Bringing Our Stories Home - Season 1 (2016)

As President of the Templestowe Cricket Club and Head Teacher of the Templestowe State School, Robert Searby felt, as much as any, the personal tragedy that came with watching a generation of young men be sent off to war.

In 1914, Adela Pankhurst, daughter of celebrated suffragette leader Emmeline, migrated to Australia. It wasn't long before she was imprisoned for inciting protests against wartime food shortages.

For Gordon Wallace, his physical scars were a visible reminder of the horrors he endured during World War I. Upon his return home, it was his wife Evelyn who bore the brunt of his frustrations and disappointment.