Anzac Spirit
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Anzac Spirit (awm.gov.au) Examines the word Anzac and the legend and myth of Anzac. The Spirit of ANZAC
(anzacday.org.au)
The place of the Anzac spirit in the history of Australia
and New Zealand. The history of ANZAC
Day
(rslwa.org.au)
From the RSL Western Australia branch.
Dawn of the Legend
(awm.gov.au)
Scroll down for a list of pages containing
related information.
The Anzac Legends [pdf] (museumvictoria.com.au) The beginning of World War 1, Gallipoli,
Anzacs at Gallipoli, the Anzac legend, after the war.
[Original link
http://museumvictoria.com.au/federation/pdfs/anzacw.pdf
unavailable, 10 Oct 2012.]
The First World War and the Anzac Legend [pdf] (originally
from
cambridge.edu.au)
Sample pages from a commercially available
book for secondary students, Analysing Australian History
by Ken Webb (Cambridge). The chapter includes Gallipoli, What is the
'Anzac legend'?, What happened on the Western Front?
Cricketing greats soak up the Anzac spirit (abc.net.au) A video to watch. Former Australian Test
cricket captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting and current captain Michael
Clarke disclose their feelings and views about the Anzac spirit. The
comments in the video are prompted by the team's 2001 visit to Gallipoli to
pose for a photograph of a cricket match at the same place as one taken of
Gallipoli soldiers playing cricket in 1915.
The Australian
cricket team (right) posed in the same spot as the Gallipoli
soldiers played cricket in 1915 (left) in a tactic to mislead
the Turks
Gallipoli in a Nation's Remembrance [pdf] (cloudinary.com,
formerly from anzacday.org.au)
See pages 6-18. A speech by Les Carlyon, along with nine
questions for students to answer.
Anzac spirit word search (anzacwebsites.com)
Word find on the Anzac spirit (printable and online versions).
Despatches from Gallipoli: Australian Identity
(nla.gov.au)
Click on AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY at the top or the links at the bottom of
the screen. [As this nla.gov.au page is part of a National Library of
Australia archived site, some of the links on that page might no
longer be working.]
Mateship: The heart of the Anzac spirit(From diggerhistory.info,
archived by the NLA's Pandora Archive on 6 Mar 2010. See also our "Where
is Digger History?" page.) Includes a photo of a soldier carrying a wounded comrade,
said to be typifying the Anzac spirit. Also includes an acrostic
called "Bravo Anzacs!" on a postcard titled "A Gallipoli
Souvenir".
Discipline in the AIF in WW1(From diggerhistory.info,
archived by the NLA's Pandora Archive on 6 Mar 2010. See also our "Where
is Digger History?" page.)
Warning: The language includes swear words modified by
asterisks.
Gallipoli and Australian Identity 1915-2000
[pdf] (archived from anzacportal.dva.gov.au) Student activity booklet to download.
No longer on the DVA website as it may be outdated.
Gallipoli - legend versus myth
(aph.gov.au
- scroll well down) For a list of references on this topic, scroll down
to the sub-heading Gallipoli - legend versus myth. (However, the links
themselves generally lead to information about
publications rather than the publications themselves.) (If the web page is unavailable, you can find the
information in the archived pdf file:
Anzac Day Kit [pdf, 3.9MB].)
The Anzac
Spirit: Criticism (en.wikipedia.org)
Some people oppose support of the Anzac spirit and
recognition of the legend.
Curriculum: Anzac legend
World War 1: Anzac legend [pdf] (qcaa.qld.edu.au)
Australian Curriculum Year 9 History Sample Assessment from
the Queensland Studies Authority. Includes curriculum details, suggested
assessment questions and methods, student booklet, suggested activities, and
a model essay.
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