each charting the personal story of an Australian who served in the First World War, is being released and made available for free in public and school libraries.

Publication of the 110 stories commemorates the 110th anniversary of the start of The Great War, in which 416,000 Australian soldiers and 3,000 nurses voluntarily served.   

The collection is published as part of the Australian War Stories project, a custom-book initiative undertaken by the Australian media services company Mediality Pty Ltd. Hundreds of individual wartime biographies were created for the project and now the most engaging 110 titles have been converted to ebooks, facilitating mass distribution.

Mediality has partnered with leading audiobook publisher and innovator Bolinda, whose digital library platform BorrowBox is available in all Australian public libraries and most schools.

The Australian War Stories ebook collection will be available to access by BorrowBox users from November 1. (BorrowBox can be accessed by downloading the app on iOS and Android devices using an active library membership.)

“Publishing the collection and making it available through the BorrowBox platform means all Australians can now access these extraordinary and unique stories,” Mediality project co-ordinator Philip McLean said.

“It creates a rich and lasting legacy to the courage and sacrifice of a selfless generation of Australians.”

The ebook collection is complemented by a study guide for the Year 9 history curriculum, providing a bridge for students between an individual soldier’s experience and learning more broadly about the “war to end all wars”. (The study guide can be downloaded at australianwarstories.com.au). 

The Australian War Stories ebook collection is generously supported by the Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program, which is funded by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

For more information contact Philip McLean pmclean@mediality.com.au

Media

More from this category

  • Veterans Affairs
  • 14/02/2025
  • 09:59
KSC Claims

KSC Claims Supports the Establishment of DVA’s Institute of Veteran Advocates

Brisbane, Australia– KSC Claims welcomes the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) initiative to establish theInstitute of Veteran Advocates, recognising its potential to improve the…

  • Contains:
  • Veterans Affairs
  • 14/02/2025
  • 09:01
Department of Veterans' Affairs

Minister Keogh – Media Release – A Nation’s Appreciation

OFFICIAL THE HON MATT KEOGH MP Minister for VETERANS’ AFFAIRS MINISTER FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL MEDIA RELEASE 14 February 2025 A Nation's Appreciation Today, on National Servicemen’s Day, Australia honours the thousands of men who served as National Servicemen, or “Nashos”. Whether stationed at home or deployed overseas to locations including Borneo, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Korea, Nashos played a vital role in protecting the nation. They put their lives on hold, and on the line, to bolster Australia’s defence. Between 1951 and 1972, more than 280,000 Australians participated in two National Service Schemes. In the 1950s Scheme, some…

  • Veterans Affairs
  • 13/02/2025
  • 13:37
Department of Veterans' Affairs

Media Release – Minister Keogh – Historic Reform for Veterans’ and Families’ Benefits Passes the Parliament

OFFICIAL THE HON MATT KEOGH MP Minister for VETERANS’ AFFAIRS MINISTER FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL MEDIA RELEASE 13 February 2025 HISTORIC REFORM FOR VETERANS’ AND FAMILIES' BENEFITS passes the parliament Today, Parliament has passed the most significant legislative reform of Australia’s veteran support system in a century. The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide’s Interim Report recommended the urgent simplification and harmonisation of the veteran compensation and rehabilitation system. The Final Report recommended the establishment of a new statutory entity to provide independent oversight of system reform now known as the Defence and Veterans’ Service Commission. The Albanese Government promised…

Media Outreach made fast, easy, simple.

Feature your press release on Medianet's News Hub every time you distribute with Medianet. Pay per release or save with a subscription.