Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

On this day Australians look back on the anniversary of the arrival of the first fleet of eleven convict ships from Great Britain. It is also the anniversary of the raising of the union jack at Sydney Cove in 1788. However present day celebrations of this tradition like to focus on celebrating the diversity and tolerance in Australian society today, embracing all ethnic backgrounds, racial differences and political viewpoints…

Simpson. As a child, he worked as a donkey-lad on the sands of his hometown as he had a 'great affinity with animals, in particular donkeys'. After attending the Barnes and Mortimer Roads schools, he volunteered to train as a gunner in the Territorial Army when he was 16. Following in the footsteps of his father, who was a merchant seaman, Simpson joined the merchant navy in 1909, at the age of 17. Simpson deserted ship in Australia after hearing of the war with Germany, travelling around…

Englishman to sight what was later named Australia was Captain James Cook in 1770.” To go back to the discovery of Australia we must first take a look at the native Aborigines that inhabited the island continent for thousands of years. The first Australians were primary hunter-gathers who migrated all around the continent for untold generations, moving on from place to place. They are thought to have arrived in Australia about 50,000 years ago. The evidence for this can best be seen in the…

Villers-Bretonneux goes back almost 100 years from now (2017). In March 1918 Australian troops were ordered to take a position and defend all of the important areas of Dernancourt and Villers-Bretonneux from being captured by Germany. Later on in April 1918, Germany managed to seize Villers-Bretonneux, which the Australian troops had tried so hard to protect. The defence of the town had been handed over to the British troops so that the Australian divisions would be able to regroup. The German…

The ANZAC’s (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) who fought in Gallipoli, Turkey faced a hard life. The campaign started on the 25 April 1915 and only lasted 8 months. In that time there was around 141,000 allied casualties, in a battle which ended up a failure. In the small period of time spent at Gallipoli the ANZAC’s had to face incredible odds. The terrain was harsh, the health conditions were poor, the enemy had the advantage of the high ground and constantly shelled them. Gallipoli is…

ship’s lights.” Sister Ella Tucker, Australian Army Nursing Service, Hospital Ship Gascon, off Gallipoli S ister Tucker’s account offers a different perspective to the more familiar image of the brave ‘natural soldiers’ who landed on a Gallipoli beach as volunteers of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) proudly fighting under their own flag for the very first time. With the landing of the Australian troops on 25 April 1915 the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (Anzac) legend was born.…

on the Australian War Memorial a) While fighting at Gallipoli in 1915 C.E.W Bean had an idea to build a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the Australian people. In 1917, he obtained permission to build a nation war memorial. On ANZAC day, 1929 a stone was laid for the foundation of the Australian War Memorial. Due to the Depression and WWI, the building was delayed. The Australian War Memorial was then officially opened the 11th November 1941. Bean’s idea was b) The Australian War…

Traditional Australian National Discourse The traditional Australian national discourse has the feature of masculinity which has been explored and challenged in the texts, Fly Away Peter (1999), An Elegant Young Man (2014) and The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert (1994). These texts will be examined to discover the devices they use to present a counter-discourse and what commentary they have on the discourse. The feature of masculinity is a strong part of the Australian national…

Christmas might differ slightly as Christmas falls on the summer rather than the winter. Christmas are typically spent outdoors rather than indoors. Besides that, Australians also celebrate some Holidays that are culturally unique. Anzac Day stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and is celebrated on April 25th to honor the Australians who have died in wars. On this day, veterans march through the streets in the morning whereas drinks and memories are shared in the afternoon. This is a…

followed closely by the Sydney Opera House, Australian Convict sites, the Blue Mountain region and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. This evidence and basic knowledge of Australia is relatively simple to find, however the Australian identity is not simple to capture. The Australian identity has been stereotyped beyond recognition, numerous countries trust kangaroos are galloped to work, and that Fosters is the only beer drunk in Australia, and Australians have wrestling matches with crocodiles.…