Anzac Day at Gallipoli meets multiculturalism, alcohol and youth
I read with interest, the discussion about the $370,000 report which seems to indicate that: The youth like to consume alcohol and behave badly. Commemoration of Anzac Day might be divisive in a...
View ArticleRenowned Gallipoli historian gains PhD
Dr John Basarin recently completed his PhD studies. His thesis is an in-depth exploration of Anzac observance at Gallipoli. This special place captured his interest when visiting with his father as a...
View ArticleAnzac Day bugle calls. A long and proud tradition.
On Anzac Day the atmosphere at Gallipoli is palpable. The silence is broken only by the sombre song of one, solitary bugle. It is a moment for reflections that brings forth ghastly images of futile...
View ArticleBattlefield tourism and Gallipoli’s haunting call
Anzac Day is becoming increasingly more important to Australians. Indeed, today a visit to the Gallipoli battlefields is almost viewed as a rite of passage. Each year, the Dawn and Lone Pine services...
View ArticleLemnos Mayor supports cruise re-enactment
The Gallipoli-2015 cruise will have a special re-enactment. In the early hours of 25 April 1915, thousands of Australian soldiers left Lemnos, bound for Anzac Cove. Passengers aboard the Anzac...
View ArticleAnzac Day attendance at Gallipoli has come a long way since 1961
Gallipoli, Turkey 1961. Betty Roland, an Australian who had travelled all the way from western Victoria, stood at Anzac Cove. The date was 25th April … Anzac Day. But there she stood, all by herself...
View ArticleDid you know these ANZAC fascinating facts?
The Gallipoli campaign has certainly been a rich source of both myth and legend. Why the ANZAC forces landed when and where they did. How the whole tragedy that was Gallipoli unfolded. Every week,...
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