... of January 19 the following year. It is recognition of the distinctly Australian qualities, bravery, mateship, disrespect for authority and physical prowess, that was epitomised in the Gallipoli, and at select other events in Australian history since. It has acquired legendary status over the years, and many of ... Australians that originally landed at Gallipoli were above average for the population at the time, they were not an accurate portrayal of the ordinary Australian male. The original ANZAC forces were of the finest physical condition of the time. Enlistment requirements stated ...

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The film Gallipoli is very useful to a certain degree as an historical source. The main reasons that make this film useful are the fact that it's a fairly accurate movie, the accuracy portrayed in the film and the contrast between qualities of Australian men and death faced in the war. This film is also not useful to a historian because it not only adds but leaves out events in the movie in opposed to what really in the war. Firstly, the accuracy portrayed in the film proved by sources makes it a useful historical source. According to numerous sources, the film is proven to be accurate to a ce...

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... visual images and filmic discourse is one of these highly debated approaches and historians today still remain divided over the use of use of film as a valuable representation of history versus written history. I will attempt to very briefly touch upon these arguments, and demonstrate why that despite the shortcomings of historiophoty, film as a historical source cannot be ignored in a society that ... the film, repeatedly giving the orders for the Anzac unit to charge up the trenches, effectively signing their death warrants. This is a glaring inaccuracy as in fact, it was an Australi...

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... no selfless act of valour, and no unifying event to bring the nation together. The young men of the day had had drilled into them by history, legend, verse, story and song that real nationhood is forged in battle. Within nine months of the outbreak of the great war, this forging ... What followed the landing at Gallipoli is a story of courage and endurance, of death, and despair, of poor leadership from London, and unsuccessful strategies. The Australian soldiers and the Turks dug in - literally - digging kilometres of trenches, and pinned down each other's forces with sniper fire and sh...

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... excerpts from soldiers diaries and letters as well as The Official History' by C.E.W.Bean. In this film, I believe Australian's attitudes toward enlistment in the war were very factual. The film showed the enthusiasm and patriotism of many young Australian men and how they were very eager yet blinded by the ... minutes the Turks went back to their positions in the trenches and were able to successfully defend the ANZAC attack. Four waves of Australian were cut down before they reached the enemy line. Many were killed and wounded. Through this scene the film has really captured the ... g...

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... Turks to fire on the troops. This landing is now seen in Australia as a tragic but significant event in our history, the soldiers that were sent to Turkey are now known as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACS). ii) The landscape in Gallipoli, Egypt and in Australia that is shown in ... the sky shown is hazy as if there is a fog, this is due to the level of sand in the air. The Australian terrain is a little more "alive" with more vegetation and more water. These differences may symbolise the difference in the living conditions of the ANZAC troops, ... of the message is told....

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... Gallipoli Peninsula. 25 April 1915, the day Australians and New Zealanders landed at Gallipoli and the beginning of the Anzac legend. The landing at dawn was written in history, as the first time Australian troops went into action as their own independent army. They saw that day as not very lucky, given that there was a navigational error where they landed 2km north ... in 1918, where we lost an awful amount of 65000 heroic men that fought hard but in the end lost their lives. Today the Anzacs are recognised for upholding the Australian name with pride. Brave men fought side by side eac...

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There had always been events that played major roles for changing the balances in the world throughout history. Unfortunately, most of the time, these events were nothing but the cruel wars that resulted in the loss of millions of people and in waste of huge amount of money. ... WW1 with the huge force it has, but when her allies could not accomplish their part in the play, she didn't get to play her part either. For the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) point of view they could not reach their goal either because they joined the Gallipoli War in order to pass through the Dardan...

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