'Can
You Hear Australia's
Heroes Marching?'is
a
national war memorial
song and a tribute
to
theANZAC
spirit of
mateship, courage and
sacrifice.
New
website for the song at http://www.australianwarheroes.com
You can link
to the
new website for the song or tell others about it. The success of the
song meant
it was
necessary to create a domain that was unique to the song and gave it a
permanent home
on the Internet. The song has over a
million hits
online with this website, YouTube, and
other
websites that include the song. Take a look at the
new website.
This website started
back in the mid 90s, well before Google was even thought of. In
the
beginning it was a website Peter Barnes put together for info about his
advertising and
marketing business. If you want a business or organisation easily found on search engines
like Google with the keywords you want, then take a look at the website
Be Found Online
(Peter's online business). Since 2001, the war heroes song has
taken
over more and more
of this website. As the website is now old, and image wise, out
of date,
it was necessary to
create a website for the song independent of this one. The
website is
kept alive today,
mainly because it still gets a lot of visitors looking for the song. No recording or
publishing company in Australia has shown any interest in the song over
the past eight years. If it wasn't for this website, our
Australian war heroes would have not
been heard matching once again across our great land through this
song. The global
aspect of the internet also allowed many people from other countries to
hear the song.
For instance a publishing house in Norway asked for the song.
"The
Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug is about to publish a new series
of English schoolbooks for
8-10th grade in the Norwegian market. In this new series, called
Key English, we want to make use of the song
"Can You Hear Australia's
Heroes
Marching". Over 1,000 people a
day view
videos relating to the song
on YouTube
alone. Peter's
YouTube channel has passedone million
video views, with most
viewing videos relating to
the song. Click hereto go to the YouTube channel. You can
see videos of the song for
WW1, WW2, the Vietnam War and more. The
heroes song
was created from Peter's experience invisiting the
Adelaide River War Cemetery (114
kms south of Darwin)in the Northern Territory and seeing
the
graves of
Australians who gave their lives in the service and defence of their
country. Peter felt he
should do
something within his capabilities to honour
the memory
of such incredible sacrifice.
A total of 434 war
graves marked by bronze plaques are contained in
the Adelaide River
War Cemetery. The burials are made up of 14 airmen of the RAF, 12
unidentified men of the
British Merchant Navy; one soldier of the
Canadian Army; 18 sailors, 181 soldiers and 201
airmen of the
Australian Forces and seven men of the Australian Merchant Navy.
The
Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing honours a further 292
Servicemen and
women lost to the north of Australia. The adjacent civil
section contains the graves of the
nine Post Office staff killed on 19
February 1942 during the bombing of Darwin, one of 63
separate
occasions from that date. The civilian casualties of WW2 include those
of 31
Indigenous Australians.
"To stand on my homeland, surrounded by
our war dead, who fought heroically to defend Australia and their loved ones
down the track, was a profound experience and initiated
the creation of the song."
Peter Barnes NEW: You
can watch a video of the Adelaide River War Cemetery here
Click herefor the 4 minute version of the song (has
additional words).
Click herefor other inspiring Australian Songs by the author of the war
heroes
song (this is
a new website).
Over
100,000
Australians
have lost their lives in the
service and defence of our country. Along
with their mates,
they're
marching once
again,
in the towns and cities,across
our great land.
The songistimelessand
honours the memory of those who have died in the service and defence of Australia
in war.
The marching
theme
of the
songis especiallypowerful
and supportsthe spirit
of ANZAC Day. The
song does not glorify war or
endorse conflict of any
kind. The song simply
highlights the sacrifice of
many Australians who died in the service and
defence
of our country in war.
The
song has
been used for
commemorative purposes across Australia by schools,
churches, choirs,
bands, councils, retirement homes, military
services, RSL
branches and ANZAC
tributes at NRL & AFL matches.
Radio
stations
throughout Australia have broadcast
the
song leading up to ANZAC Day and Remembrance
Day.
The song is also requested to be
played at funerals (for veterans).
Click
hereto readcomments
regarding the
song. The
words (lyrics) to the
song have
been requested
to
be used or read at commemorative ceremonies. You canclick hereto
download the words
to the
song (pdf file).
Gallipoli
Campaign 1915.
Over 8,000 Australian soldiers
died
in the Gallipoli campaign, and even though the campaign was a failure,
the
ANZAC legend was formed. Australia was a young nation and the
courage and character shown by Australians
at Gallipoli was quickly recognised and honored back home.
The Battle of Gallipoli took place at Gallipoli from April 1915 to
December 1915 during the First World War. A
joint Imperial British and French operation was mounted to capture the
Ottoman capital of Istanbul and provide
a secure sea route for military and agricultural trade with the
Russians. The attempt failed, with heavy
casualties on both sides.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) In Turkey, the campaign is
known as the Çanakkale Savaşları, after
the province of Çanakkale. In the United Kingdom, it is called
the Dardanelles Campaign or Gallipoli. In France
it is called Les Dardanelles. In Australia, New Zealand and
Newfoundland it is known as the Gallipoli Campaign
or simply as Gallipoli.
The Battle of Gallipoli resonated profoundly among all nations
involved. ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand
Army Corps) Day is commemorated in Australia and New
Zealand (2,721 New Zealand soldiers died at Gallipoli).
The battle is often considered to mark the birth of
the national consciousness of each nation, replacing their
former collectivised identity under the British Empire.
In Turkey, the battle is perceived as a defining moment in the history
of the Turkish people - a final surge in
the defense of the motherland as the centuries-old Ottoman Empire was
crumbling. The struggle laid the
grounds for the Turkish War of Independence and the foundation of the
Turkish Republic eight years later
under Atatürk, himself a commander at Galipoli.
Peter
Barnes initiated this song in 2001. He is the author (and copyright owner) of the song
and he created
the concept, title and lyrics. You can contact Peter by email here
may not be
used for any commercial purposes whatsoever. Peter
also holds copyright for 'Can you hear our heroes marching?'. Any change of the name of a country, for
instance, inserting
'America's', instead of
'Australia's' in the the song is in violation of copyright.
Topics
covered by this website include:
gallipoli
war heroes.
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