Anzac Day Websites

Dawn of the Legend
http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/dawn/index.asp

The Anzac Day Tradition
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac_tradition.asp

ANZAC Spirit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_spirit
From the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

The Spirit of ANZAC
http://www.anzacday.org.au/spirit/spirit2.html
The place of the Anzac spirit in the history of Australia and New Zealand.

The Spirit of ANZAC
Clubs Online (National RSL site)
Gallipoli and the origin of the Anzac spirit.

The Anzac Spirit
http://www.rslwahq.org.au/commemoration/ANZAC-Day/anzac-spirit.aspx

Why we commemorate Anzac Day
http://www.rslnsw.org.au/commemoration/anzac/
From the New South Wales Branch of the RSL.

The history of Anzac Day
http://www.rslnsw.org.au/commemoration/anzac/history
From the New South Wales Branch of the RSL.

The making of the Anzac Myth
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/stories/s281903.htm
Transcript of an ABC Lateline program, 23 April 2001.

Despatches from Gallipoli: Australian Identity
http://www.nla.gov.au/gallipolidespatches/4-australian_identity.html
Click on AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY at the top or the links at the bottom of the screen.

Mateship, diggers and wartime
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/mateship/

History of Anzac Day, the Dawn Service
http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/commemorative_events/anzac_day/Pages/legend.aspx
(Previously called "Significance of Anzac Day")
● See also the crossword The Significance of Anzac Day which is based on this web page.

ANZAC Day (Requiem, Spirit, History, Education)
http://www.rslwahq.org.au/commemoration/ANZAC-Day.aspx
With links to:
- ANZAC Requiem
- The ANZAC Spirit
- ANZAC Day History, and
- ANZAC Education.

Gallipoli campaign
http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/forging/ww1/gallipoli.asp
The ANZAC legend an ANZAC spirit summed up.

Anzac Day - Culture and Recreation Portal
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/anzac/

An Introduction to ANZAC Day for Early Childhood
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/childhood/default.htm

RSL: ANZAC Day
http://www.rsl.org.au/
Click on Commemoration, then Anzac Day.

Gallipoli Slang
http://user.online.be/~snelders/slang.html
● See also the crossword Gallipoli slang which is based on this website.

The Anzacs and their Words
Google cached version (original site unavailable)

Soldier's Slang
http://www.awm.gov.au/education/activities/slang.asp
Soldier's letter, with link to list of slang terms.

Gallipoli slang

Women in action - nurses and serving women
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/womeninaction/

Women in wartime
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/womeninwartime/

Australian Women in War
http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/education/Documents/DVA_Women_in_War.pdf
Warning: this pdf file is a whopping 24MB in size. You can alternatively download individual units. Go to:
http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/education/Pages/education resources.aspx

Nurses' stories
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/nurses.html

The Nurses
http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww1/overview/nurses.html

● See also Women in War in Interactive Activities below

Women

Anzac Biscuits
http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Anzac-Biscuits-L79.html

Anzac Biscuits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_biscuit
From Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

Anzac Biscuits: The Origin and Recipe
http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/anzac/biscuit/recipe.asp

Anzac Recipes
http://www.readersdigest.com.au/healthsmart/anzac-recipes/article129379.html

Anzac biscuits

1918 Year of Victory
International conference 1918 Year of Victory
http://www.awm.gov.au/events/conference/2008/abstracts.asp
Summaries of papers presented at a conference on aspects of World War 1. This gathering of experts led to publication of "1918 Year of Victory", a book by Ashley Elkins (link to commercial site).

Academic publications

● See also: Anzac spirit printable and interactive wordsearches

● See also: Gallipoli and Australian Identity: 1915-2000 (pdf file) on the Anzac legend, pages 14-15

Encyclopedia entries

Wikipedia - 'Anzac Day'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day
From the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

Wikipedia - 'Category: Battle of Gallipoli'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Battle_of_Gallipoli
From the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

Australian War Memorial Encyclopedia
http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/
Many entries are related to Anzac Day. For example, see ANZAC acronym, Commemoration, Gallipoli, Poppies.

AllExperts - 'ANZAC Day'
http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/a/an/anzac_day.htm

Early books reproduced

The ANZAC Story by T.A. Miles
http://www.firstaif.info/anzac-story/
Reproduction of a book "for boys and girls" published in 1917.

The ANZAC Book
http://www.firstaif.info/anzac-book/
Reproduction of a book published in 1916 which was "written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of ANZAC" and edited by C.E.W. Bean. (A third edition of this book, containing material omitted from the first edition, is available commercially. Read the speech given by the writer of the 3rd edition's foreward, Les Carlyon.)

Official histories - First World War
http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/first_world_war/
Presented by the Australian War Memorial. See especially:
The story of ANZAC to 4 May 1915 by C.E.W. Bean (published 1941)
The story of ANZAC from 4 May 1915 by C.E.W. Bean (published 1941)
Australian Army Medical Services 1914-18 Vol. 1 Part 1 by A.G. Butler (published 1938)
Anzac to Amiens by C.E.W. Bean - especially Ch. VI to XI (first published 1946)
Gallipoli Mission by C.E.W. Bean (published 1948)
For information about Mr Bean see
Charles Bean and the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918

Gallipoli history - events, maps, timelines

The Anzac Landing
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/index.html
● See also the crossword Why Land at Gallipoli? which is based on this website.

Gallipoli
http://users.online.be/~snelders/contents.html
Includes Gallipoli slang, place names, timeline, more.

Gallipoli Introduction
http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/2/gallipoli/anzacopen.htm
British website. From Gallipoli 1915: The Drama of the Dardanelles.

Battle of Gallipoli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli
From the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

Battle at Gallipoli
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gallipoli.htm
British website. (There were Irish, and others, with the Australians and New Zealanders at Gallipoli).

Battles - the Gallipoli Front
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/gf.htm
Lists the various battles. Appears to be a British website.

Anzac Memories
http://www.worldwar1.com/sfanzac.htm

Digger History - Master Index
http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pages-top-level/master-index.htm
A lot of material here - worth browsing.

ANZAC Day: Birds Down Under
http://www.ozbird.com/oz/anzac.htm (Site not working 30 Jan, 14 Feb 2010, 17 Apr., 15 June 2010.)
Contains a wide range of Anzac Day topics.

New Zealand's History Online: Anzac Day
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/anzacday

Mapping Gallipoli
http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/gmaps/index.asp

World War One Maps
http://home.exetel.com.au/eduweb/AusWW1/Maps.html

The Gallipoli Campaign - maps
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/download/schoolkit.pdf (3MB pdf file)
DVA publication "From Gallipoli to Dili - The Spirit of Anzac". See pages 7-11.

Maps

Timeline of the Battle of Gallipoli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Battle_of_Gallipoli
From the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

The Timeline at Gallipoli
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-battles/ww1/anzac/timeline.htm

A Concise Timeline of the Gallipoli Campaign
http://user.online.be/~snelders/timeline.htm

Timeline: Australia and the Gallipoli Campaign
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/timefr2.html
Requires Shockwave.

Timeline - Gallipoli Diary (New Zealand)
http://www.rsa.org.nz/remem/anzac_gallipoli.html
"Abridged version of the Gallipoli Diary from Major Fred Waite DSO, The New Zealanders at Gallipoli (1919)."

● See also: Australians at War
http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/

Timelines

Despatches from Gallipoli: Gallipoli
http://www.nla.gov.au/gallipolidespatches/1-gallipoli.html
National Library of Australia Online Exhibition. For documents and photographs relating to individual battles, click on GALLIPOLI at the top or the links at the bottom of the screen.

Gallipoli Service Emblem
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/patches/anzac-a.htm

● See also: Gallipoli Campaign, Soldiers and Military Operations printable and interactive wordsearches

● See also: Gallipoli and Australian Identity: 1915-2000 (pdf file) pages 4-7

Gallipoli history - Anzac diaries, letters, reports, biographies

Gallipoli: in their own words
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/17/1082140118215.html
Based on letters, diaries and photographs.

The Anzac Landing: Signaller Ellis Silas
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/s_intro.html
Biography, diaries and other information.

Australia and World War One: Documents
http://home.exetel.com.au/eduweb/AusWW1/Documents.html

The list of Anzac diaries websites has JUST MOVED!

Go to our ANZAC DIARIES PAGE.

Anzac diaries

Blog: Diary of an Anzac - HV Reynolds
http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/category/diary-of-an-anzac/
Extracts from the diary of Herbert Vincent Reynolds presented in blog format, along with relevant photographs and other illustrations. Currently covers his time in Egypt; Gallipoli details are yet to be posted. Includes suggested questions for classroom discussion.

Anzac diary entries transcribed into blog format

Anzac Memories: The Letters of Francis James Mack
http://www.worldwar1.com/sfanzac1.htm

William Harvey: Anzac Hero, Police Legend
http://www.anzacheropolicelegend.com/Anzac_Hero_Police_Legend/Letter_from_Gallipoli.html
See also the summary of Will's life story.

Anzac letters
See also above

See also information about the Gallipoli letter under Depatches from Gallipoli below

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett - The First Report in Australia of the Landing at Gallipoli
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/bartlett.html
Note the further links at the right.

Charles Bean - The First Report
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/bean.html

Despatches from Gallipoli: The Correspondents
http://www.nla.gov.au/gallipolidespatches/2-the_correspon.html
Click on THE CORRESPONDENTS at the top or the links at the bottom of the screen for:
- C.E.W. Bean
- Commonwealth Gazette
- Keith Murdoch (View the Gallipoli Letter manuscript. For a recent newspaper article about a book based on the letter, see Book review: The Gallipoli Letter, nzherald.co.nz)
- Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
- C.P. Smith & Phillip Schuler

Despatches from Gallipoli: Censorship
http://www.nla.gov.au/gallipolidespatches/3-censorship.html
Click on CENSORSHIP at the top or the links at the bottom of the screen.

Reports

Just Soldiers
http://www.anzacday.org.au/justsoldiers/justsoldiers.html

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett - Biography
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/bartlettbio.html
Journalist and war correspondent.

Charles Bean - Biography
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/beanbio.html
Historian and journalist

Gallipoli Biographies (New Zealand)
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/anzacday-biographies

Biographies

See also Simpson and his Donkey, Memorials and Rolls and the Last Anzac below

The Australians at War Film Archive
http://www.australiansatwarfilmarchive.gov.au/
Transcripts of interviews with returned soldiers from all conflicts. The site contains transcripts only (film must be specially applied for and paid for).

Interviews

See also Interviewing

● See also: Gallipoli and Australian Identity: 1915-2000 (pdf file) pages 8-15

● See also: Australians at War: Such a Thing Should never Happen Again
Videos and transcripts of interviews with Gallipoli veterans.

Simpson and his Donkey

Simpson and his Donkey - John Simpson Kirkpatrick
http://www.anzachouse.com/john_simpson_kirkpatrick-overall.html

Not Only a Hero
http://www.anzacday.org.au/spirit/hero/chp00.html
"An Illustrated Life of Simpson, the Man with the Donkey"

Not Only a Hero - Simpson
http://www.warandidentity.com.au/wars_codeH.htm
Scroll down for eight links to student resources: "Not Only a Hero - Simpson..."

Simpson and his donkey: Hero of ANZAC
http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/forging/australians/simpson.asp

Simpson and His Donkey (John Simpson Kirkpatrick)
http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/simpson.asp

Kirkpatrick, John Simpson (1892-1915)
http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090613b.htm
Australian Dictionary of Biography entry.

John Simpson Kirkpatrick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simpson_Kirkpatrick
From the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

An Anzac's Childhood: John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892-1915)
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_08_210403/pea10011_fm.html

Investigating the Spirit of Anzac: Image and Reality
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/activities/spirit01/default.html
Click on the link to the pdf (Acrobat) file. This downloadable worksheet includes Simpson and his Donkey activities and images.

Book Review: Simpson and his Donkey
http://www.thebookchook.com/2009/09/book-review-simpson-and-his-donkey_17.html
Review of a book on Simpson and his Donkey written by Mark Greenwood.

● See also: Simpson and his Donkey printable and interactive word searches

Gallipoli photographs and films

Gallipoli (part of Defending Victoria website)
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/gallipol.html

Anzac Day - On the Beaches
http://www.ozbird.com/anzac_day_second_page.htm (Site not working 30 Jan, 14 Feb 2010, 17 Apr., 15 June 2010.)

The ANZACs at Gallipoli
http://www.pictureaustralia.org/trails/military.html
From Picture Australia. Click on Gallipoli for a collection of images.

With the camera at Anzac
http://www.naa.gov.au/whats-on/online/find-of-the-month/past-years/2008/april.aspx
"This album contains 41 views of Anzac Beach and the surrounding hills and gullies ...There are images of sandbags and barbed wire, hospital tents and supply depots, captured Turkish soldiers, diggers in trenches, Lord Kitchener with his generals, crosses in the cemetery and imposing landmarks such as ‘The Sphinx’."

Gallipoli Guide
http://www.anzac.govt.nz/gallipoliguide/index.html
New Zealand government site on Anzac Day.

Australian World War One Photographs
http://home.exetel.com.au/eduweb/AusWW1/Photos.html

Australian World War One Posters
http://home.exetel.com.au/eduweb/AusWW1/Posters.html

Images from Gallipoli
http://www.anzacday.gov.au/
Scroll down to "28 Images from Gallipoli" for Gallery 1, Gallery 2 and Gallery 3.

Anzac Day feature - news.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/features/anzac-day
Pictures and stories

Gallipoli from Both Sides - Anzacs
http://www.news.com.au/gallery/0,25692,5030461-5016621,00.html

Gallipoli from Both Sides - Turkey
http://www.news.com.au/gallery/0,25692,5030460-5016621,00.html

Interpretative Panels at the Anzac Commemorative Site
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/4panels/index.html

ABC: Revealing Gallipoli
See: Revealing Gallipoli Study guide (pdf file)
See also: BTN - Revealing Gallipoli

Rare film: ANZAC troops at Gallipoli
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac_film.asp
Also available on YouTube.

Peter Jackson - Restored Gallipoli Film - ANZAC Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpgzuVuHg1U
See also Peter Jackson's restored Gallipoli footage (scroll down) Friendly fire hits Anzac historian (The Age) and for information that includes the controversy over whether certain men in the film were Australians or New Zealanders.

The Effects of World War 1 on the Australian Economy
http://australiansatwork.com.au/gallipoli/gallipoli_en9-10.php
Short video clip from Film Australia that includes some Gallipoli scenes, with suggested activities relating in particular to Australian identity.

Gallipoli Film
http://www.gallipoli-film.com/
Website of a documentary about Gallipoli.

Monash: The Forgotten Anzac
http://www.filmaust.com.au/monash/Monash_Press_Kit.pdf (pdf file)
"One of the most brilliant generals of World War I and an architect of Anzac Day, Sir John Monash helped create the Anzac legend by ensuring the courage of his men was enshrined in Australian history."

Films and videos

See also
● news videos
● slideshow videos
● video clips activities

The Anzac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTeBvbyDA54
Written by Adam Brand and Michael Carr. Series of photographs, with song "The Anzac".

Anzac Day 2007 (Anzac Rap)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNZwMYlhkhk
Series of images, with Anzac rap song.

The Last Anzac Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9A4ARtbmFk
By Rick Pope. Series of photographs and short movies, with song "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda". (Alec Campbell's photo is in the opening and closing images.)

Anzac Legend Begins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYynHmE8b0
Series of images, with song "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda".

Can you hear Australia's heroes marching?
http://www.australianwarheroes.com/
By Peter Barnes. See also YouTube version.

Slideshow videos

Anzac Cove today, including photographs

Visiting Gallipoli Today
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/2visiting/index.html

ANZAC Images
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27399922@N00/
Images of Anzac Cove today.

ANZAC House Youth Hostel
http://www.anzachouse.com/

Gallipoli Then and Now
http://user.online.be/~snelders/thennow/thenanzac.htm
Moving your mouse over a photograph gives you the 1915 view.

Gallipoli Guide Panorama Gallery
http://www.anzac.govt.nz/gallipoliguide/gallipoliguidegallery.html
Click on 'View' to see an image as an interactive panorama.

Map of Australian commemorative sites at Gallipoli
http://www.dva.gov.au/news_archive/PublishingImages/Anzac-Battlefield-Map-2009.pdf

● See also News images below

Memorials, rolls and memorabilia
- general

Australian War Memorials
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff/warmemorials.html

Australian Bronze Commemorative Plaques - Gallipoli Series
http://www.plaques.satlink.com.au/list/European/Turkey/index.htm

Australian War Memorial - Biographical Databases
http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/
See list in menu at left under "Biographical Databases".

National Archives - World War I service records online
http://www.naa.gov.au/whats-on/records-releases/wwi.aspx
First made available online on 11 April 2007.

National Archives - Mapping our Anzacs
http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/
World War 1 service records organised geographically. People can upload and share their personal material.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Search
http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14

War Memorials in Australia
http://www.skp.com.au/memorials2/default.htm
Includes a Search page.

List of Cemeteries and Memorials at Gallipoli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cemeteries_and_memorials_at_Gallipoli
From the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

Slouch Hat
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-uniforms/slouch_hat.htm
The Australian slouch hat or digger hat. Note the link to an alternative view at the bottom of that page and at The Slouch and Emu Plumes.

Slouch Hat
http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/slouch/index.asp

Slouch hat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slouch_hat

NSW RSL: Memorials
http://www.rslnsw.org.au/commemoration/memorials/

Register of War Memorials in New South Wales
http://www.rslnsw.org.au/commemoration/memorials/register-war-memorials-nsw

Memorials, rolls and memorabilia - Tasmania

The Cenotaph (Hobart War Memorial)
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff/memorials/tasmania.html

The Soldiers Walk
http://www.soldierswalk.org.au/
Includes a Search page.

Roll of Honour: Bridgewater High School
http://www.bhs.tased.edu.au/local/anzac/diggers.htm
A Roll of Honour of local soldiers who served in World War 1.

Roll of Honour: New Town Primary School
http://www.newtownprimary.tased.edu.au/HISTORY/Anzac/HonRoll/honorRoll.htm
A Roll of Honour of local soldiers who served in World War 1.

40th Battalion 1914-1916
http://40th.tased.edu.au/
A database of an enlistment of 1024 World War 1 soldiers who trained in Tasmania.

Light Horse Display and Demonstration
http://www.anzacwebsites.com/lighthorse/index.htm
A real life reminder of Tasmania's 22nd Light Horse regiment.

The last Anzac - Alec Campbell

Alec Campbell: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Campbell
From the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

Alec Campbell, the adventurous one 1899-2002
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/17/1021544071207.html
From The Age.

State Funeral for Alec Campbell
The original web page
http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/alec_campbell.htm
is no longer available. Try the cached version: (mht file, 119K)

Alec William Campbell
http://www.anzacs.org/campbell.html

The Last Gallipoli ANZAC: Constructing a Biography of Alec Campbell
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/activities/alec_campbell/default.html
Classroom activity - pdf file to be downloaded.

● See also The Last Anzac Tribute in Slideshow videos.

Quiz: The Last of the Anzacs
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz8014292f398.html
See Introduction and recent scores. Flash version.

Online quiz

Anzac Day news, issues, ceremonies and marches

ABC: News items tagged "anzac day"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/anzac-day/

Google News 'Anzac Day' search
http://news.google.com.au/news?ned=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22anzac+day%22&btnG=Search+News

Anzacsite: Visit Gallipoli - Latest News
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/2visiting/news.html

Anzac Day (Daily Telegraph feature)
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/anzac-day

Anzac Day 2010 (news.com.au feature)
http://www.news.com.au/features/anzac-day
Scroll down.

Anzac Day 2010 (Herald-Sun feature)
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/anzac-day

Anzac Day 2010 (news.com.au)
http://www.news.com.au/features/anzac-day
Range of historical and recent images and videos.

ABC News Online: Pictures of Anzac Day Commemorations
2008: http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2008/04/24/2226787.htm

Department of Defence: Anzac Day Images
http://www.defence.gov.au/anzacday2009/gallery.htm

News images

The Australian: Anzac Day (Flash video)
http://media.theaustralian.news.com.au/anzac-day_player.htm
Compilation of sound and photographs from Anzac Day dawn services and marches in 2006.

Department of Defence: Anzac Day Videos
http://www.defence.gov.au/anzacday2009/videos.htm

● See also Anzac Day 2010 (news.com.au) above.

News videos

Holding a flag debate on Anzac Day
news.com.au report, 25 April 2010.

Anzac Kids - participation of children in marches (ABC's BTN)
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2842158.htm
A Behind the News report on the issue of young people participating in Anzac Day marches. Contains video, transcript, activities sheet (Word or PDF).

Beyond the Legend of Anzac
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight/stories/2009/2551919.htm
ABC Hindsight program: "Professor Marilyn Lake explores whether the Anzac legend as a foundation story for the birth of the Australian nation has run its course." Audio and transcript provided. (The book What's Wrong with Anzac? The Militarisation of Australia's History by Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds with Mark McKenna and Joy Diamond is available commercially.)
See also:
- Myths and Legends (SMH, 25 April 2010)
- Pride in the past isn't necessarily a lost cause (The Australian, 24 April 2010), and
- Evolving History (ABC's The Drum Unleashed, 23 April 2010).
Also see the following related item.

We must fight free of Anzac, lest we forget our other stories
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/we-must-fight-free-of-anzac-lest-we-forget-our-other-stories-20090422-afb7.html?page=2
"Australia's identity shouldn't be built on deaths in foreign fields." From The Age, 24 April 2009.
Also see the above related item, "Beyond the Legend of Anzac").

The meaning of Anzac Day
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10361
From On Line Opinion, "Australia's e-journal of social and political debate".
Examines the issues raised in What's Wrong with Anzac (see above two items) and concludes: "... regardless of the importance of Australian wartime stories, we should take seriously claims by Marilyn Lake and others of a “militarisation” of Australian history."

The first casualty
Newspaper article and review of several books by Paul Ham: The Australian, 24 April 2010.
"I chose the books under review on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Gallipoli because they tell us things we may not -- or prefer not to -- know about Australians at war. "

Anzac issues in the news

Anzac Day Ceremonies
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/

Organising a Commemorative Ceremony
Department of Veterans Affairs: Commemorative events

Commemoration Service for Anzac Day
http://www.anzacday.org.au/anzacservices/ADcommemservice/overview.html

The Last Post
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/anzac/lastpost.htm

The Rouse and the Reveille
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/customs/rouse.asp

The Anzac Requiem
http://www.rslwahq.org.au/commemoration/ANZAC-Day/anzac-requiem.aspx

Anzac Day
http://www.gordonmoyes.com/2006/02/10/anzac-day
Memories of organising a school Anzac Day ceremony.

Anzac Day speeches
http://www.defence.gov.au/ARMY/ANZAC_Day_Speeches.asp

Organising a ceremony

For music see
Sound files

DVA Anzac Day Latest News
http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/commemorative_events/anzac_day/Pages/index.aspx
- Anzac Day Ceremonies in Australia 2010
- Anzac Day Ceremonies Overseas 2010
- Anzac Day at Gallipoli 2010
- Anzac Day in France 2010

Anzac Day: Ceremonies in Australia 2010
http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/commemorative_events/anzac_day/Pages/australia.aspx

The 2010 Anzac Day March
http://www.rslnsw.org.au/commemoration/anzac/march
From the New South Wales Branch of the RSL.

Descendants of Veterans WW2 and Post WW2 Association
http://dovww2.webs.com/
Promotes the participation of descendants of veterans in Anzac Day marches.

News about ceremonies and marches

● See also: Dawn Service printable and interactive word searches

Classroom activities (including worksheets)

● See also Booklets to Download below

Computing activities

Go to our COMPUTING (ICT) PAGE

Themes - Anzac Day: Classroom Units
http://www.warandidentity.com.au/themes_codeAB.htm
Lists the following two collections of activities, and provides a suggested list of resources for students and a teacher's guide for the early childhood activities.

Anzac Day and Inter-nation Conflict Classroom Activities
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/activities/activities01.html
From the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland
WORKSHEETS - See especially:
- Remembering and Commemorating - Requires pdf file download
- The Last Gallipoli ANZAC - Requires pdf file download
- ANZAC Day - What does it mean to you today? - Requires pdf file download
- Investigating the Spirit of ANZAC - Image and Reality - Requires pdf file download
(Investigating the Spirit of ANZAC commences with class brainstorming.)
- Finding Treasures at Home - Requires pdf file download

Worksheets

(Detailed information provided, with questions)

See also Booklets to Download

An Introduction to Anzac Day for Early Childhood: Activities
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/childhood/activities.htm
Includes early childhood WORKSHEETS TO PRINT:
- How many poppies #1 (pdf file)
- How many poppies #2 (pdf file)
- Lest we forget #1 (pdf file)
- Lest we forget #2 (pdf file)
- Simpson's maze (pdf file)
- Wreath making - see also under Craft

The list of colouring-in websites has JUST MOVED!
Go to our COLOUR-IN PAGE.

For young children: Early childhood worksheets
and
colouring in

The list of websites on poppy- and wreath-making has JUST MOVED!

Go to our CRAFT PAGE.

Crafts: Wreaths and Poppies

Anzac Day - Education Activities for Students
http://www.awm.gov.au/education/activities/index.asp
Australian War Memorial website See also further activities in:
- In the classroom
- Memorial boxes

Links to various activities

Anzac Day Logo Classroom Activity
http://www.anzacwebsites.com/logo/anzac-day-logo.htm
Students analyse examples of Anzac Day logos, then create their own. The activity can be downloaded as a Word document.

Anzac logo activity

Anzac Day Unit Ideas
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/hippohelper/integrated/MPUP%20anzacideas.pdf
(PDF file 22K.) List of unit or activity ideas, mostly involving computer use.

Australia and World War One
http://home.exetel.com.au/eduweb/AusWW1/index.html
See also Lesson Sequence.

Activity and unit ideas

See also Booklets to download

Anzac Day Subject Sampler
http://www.beenleigss.eq.edu.au/requested_sites/anzacday/index1.htm
Some links to websites, with questions for students to answer.

Scavenger Hunt - Anzac Day social studies activity (NZ)
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/classroom/scavenger-hunt-anzac-day-activity
Levels 4 and 5.

Internet scavenger hunt

Gallipoli Boat
http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/193/
The story behind a small lifeboat retrieved from Gallipoli. On the right of the web page is a link to classroom activities.

Jack Hazlitt - World War 1 Digger
http://dl.screenaustralia.gov.au/subjects/hazlitt/
Video clip of a Gallipoli veteran speaking about his role as a runner within view of Turkish snipers. On the right of the web page is a link to a 'Study Guide'. (If the above link changes, go to the Screen Australia Index of Subjects page, then click on 'Choose a Biography' and find 'Jack Hazlitt'.)

Video clips with activities

Valuing our Veterans: Gathering Australia's War Memories
http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat/vov/index.htm
For advice and other information about interviewing a veteran.

Interviewing a veteran

See also Interviews

Researching Australians at Gallipoli (Australia)
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/index.html

Anzac Day - Social Studies Activities - Levels 4 and 5 (New Zealand)
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/classroom/anzac-day/anzac-day-social-studies-activities

Researching and browsing

Anzac Day Quiz
http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/pipermail/oz-teachers/2005-April/003027.html

Anzac Day Quiz
http://www.gokids.com.au/content/view/324/34/

Anzac Quiz
http://alivicwil.livejournal.com/87447.html

Anzac Day Trivia Questions about Gallipoli
http://ww1history.suite101.com/article.cfm/anzac-day-quiz-questions-about-gallipoli

Azac Day Quiz (New Zealand)
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/classroom/anzac-day-quiz

TRIVIA (no questions):
Anzac Day Fun facts and Trivia
http://www.funfacts.com.au/anzac-day/

Quizzes to print

See also Interactive quizzes

Anzac Day Crosswords
- Why did the Anzacs land at Gallipoli?
- The significance of Anzac Day
- Gallipoli slang
http://www.anzacwebsites.com/crosswords/anzac-crosswords.htm
Crosswords can be printed out or attempted online.
(Solutions available.)

Anzac Day! (From ClueSearch Puzzles)
http://www.cluesearchpuzzles.com/ANZACDAY.html
Printable pdf version and solution available.

Crosswords to print

See also Interactive crosswords

Anzac Day Word Search (Word Find) Puzzles
http://www.anzacwebsites.com/wordsearches/wordsearches.htm
- Gallipoli Campaign word search
- Soldiers word search
- Military Operations word search
- Simpson and his Donkey word search
- Anzac Spirit word search
- Dawn Service word search

Anzac Day
http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/Data/2009.04/2314/23140330.969.html

Word searches to print

Anzac Day Cloze Activities
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/anzacs/Anzac_cloze.html
New Zealand exercise. Not accessible 24/9/2009: see archived version.

Cloze

My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/rel/values/book.php?catrelid=1835
Activities for use with the picture book "My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day" by Catriona Hoy. (This book is available commercially from the Curriculum Corporation.) Years 2-4.

Book-related activities

● See also Booklets to Download below

Interactive activities (including crosswords)

● See also our Computing page for online activities

Gallipoli: The First Day
http://www.abc.net.au/gallipoli
(We have made the link unclickable to prevent inadvertent selection.)

Copy and paste the above link AFTER you have read the following information.
From the ABC: "You'll be able to explore both Anzac and Ottoman perspectives alike, and examine in detail the experiences of individual soldiers throughout the day, as well as the military technology of the time." Includes a special layer using Google Earth.
Requires the Flash 10 or later plug-in. Recommended: ADSL2+ internet connection, 2GB RAM.
ADVICE TO TEACHERS: Make sure the program works on your classroom computers BEFORE the lesson (it may cause the web browser on some school computers to lock up). Also read the help page. Take the "Quick Tour" first to be able to get the most out of the site. Note that use of much of the site depends on information that is provided only by spoken words and therefore requires speakers or headphones.

3D interactives

Australian War Memorial London
http://www.awmlondon.gov.au/
Select a battle and see photographs and summaries. For Gallipoli and Lone Pine, either click on the location of Gallipoli, Turkey, on the map, or click on the arrow in the bottom right corner, then on "GALLIPOLI". Includes Gallipoli video footage.

Australians at War
http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/
"Through animated documentaries, video, audio and activities you can re-live some of the greatest events in our history, as seen through the eyes of the men and women who were there."

2D interactives

War and Identity Interactives - early childhood
http://www.warandidentity.com.au/interactiveselect.asp
Of particular relevance to the background to Anzac Day are:
- Anzac Puzzles - Suitable for very young people.
- Flying the Flag - Suitable for very young people.

Early childhood interactive puzzles & activities

War and Identity Interactives
http://www.warandidentity.com.au/interactiveselect.asp
Of particular relevance to the background to Anzac Day are:
- Who am I? - Work out who the six Australians are (includes some Gallipoli people).
- The Last Voyage of the AE2 (submarine in the Dardanelles)
- Battlefield Casualties - Help save the wounded Diggers on the Western Front.
- Infantryman - Make decisions to enable you to survive on the Western Front.

Australian War Memorial - KidsHQ Website
http://www.awm.gov.au/kidshq/
Interactive website.

Lone Pine Virtual Diorama
http://dev.links.com.au/diorama/index.htm
Choose Lone Pine, then either Flash or HTML.

Women in War
http://www.anzacday.org.au/interactives/childhood/women/main.html

Interactive activities

● See also our Computing page

Anzac Day Crosswords
http://www.anzacwebsites.com/crosswords/anzac-crosswords.htm
Crosswords can be completed on the screen, or printed out for completion later or downloaded for incorporating in worksheets. (Solutions available.) Topics:
- Why Did the Anzacs Land at Gallipoli?
- The Significance of Anzac Day
- Gallipoli Slang

Gallipoli: Birthplace of Anzac Heritage (Crossword)
http://www.media.pearson.com.au/schools/cw/au_sch_pearson_atlas_1/cword/CEu_Gallipoli.html

Interactive crosswords

See also printable crosswords

Anzac Day Interactive Word Search Puzzles
http://www.anzacwebsites.com/wordsearches/wordsearches.htm

Interactive word search puzzles

The list of interactive quiz websites has JUST MOVED!

Go to our INTERACTIVE QUIZZES PAGE.

Interactive
quizzes

See also The Last Anzac - Online Quiz

Anzac Day Blogs
http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=39192
Designed for Queensland students.

Blogs