“The world watched with horror as a tiny third world nation attempted to obliterate one race of its people.”

When George Paul enlisted in 1915, he claimed to be 48 years old; he was actually about 69, one of the oldest recruits to successfully enlist in the AIF during the First World War.

Artist Daniel Boyd is passionate about his art and his culture.

Val Lehman starred as “Queen” Bea Smith in the Australian television show Prisoner, but to the award-winning actress, her grandfather, James Holland, was a star. He fought on Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War and is one of the “Lost Diggers of Vignacourt”.

Sir Bertram Mackennal’s sculpture “War”, better known locally as “Bellona”, the Roman goddess of war, was gifted to the Australian Government in 1915 as a tribute to the Australians who fought at Gallipoli.

When Sergeant Edward McMahon played The Rosary on Gallipoli in August 1915, everyone stopped to listen.

From pursuing Russian submarines during the Cold War to the search for MH370, the Orion is one of the RAAF’s quiet achievers. But to Wing Commander Marija ‘Maz’ Jovanovich, it’s like a much-loved old friend.