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Anzac Voices 1914

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Remembering them

"To the last man and the last shilling."
Andrew Fisher, Australian Opposition Leader, 31 July 1914

Outbreak - Australia supports the Empire

Australia in 1914 was a young nation, its colonies having federated little more than a decade earlier. Its almost 5 million people were spread across the country in the handful of developing cities and in the bush. With a culture firmly rooted in the traditions of the British Empire, Australia was still strongly tied to the mother country for trade and defence.

Many Australians followed news from abroad with interest as relations between the major European powers worsened during mid-1914. When Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August, Australia quickly pledged its support for Britain. As Andrew Fisher said shortly before he was elected prime minister, “Australians will stand beside our own to help and defend her to the last man and the last shilling."

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Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick

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Charles Blackman an Aboriginal soldier

Indigenous Australians answered the call

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Charles Bean

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The RAN’s two submarines, the AE1 and AE2

First action

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Last updated: 17 October 2019

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