1919

I can at least identify the machine part of which can be seen in the background. This is the Curtiss Model 19 Eagle a trimotor passenger airliner which appeared in 1919 just after the Great war. The painting of the nose gives away that this is probably the prototype. There is a marking at the lower right of this picture W-83. 11-8-19, where the US-style date gives 8 November 1919. The people posing before the machine may have a connection with Curtiss.

I am not an expert on cars, but I think it is a Ford Model T. The poor car deserves special mention for what they put it through! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T

Yes, a Model T Ford! ... "... Arriving in Longreach in August 1919, they acquired a Model T Ford, as a transport for the survey, and were accompanied by a mechanic, George Gorham.[26][29] Leaving Longreach on 18 August 1919, the group traveled through Winton, Kynuna and McKinlay, reaching the town of Cloncurry on 20 August 1919.[22] They were the first people to travel across the Gulf of Carpentaria, using an automobile. ... ... " From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Fysh#Survey_of_the_Great_Air...

beachcomber australia it's a nice photo...how did manage to tag the photo on the nose of the car?

Luc ... help.flickr.com/add-edit-or-delete-comments-and-notes-on-... It takes a little practice!

beachcomber australia A hidden feature! I used to be able to do this with a different function years ago.... Is that what I assume is a termite mound in the background?

“Abstract
While the participation of Irishmen in the Great War has prompted much scholarship, the
commemoration of their involvement – and in particular how Irish journalism reported and
interpreted such commemorations – has been less examined. This article argues that the
journalism surrounding the annual Armistice Day commemoration was a central factor in the
battle for power in independent Ireland. It finds that the annual commemoration played a
major part in the identity politics of the Irish Free State and that this was greatly intensified
by journalistic argument about the motives of those who had fought in the Great War, what
that war meant in relation to the freedom of small nations, and how best to commemorate
those who had died. It also finds that while such journalistic argument helped engender an
air of stigma about Irish involvement in the Great War, later journalistic arguments played a
key role in removing that stigma”

doras.dcu.ie/24043/1/Whose War Was It Anyway.pdf

doras.dcu.ie/24043/1/Whose%20War%20Was%20It%20Anyway.pdf

Armistice anniversaries 1926

youtu.be/Q7NaTcxTiAU?si=q80g8fPzcPfVnMyM

Funny/peculiar 'a's and 'e's in that script ...

The lads in the back of the truck seem to be enjoying themselves all the same.

Try as I might, I've found no press reports of Sinn Fein MPs being arrested on Armistice Day 1926.