Anzac Day
Monday 25 April 2016
Anzac Day goes beyond the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915. It is the day on which we remember all Australians who served and died in war and on operational service. The spirit of Anzac, with its qualities of courage, mateship, and sacrifice, continues to have meaning and relevance for our sense of national identity.
In Canberra the Australian War Memorial, in close cooperation with the Returned and Services League of Australia ACT, will host the following:
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commemorative Ceremony will be held after the Dawn Service at the Aboriginal Memorial plaque on the side of Mount Ainslie.
For more information about the National Ceremony’s veterans’ march in 2016, please contact the ACT Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia.
History and tradition
- Anzac Day tradition: what do we commemorate and how?
- First World War: an overview of Australia's involvement in the First World War
- First World War Centenary: what is the Memorial doing to mark this event?
- Previous Commemorative Addresses
Ceremonies
- Other ceremonies in Australia and around the world Department of Veterans' Affairs website
Photographs of Anzac Day ceremonies in Canberra
- 2015 Dawn Service, 2015 National Ceremony, 2014 Dawn Service, 2014 National Ceremony, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
Recordings
Education resources
The following Memorial resources are designed to help educate schoolchildren on the themes of the First World War and related events:
- Understanding Gallipoli provides background information, case studies, and activities related to the Gallipoli campaign (https://www.awm.gov.au/education/schools/resources/understanding-gallipoli)
- Anzac Diversity includes case studies which explore the cultural diversity of the Australian Imperial Force (https://www.awm.gov.au/education/schools/resources/anzac-diversity)
- Their spirit, our history includes classroom activities and an outline for planning your own commemorative ceremony (https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/theirspirit.asp)
- The Australia in the First World War Memorial Box is a hands-on outreach resource available for schools to borrow. Find the related online content, case studies, and questions here: https://www.awm.gov.au/education/memorial-boxes/1.
- A camera on Gallipoli education kit provides insight into life on Gallipoli an includes questions and activities (https://www.awm.gov.au/education/camera-gallipoli-interpretive-guide)
- Australian nurses explores the service of Australian women in the First and Second World Wars.
- Primary version (https://www.awm.gov.au/education/schools/resources/nurses-primary)
- Secondary version (https://www.awm.gov.au/education/schools/resources/nurses-secondary)
- HMAS AE1 tells the story of the submarine and includes related case studies and activities (https://www.awm.gov.au/education/schools/resources/hmas-ae1)
- Dawn of the legend tells the story of the Gallipoli landings, and includes pictures and maps of the campaign (https://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/dawn/spirit)
- Mapping Gallipoli features 15 maps from Gallipoli and tells the stories behind them (https://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/gmaps/trench)
