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General News
25 April, 2023
Devoted to their memory
Beginning at dawn on April 25 1915, a group of 16,000 Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, at a location known today as Anzac Cove. About 2000 of these soldiers were either killed or...
Devoted to their memory
Beginning at dawn on April 25 1915, a group of 16,000 Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, at a location known today as Anzac Cove. About 2000 of these soldiers were either killed or wounded.
Bowing to pressure from the Australian public who believed the fallen deserved to be remembered, the following year the federal government declared April 25 to be “Anzac Day” to honour and commemorate the events that had occurred on that day and in the months that followed.
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In 1927, for the first time, all Australian states observed some form of public holiday on Anzac Day. This year, as in every year since, we devote the day to their remembrance, across our region...
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