What did the exhibition Sport and War involve?
It was one of the Memorial’s travelling exhibitions that opened in Canberra in 2006. I was given the opportunity to work initially as the co-curator and then as curator. I helped put the exhibition together in terms of selecting the displays and writing text. It looks at the ways in which war and sport have intersected over the last 100 years of Australia’s history. It’s been a popular exhibition, and provided us with a good opportunity to show a side of the collection that we don’t usually get to display. Visitors are able to see soldiers, sailors and airmen engaging in sporting activities, rather than the stereotypical things we think are involved in fighting war. It was a really exciting project for me to work on because we got some wonderful photographs, images and objects, and put them on display for the public to see.
