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ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day was first marked on 25 April 1916, the anniversary of the landing
of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli the year before. Many
came to see the annual commemoration of this, the nation's baptism of
fire, as Australia's national day. By the late 1920s all states had made
ANZAC Day a public holiday.
A voice from ANZAC
ART 19662
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ANZAC Day programs.
Printed souvenirs of early ANZAC Day ceremonies. They include programs
for the first observance of the occasion in 1916, and for the first ANZAC
Day after the war in 1919.
AWM PROP 02060, AWM PROP 02065
Wallace Anderson First World War served AIF, Military
History Section artist
Evacuation
bronze
made in Melbourne 1925
cast in Melbourne 1926
ART09633
An ANZAC icon.
The first sculpture acquired by the Australian War Memorial - in 1926
- Wallace Anderson's Evacuation, provides an idealised depiction
of Australian manhood. The broken gun carriage on which the soldier leans
is representative of the fighting and destruction on Gallipoli, while
the Turkish flag on which he stands and the skull nearby symbolize territory
captured and enemy killed.
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