Anzac

Anzac

Peter's Gallipoli photos are now available via a link at the bottom of http://ictpd.net/bj
or directly from http://www.ictpd.net/anzac/anzac.html

The Anzac day Commemoration Committee of Queensland has some excellent resources, especially for school students.
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/education.html

The DVA site has an outline of the ANZAC Day service as part of the educational resources on their site.
Here is a link
http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/ceremony/index.htm

Some new ways of approaching the Gallipoli story this Anzac Day You may already be familiar with the Gallipoli website at http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/ and its companion text-only version of the same site http://www.gallipoli.gov.au/ (While this version was built for visually-impaired folks with text-reader software - it is great for cutting and pasting text materials for offline classroom use as well.) For most of the following, you will need to make sure you have the Flash and shockwave plug-ins installed. Yes, there were Women at Gallipoli ---------------------------------- http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/nursephoto.html Many people find that dealing with Gallipoli in the classroom on Anzac day is a bit 'blokey'. Here is a large (previously unpublished) exhibition gallery of extraordinary images of the Nurses at Gallipoli. These photographs show daily life at the Field Hospital on the nearby island of Lemnos where the wounded from Gallipoli were taken. This section also includes letters from Australian nurses to their families back home describing the events of those terrible months of 1915. A refreshing new set of materials that will offer a different perspective. Unpublished artworks by an eye-witness ---------------------------------------- http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/hore/hore.html You may like to print and discuss the moving and sensitive watercolours and drawings of Major Leslie Hore, 8th LightHorse Regiment (Victoria). He was at Gallipoli from the Landing to the Evacuation and painted and drew the events on the pages of his notebook. These are published for the first time on this website. The originals are A5 in size (half an A4) so we have been able to reproduce them almost exactly as he drew them. They each have detailed commentary, written by Dr Richard Reid. We include a sketch he made the morning after the battle of the Nek, made famous by the last scenes of the Mel Gibson Gallipoli movie. Timelines about events at Gallipoli ----------------------------------- http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/timefr2.html looking for some historical rch materials? We have three timelines, each including more than a hundred events, along with many illustrative photographs. the timelines are - 1. 100 events at Gallipoli - the full story, including events relating to the British, French, German and Turkish. 2. Australians and the Gallipoli Campaign - the full story. 3. Australians at War 1901 to 2000. This is a complete panorama of the Australian participation in overseas campaigns throughout the century, including many photographs. Using the word ANZAC - forbidden! --------------------------------- http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/anzac/anzac.html Another exhibition on the site concerns the use of the word ANZAC. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 made the word 'Anzac' instantly recognisable throughout Australia and New Zealand. Even before the evacuation of Gallipoli, individuals, organisations and businesses began to use the word for a variety of purposes. Some uses were purely personal, such as those who wished to name children Anzac; others wanted to give this name to their homes in memory of a son, brother or relative who had been on Gallipoli. In 1916, concerned that the word Anzac might be misused, especially by commercial concerns, the Commonwealth Government prohibited the use of the word for many things. By the time the regulation appeared, many people had already begun using the word to describe a business or a product. Some now sought permission to continue using it because they had gone to some expense to have stationary printed or signs made. In the collections of the National Archives of Australia there are many files dealing with applications to use the word Anzac or to copyright material associated with Gallipoli and the remembrance of the campaign. These files sometimes contain the actual object for which the applicant sought copyright or permission to use the word. Each file also contains material relating to the decision of the Attorney General concerning the case. It is an interesting exercise to print some of the application letters and then discuss if the class would let them continue the use the word. Then let them know whether the Attorney General agreed with them or not. First Aussie photo of the Gallipoli landing ------------------------------------------ On this page (halfway down) http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/index.html and in here http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/anzac/anzac.html We have included a photograph that was taken on the beach at Anzac Cove at 6am. The landing began at 3am - so it was really taken at first light. As far as we can tell, this is the earliest photograph of the landing in existence. The photographer, a Captain Harry Davies, in true Australian style, rather coolly under heavy Turkish gunfire, stuck his head out and took his holiday snap. He was wounded in the ankle a little later (why are we not surprised?) and came home to Australia, lodging his photo in the National Archives. Secret codes, censorship, journalists, politics ----------------------------------------------- http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/bartlett.html The first reporter to send the story to Australia of the landing at Gallipoli was called Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett. The Anzac legend is built upon that report which was read and re-read by all Australians - it was reprinted and distributed to all schools in Australia by each State Government. (It is reproduced here.) What we have found are the original telegrams he sent, both in military code and in plain text, with the military censors blue pencil changes and deletions. (images of them are on the website.) We can see his original text through the marks. Better, we have found his diary, purchased from him by the Mitchell Library in 1916. Excerpts are included on the site that give real life to the events. These documents have not seen the light of day since they were packed away in 1916. We have found among these papers of Ashmead-Bartlett's, the carbon copy of the letter he sent to the British Prime Minister Asquith which resulted in an investigation which brought the stalemated killing grounds of the failed Gallipoli campaign to a close and the evacuation of the Australians. It is, therefore, a document of some significance to Australian history. Teaching Gallipoli ------------------ http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/6teaching/index.html One of the major goals of this website has been to provide teachers and students with access to material both new and old about the Gallipoli Campaign. In this section, major books on Gallipoli are reviewed, links to other related websites are listed, and downloadable study guides are provided to assist more Australians to find out about this fascinating event that is deeply embedded in Australia's history and culture. Lyndon Sharp Head, Interactive Design, Publishing & Distribution Office of the Board of Studies NSW, Sydney, Australia

There is a really good site "An Introduction to ANZAC Day For Early Childhood" produced by the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland.
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/childhood/childhood01.htm
This site also has some good printables especially suited to the littlies.
Most school libraries also have copies of "The Story of Simpson" ,
"The Last Whaler" etc (picture books) which are great stories for infants.

From Various Sources
Wayne Roy
April 2003