Tag: Anzac
Mateship might sound blokey, but our research shows women value it more highly than men
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Mateship is an intrinsic part of Australian society, routinely discussed as an important national value. In 1999, Prime Minister John Howard even...
The forgotten Australian veterans who opposed National Service and the Vietnam War
Ex-service people protest the visit of US President Lyndon Johnson, December 1966. Picture courtesy the Waddington family, Author provided (no reuse)
On July 26 1971,...
The Anzac legend has blinded Australia to its war atrocities. It’s time for a reckoning
Australian soldiers in the trenches at Anzac Cove
on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey in 1915.
State Library of Victoria/Wikimedia Commons
For years, Australians have...
Anzac biscuits, battles and a great Australian isolation bake-off
Picture: Stephanie Flack/AAP
The plan was to land in Sydney from an overseas trip on a Friday morning and immediately bake Anzac biscuits to bring...
Sunday essay: do ‘the French’ care about Anzac?
This large ‘Do Not Forget Australia’ sign in a yard
at the Victoria school in Villers-Bretonneux, is the heir of smaller
signs...
Book review: The Stars in the Night by Clare Rhoden
About The Stars in the Night
Harry Fletcher is a confident young man.
Harry’s sure that he will marry Nora MacTiernan, no matter what their families...