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Section 1 – Landing:
- The Anzac Landing at Gallipoli
Historians still debate today whether the Anzac troops were landed at the correct place. Why did the Allied commanders send Australian troops to land on a beach before rugged hills, ridges and steep gullies? What was the objective? What happened? Find out here.
- Why did the Anzacs land at Gallipoli?
- Lead-up events
- Background
A brief background to the events leading up to the landing, from Denis Winter's book, 25 April 1915 - The Inevitable Tragedy
- War Correspondents
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett:
- First report
- Censorship
- Truth revealed
- War diary
- Biography
- Film Footage of Ashmead-Bartlett in Sydney
Charles Bean:
- A Duty Clear before us – North Beach and the Sari Bair Range
Researched and written by Richard Reid
- Signaller Silas
The 16th Battalion's story from its raising in Western Australia in 1914 to the end of the battle was subsequently told by one of their own, the artist Signaller Ellis Silas, in his book Crusading at Anzac, A.D. 1915.
- First to Fall
See details of the 57 men from the 11th Battalion who were killed in action on 25th April, 1915.
Section 2 – Visiting:
- Visiting Gallipoli today
The Gallipoli Peninsula has had a long and remarkable history extending from before the Peloponnesian Wars. Its rugged landscape and historic towns provide the backdrop to the battlefields of 1915, places of heroism and sacrifice which are of immense national significance to Turks, Australians and New Zealanders. Explore Gallipoli as it is today.
- The Anzac walk
A walking tour of the Gallipoli battlefield
- War cemeteries and memorials at Gallipoli
- News, events and site highlights:
- Anzac Day at Gallipoli
- Turkish monuments and memorials
- Gallipoli tour
A driving tour of 11 Anzac locations, 7 Helles locations and 4 on the Asian Shore
Section 3 – Building:
- Building the Anzac Commemorative Site
A new Anzac commemorative location has been built at Gallipoli in conjunction with the New Zealand government and with the approval of the Turkish government. The new site, with its informal low stone walls, paths to the beach and information panels will become a focal point for visitors to this heritage area and of special significance to Australians and New Zealanders.
- Concept – what is the Anzac Commemorative Site and why was it built?
- Design – planning the Anzac Commemorative Site
- Process – constructing the Anzac Commemorative Site
Section 4 – Panels:
- The Interpretative Panels at the Anzac Commemorative Site at North Beach on the Gallipoli Peninsula
As a focal point to enrich the experience of visitors, the Anzac Commemorative Site includes 10 large panels that tell the story of Gallipoli in 1915. In this section, you can view the photographs, read the text (in English and Turkish), view the original artworks or photographs from which the panels were created and investigate the history of their selection in more detail.
- Interpretative panel 1
Map of the Gallipoli Peninsula
- Interpretative panel 2
Anzac, the landing 1915 (detail) by George Lambert.
- Interpretative panel 3
Charge of the 2nd Infantry Brigade at Krithia (detail) by Charles Wheeler.
- Interpretative panel 4
A Turkish officer is led blindfolded through the Anzac lines to discuss a truce to bury the Turkish dead after the attack of 19 May 1915.
- Interpretative panel 5
Stretcher bearers carrying wounded at Anzac. The soldier on the left is carrying filled water bottles up to the front line.
- Interpretative panel 6
The charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the Nek, 7 August 1915 (detail) by George Lambert.
- Interpretative panel 7
New Zealand soldiers rest in a trench during their assault towards Chunuk Bair on the night of 6 August 1915.
- Interpretative panel 8
Williams Pier, North Beach, Gallipoli, December 1915, with the Sphinx in the background. At this time the preparations for the evacuation of the Australian and New Zealand troops from Anzac were well under way.
- Interpretative panel 9
Turkish artillery on Gallipoli. Inset: Colonel Mustafa Kemal, one of the principal Turkish commanders at Gallipoli, later known as Ataturk –
Father of the Turks
. He was to become the first President of the Republic of Turkey. - Interpretative panel 10
An Australian officer visits a comrade's grave on Gallipoli.
Section 5 – Researching:
- Researching Gallipoli and Australians at war
This section explores the impact of the events at Gallipoli on the Australian people.
- Three Timelines of Australians at Gallipoli and at War
These timelines enable you to quickly locate information and perspectives on significant dates in the history of Australian warfare, including 100 important events to do with Gallipoli, the role of the Australians in the Gallipoli campaign as well as Australia's involvement in war from 1901 to 2000 including World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam and through to the involvement in East Timor.
- Images of 1915:
The Gallipoli experience produced a range of visual images from photographs to paintings and drawings.
- Nurses' Stories – photographs of Lemnos:
For Australians, the image usually associated with 25 April, 1915 is that of Australian soldiers charging bravely up the steep and barren slopes of Gallipoli. Less appreciated is the picture of an Australian nurse on that same day attending to hundreds of battered and bleeding men on the decks and in the confined wards of a hospital ship. This section contains images and letters.
- The Nurses' experience of Gallipoli from their letters
Read about the role of the nurses at Gallipoli in 1915, the conditions in which they worked on hospital ships and on the islands of Lemnos and Imbros, what they endured and their feelings about service.
- Photographs of the 3rd Australian General Hospital on Lemnos Island
Look through the amazing album of photographs taken by Dr A. W. Savage in 1915 which documents all aspects of the development of the 3rd Australian General Hospital on Lemnos Island. A visual chronicle of life and death.
- The 3rd AGH (Australian General Hospital)
Read about the workings of the 3rd Australian General Hospital at Lemnos.
- LC Barwick's Lemnos Diary
Read excerpts from Lance Corporal Archibald Barwick's Gallipoli diary dealing with his time on the island of Lemnos.
- The Nurses' experience of Gallipoli from their letters
- Bravery awards at Gallipoli
Victoria Crosses were awarded to nine soldiers at Gallipoli for acts of extreme heroism: Albert Jacka, William Symons, Leonard Keysor, John Hamilton, Albert Shout, William Dunstan, Alexander Burton, Frederick Tubb and Hugo Throssell. Read about the situations they faced in a campaign where ordinary men routinely performed extraordinary acts of courage and sacrifice.
- Submarines at Gallipoli
Includes a detailed animation of the AE2's voyage through the Dardanelles in an attempt to disrupt Turkish sea communication.
- Gallipoli and the Australian home front:
The distant conflict of the Great War, as World War I was known at the time, had an enormous effect on Australia, a small nation of fewer than 5 million people at the time. The war had a major impact on everyone in some way. It helped bring about economic change. Political events became bitter and controversial. Reputations were made and lost.
Through it all, Australians responded to the call to enlist and went to fight. Their story is an important part of understanding the history of Australia and its people in the 20th century.
- Anzac: a national heirloom
The Gallipoli campaign made the word 'Anzac' instantly recognisable throughout Australia and New Zealand. From 1915, individuals, organisations and businesses began to use the word for a variety of purposes. In the collections of the National Archives of Australia there are many files dealing with applications to use the word Anzac or to copyright material associated with Gallipoli and the remembrance of the campaign.
- Gallipoli and a country town: Yass
Explores the individual stories of two men Roy Denning and Wilfred Emmott Addison who came from the town of Yass in country New South Wales to fight (and in Addison's case, to die) at Gallipoli in 1915. Roy Denning's letters to his mother from Gallipoli and Addison's anticipation of his own death are moving testaments to the tragedy and futility of war.
- Anzac: a national heirloom
