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- Fire in Gallipoli National Park under control -
18.10.2004 19:29:52
Fire fighters are still monitoring the site of the blaze to prevent any flare ups. Emergency services have controlled a large forest fire that broke out Sunday in the Gallipoli National Park, though not before more than 250 hectares of land was burnt out.
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- The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior -
08.10.2004 12:22:24
The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior will serve as a focus of remembrance of the sacrifice made by New Zealand servicemen and women in overseas wars. Of the approximately 30,000 New Zealand fatalities of the wars of the twentieth century, there were 9,000 whose identity could not be determined or whose bodies were never recovered. Many were known to be New Zealanders by their uniform or badges, but could not otherwise be identified. One unidentified New Zealand soldier of World War One will be selected to return to New Zealand. ...(more inside)
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ANZAC Day Dawn Service Gallipoli 2005
28.08.2004 12:40:40
Each year, thousands of Australians and New Zealanders of all ages make the pilgrimage to Gallipoli to commemorate Anzac Day. For most, but not all, this travel is undertaken without difficulty. ...(more inside)
- Final salute to a larrikin -
28.08.2004 12:34:38
With Marcel Caux 102 and indulging himself by making his beloved home brew, his family and friends shivered in apprehension. Not from the potential for massive hangovers. ...(more inside)
- WWI vet to get state funeral -
23.08.2004 12:29:32
Flags will fly at half mast when a state funeral is held for one of Australia`s longest-surviving World War I veterans, Marcel Caux, who his family say will be remembered as a gentleman and hero. ...(more inside)
- WW1 VETERAN MARCEL CAUX DIES AT 105 -
22.08.2004 12:24:47
World War One veteran Marcel Caux, who`s died aged 105,
will be honoured with a state funeral. Mr Caux spent his final hours with his son, Marcus, at his Chatswood nursing home in Sydney`s north and passed away peacefully about 5.30 pm yesterday afternoon. ...(more inside)
- Competition to honour memory of WWI vet -
21.07.2004 21:12:41
A tour of the Great War`s most decisive battlefields is on offer to Tasmanian students to honour late digger Frank MacDonald. The state`s last surviving WWI veteran died last August, just weeks after celebrating his 107th birthday.
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- Tributes flow for oldest digger -
24.06.2004 16:44:43
Ted Smout, the oldest Australian veteran of World War I, has died in Brisbane, aged 106. He put his age up to enlist in 1915 and had said on turning 105: "I hope to be the last survivor."
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- Children Add Special Touch to ANZAC Day -
26.04.2004 12:21:10
During the Dawn Ritual at the ANZAC Cove, visitors from Australia and New Zealand remembered the day when their ancestors came ashore on Gallipoli. The landing of the ANZACs (Soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) signaled the beginning of the Allies` Dardanelles Campaign during WW I
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- Gallipoli`s new heroes -
26.04.2004 12:10:04
Well done to those Australians and New Zealanders who turned up at Gallipoli yesterday on ANZAC Day, the anniversary of the start of the 1915 campaign. Gallipoli, a five-hour drive down the rough roads of the Dardanelles from Istanbul, is hard enough to get to from central Turkey, let alone London, let alone Sydney or Christchurch. The trip is even more daunting if your government has warned you not to go for fear of terrorist attack, as the Australian and New Zealand administrations did.
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- ANZAC Day draws big crowds -
26.04.2004 12:05:47
Huge crowds have turned out at ANZAC Day services across the NSW border and in north-east Victoria. In Wodonga, about 3,000 people attended both the dawn service and march.
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- ANZAC Ceremony Attracts Thousands -
26.04.2004 12:03:18
Thousands of people gathered at a dawn ceremony on the southern coast of Turkey to commemorate ANZAC Day yesterday. A set of events has taken place over the past two days to remember fallen soldiers.
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- Young ignore terrorist threat -
26.04.2004 12:58:52
Young Australians in their thousands defied official terrorism warnings to boost crowds at yesterday`s Gallipoli services to record levels. Organisers were surprised to see so many Australian visitors for the dawn service at ANZAC Cove and the later service at Lone Pine, with the highest attendance of Turks so far taking the crowd to between 12,000 and 14,000.
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- ANZAC Day Dawn Service - Gallipoli Speech -
25.04.2004 5:30:19
We stand here this morning to remember all those who suffered and died at this place 89 years ago. We pay homage not only to the Australians and New Zealanders, but also men from Britain, France, Canada, India and Newfoundland. We remember the brave Turks who defended this ground. ...(more inside)
- Shops asked to respect ANZAC Day -
27.03.2004 14:59:17
South Australian veterans are asking retailers to respect ANZAC Day - which this year falls on a Sunday - by only opening after ceremonies end. It will be the first time ANZAC Day has fallen on a Sunday since laws were changed to allow Sunday retailing.
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- Essay winner to see where ANZACs fought -
24.03.2004 16:53:26
Melissa Burge, 16, sees the spirit of ANZAC all around her. "The ANZACs would give up their life to save another," the Ipswich Girls` Grammar School student said. "In the modern world, I see the ANZAC spirit as giving up your spare time to help others."
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- No day off for ANZAC when at a weekend -
23.03.2004 15:04:01
While Australians will be enjoying the freedoms won by the ANZACs in war, New Zealanders will be back at work without a day off. Unlike all Australian states, except Victoria, New Zealanders do not get a substitute day off if ANZAC Day falls on a weekend, as it does this April 25. ...(more inside)
- NZ warns Kiwis of Gallipoli danger -
19.03.2004 12:25:31
New Zealand`s government has warned of possible extremist attacks in Turkey, urging Kiwis heading to Gallipoli for ANZAC Day to register before leaving. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) this week said there was a high risk of terror attacks.
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- Workers knocked back on ANZAC Day holiday -
19.03.2004 12:20:07
Victorian workers will take their campaign for a day off for ANZAC Day, which falls on a Sunday this year, to the industrial relations commission. This comes after the State Government rejected a request from unions for a substitute holiday. The unions will instead ask the Australian Industrial Relations Commission next Tuesday to grant them time off.
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- War Memorial gardens planted -
15.03.2004 14:34:38
Members of the Bega RSL Sub-branch have been hard at work re-planting the town`s War Memorial gardens in preparation for ANZAC Day ceremonies. Bega Valley Shire Council provided the sub-branch with $500 towards the purchase of plants and topsoil.
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- Students keep ANZAC tradition marching on -
10.03.2004 18:13:58
In years to come the tradition of ANZAC Day will rest solely on the shoulders of our youth. So it is reassuring for veterans and their families to know the Hobart RSL Sub Branch has taken steps to ensure that those who fought in wars are never forgotten.
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- Gunmen vandalise Aussie war graves -
06.03.2004 18:09:01
The graves and headstones of Breaker Morant and hundreds of other Australian Boer War fighters have been robbed and vandalised in South Africa. Armed thieves have stolen valuable metal plaques, crosses and marble tombstones from cemeteries marking the death or disappearance of more than 600 young Australians from 1899-1902.
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- Turkish film-maker hunts for Gallipoli diaries, stories -
24.02.2004 14:34:26
A Turkish film-maker is searching for Gallipoli diaries, stories and relatives of New Zealanders who fought and died there for a major new documentary. The documentary will tell the story of the failed Gallipoli campaign in 1915 through the eyes of a New Zealander, two Australians, two Britons and two Turkish soldiers.
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- Definitely no Gallipoli fee -
19.02.2004 22:09:03
The Turkish Government has announced finally that it will not charge any admission fees to Gallipoli.
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- Turkey insists on fee to enter Gallipoli park -
19.02.2004 15:32:05
Turkish authorities insist that a fee will be charged for entry to the Gallipoli national park – despite denials from the Turkish Embassy in Canberra that the plan will never go ahead. The dismissal of the plan has been ignored in the Turkish media, which reported at the weekend that the redevelopment would occur and an admission fee be charged.
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- Outrage over Gallipoli charge -
18.02.2004 19:51:36
Orange Returned Services League (RSL) sub-branch president Norm Clinghan said he would be disgusted if the Turkish Government charged an entry fee to the Gallipoli battlefields.
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- Gallipoli to remain free -
13.02.2004 17:31:56
Turkish authorities yesterday reassured Australians they would continue to have free access to Gallipoli, as Prime Minister John Howard expressed alarm at plans to charge an admission fee. The reassurance came as government officials in Canberra and Ankara continued talks yesterday to determine exactly what plans the Turkish Government had for the Gallipoli National Park.
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- No Gallipoli charge: Downer -
13.02.2004 12:50:15
Turkey has assured Australia it won`t start charging for visits to the Gallipoli battlefields and ANZAC cemeteries, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today. He said Turkish officials in Ankara had told the government they were not planning a charge.
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- No charges at Gallipoli says Gov`t -
13.02.2004 12:45:01
NZ:Turkish authorities deny media reports they are planning to charge visitors to the Gallipoli grave sites. The government says Turkish authorities are not about to start charging visitors to the Gallipoli grave sites. Media reports in Australia have suggested the Turkish Parliament has passed a law authorising a charge in time for ANZAC Day this year.
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- RSL says no fee to enter Gallipoli -
13.02.2004 12:40:49
The Federal Government and the RSL have scotched rumours that the Turkish Government intends charging an admission fee for entry to the Gallipoli battlefields. The story, carried this morning in other newspapers, suggested that the charges would implemented as early as ANZAC Day this year, but a spokeswoman from the Department of Veterans Affairs said the Turkish Government had categorically denied considering the introduction of a fee.
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- PM opposes Gallipoli fee -
13.02.2004 01:50:28
PRIME Minister John Howard would oppose a plan to charge an admission fee for visitors to the Gallipoli battlefields. After conflicting reports about Turkish plans for an admission fee to the Gelibolu Historic National Park, Mr Howard today said the Turkish Government had not consulted Australia.
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- Govt checks Gallipoli fee claim -
13.02.2004 01:46:51
The Prime Minister says he has asked the Foreign Affairs Department to check on reports that the Turkish Government is planning to charge an admission fee for visitors to the Gallipoli battlefields.
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- Vale denies Gallipoli fee -
13.02.2004 01:42:46
The custodians of Gallipoli war graves are to seek a meeting with the governor of the region to clarify reports that the Turkish government plans to introduce an admission fee to the historic site. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, however, doubts that the alleged proposals to charge a fee could be imposed in time for ANZAC Day this year.
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- ANZAC fury at Gallipoli fee plan -
13.02.2004 01:38:30
The Turkish government may begin charging an admission fee to visitors to the Gallipoli battlefields as early as ANZAC Day this year, it was reported today.
The Daily Telegraph said Turkey plans an admission fee to the Gelibolu Historic National Park, which encompasses ANZAC Cove, the British sectors of Suvla Bay and Cape Helles, and the Gallipoli peninsula`s Allied cemeteries.
But a spokeswoman for Veterans Affairs Minister Danna Vale denied this was the case.
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- Fence around Gallipoli -
13.02.2004 01:12:57
Young Australians wishing to pay their respects to the ANZACs
may have to pay for the privilege. Under plans by the Turkish Government, visitors to the Gallipoli battlefields will be charged an admission fee, with tickets to go on sale as early as ANZAC Day this year.
This would let the Turkish Government capitalise on the tourism boom to Gallipoli, where tens of thousands of Australians make the pilgrimage to pay tribute to hero Diggers.
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- Leadership opportunity -
04.02.2004 23:26:12
Youth leaders in Lockhart have the opportunity to be publicly recognised by participation in one of Australia`s leading youth leadership development programs... ...Gallipoli 2005 - To celebrate the Centenary of Rotary in 2005 a RYLARIAN from every Rotary District in Australia and New Zealand will be selected for the week long journey to Gallipoli which will feature the dawn service on ANZAC Day.
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- ANZAC Day visit to Gallipoli changed -
27.01.2004 18:05:05
Security concerns in Turkey have forced the Western Australia Government to change the venue for the inaugural ANZAC Day trip for a dozen school children.
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- A day to remember our heroes` deeds -
27.01.2004 17:59:47
The Mudgee region remembered the days Ulysses came from March 31 to April 7 at the Australia Day Awards last weekend when they announced the Ulysses AGM in Mudgee the Community Event of the Year... ...Ashleigh represented Gulgong and the Mudgee region at the Gallipoli dawn ANZAC service last year and was the winner of the Simpson Prize funded by the Commonwealth Department of Education Science and Training.
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- ANZAC honour for young Samuel -
22.01.2004 16:36:49
Twelve-year-old Bakers Hill boy Samuel Glazier will represent WA`s schoolchildren at this year`s ANZAC Day dawn service at Perth`s Kings Park - an honour to which he is looking forward. Samuel competed in a recent state-wide competition to go on an ANZAC trip to Gallipoli with WA Premier Geoff Gallop, making the final 12 of the competition.
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- Howard touches off storm by claiming Australian schools too politically correct -
21.01.2004 12:23:58
Sydney: Prime Minister John Howard has been accused of being a narrow-minded snob after he touched off a political storm by claiming Australia`s public schools are losing students because they are too politically correct... ...He was backed by education minister Peter McGauran, who cited the example of two schools banning nativity plays for fear they might offend non-Christians and a school cancelling its ANZAC Day celebration, which commemorates allied landings at Gallipoli in World War I.
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- Teachers anti-Australian, says Minister -
21.01.2004 12:15:16
Canberra - The Federal Government has stepped up its attack on State schools and teachers, saying too many of them are hostile to Australian values. Acting Education Minister Peter McGauran said the Government would continue its policy of funding private schools to ensure parents had a choice about where to send their children... ...Mr McGauran cited examples of schools cancelling Nativity plays and of a WA primary school which tried to abandon ANZAC Day commemorations, a decision that was overturned by Education Minister Alan Carpenter, as evidence of his view.
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- In defence of the complete educators -
21.01.2004 12:09:52
Public schools personify Australian values and parents - and the Government - know it. The Prime Minister, John Howard, launched an attack on public schools this week. Although he said he did not want to destroy state schools, he accused them of being "values-neutral" and too "politically correct"... ... ...(more inside)
- PM challenged on school claims -
20.01.2004 16:00:12
Angry school and parent groups have challenged Prime Minister John Howard to back up his claim that government schools are losing numbers because they are too politically correct... ...He was backed by acting federal education minister Peter McGauran, who cited the example of a West Australian school cancelling its ANZAC Day celebration and two in NSW and Victoria banning nativity plays.
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- McGuaran agrees PC schools losing students -
20.01.2004 12:48:20
Parents were pulling children out of many state schools because the schools were too politically correct and hostile to Australian values, acting federal education minister Peter McGauran said today... ...One school cancelled its ANZAC Day celebration and two others in NSW and Victoria banned nativity plays, he said.
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- Kirstin`s `awesome experience` -
17.01.2004 14:04:21
Port Augusta girl Kirstin Sampson has just spent 12 days in the war-torn Middle East over the Christmas/New Year period ... but it was all just part of her job... ...Kirstin and the Royal Australian Navy Band will be in Gallipoli for ANZAC day this year, so she is set for another awesome experience – but it`s all just part of the job.
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- Famous Turkish ship restored -
06.01.2004 20:09:59
One of the most famous warships ever to serve in the Turkish navy has been saved from a muddy grave and now has a new lease of life as a museum. The minelayer Nusret, believed to be the only surviving warship from the famous Gallipoli Campaign of World War One, has been restored and converted into a museum located in the southern Turkish city of Mersin.
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- NZ to look into recognising Gallipoli as heritage site -
22.12.2003 13:28:35
The Government is looking at ways to recognise the heritage importance to New Zealanders of ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli, Prime Minister Helen Clark said today. The task will be undertaken by the Historic Places Trust.
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- Bar ordered to close -
22.12.2003 13:24:04
Rain bar on Wellington`s Courtenay place has been ordered to close its doors for five days for having too many drunk people and for opening too early last ANZAC day.
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- Don`t Dishonour The Dead -
22.12.2003 13:21:36
"I hope some of the leaders at Tangiwai today have the courage to make it more than a commemoration," ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today... ..."New Zealand is getting good at ceremonies. We give increasing attention to ANZAC day. The Prime Minister will go anywhere to pay respects to dead soldiers.
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- ANZAC Cove backed -
18.12.2003 15:23:23
The ANZAC experience at Gallipoli was "the defining experience in Australian history", an exemplar of "those qualities we like to believe to be at the heart of the Australian experience and the Australian character", the Prime Minister said yesterday.
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- ANZAC Cove up for heritage listing -
17.12.2003 13:00:02
The ANZAC Cove area of Gallipoli in Turkey will be the first place nominated for inclusion on a new National Heritage List, Prime Minister John Howard announced. Mr Howard was speaking at the launch of the Distinctively Australian heritage program at Chowder Bay heritage area in Sydney.
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- Government bid to protect Gallipoli -
17.12.2003 12:55:08
The hallowed ground of Gallipoli is expected to become the first icon on Australia`s list of nominated national heritage treasures. Prime Minister John Howard will announce today the Government`s intention to protect the site under a new federal heritage regime.
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- Megan is Gallipoli-bound -
17.12.2003 12:43:42
Sixteen-year-old Northam Senior High School student Megan Harrod will be among 12 West Australian students who will travel with Premier Geoff Gallop to Turkey for next year`s ANZAC Day dawn service at Gallipoli.
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- Holiday push to say we`re sorry -
13.12.2003 17:41:10
Victorian workers may gain an extra public holiday to say sorry to Aborigines and to celebrate reconciliation. Key unionists and the dominant Left wing of the Labor Party are lobbying the State Government to add an additional public holiday to the existing 11... ...Next year, there will be no day off for ANZAC Day because it falls on a Sunday. And there will be no Christmas Day holiday because it falls on a Saturday.
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- Australian govt to add ANZAC Cove to historical places list -
12.12.2003 19:44:30
Ankara - Environment and Forestry Minister Osman Pepe said on Friday that Australian government wanted to take ANZAC Cove into the list of historical places. Osman Pepe received the same day Australian Ambassador to Turkey Jonatthan Philp and discussed with him the development plan on Gelibolu Historical Peninsula National Park.
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- Turkey: Travel Information Update -
16.06.2004 11:52:53
This is an automated notification from The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade. The following Travel Advice has changed or been added since our last update.
This advice has been reviewed. It contains new safety and security, and consular assistance and registration information. The overall level of the advice has not changed.
Australians are advised to defer non-essential travel to Turkey until further notice. We continue to receive information suggesting that further terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Ankara and other centres in Turkey are likely.
The Australian Consulate General has now reopened at a new address.
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- Gallipoli win for local student -
11.12.2003 22:35:37
A year 9 Albany student was one of 12 finalists chosen to accompany WA Premier Geoff Gallop to Gallipoli next April. St Joseph`s College student Aaron Porebski (14) entered the competition early November.
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- Tour of a lifetime to Gallipoli -
10.12.2003 17:34:12
Geraldton student Melanie Kerrigan is off to Gallipoli with Premier Geoff Gallop next year after impressing judges in Perth last week. Melanie is one of 12 West Australian students chosen to accompany the Premier on the inaugural Gallipoli student tour in April.
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- Merredin student to accompany Premier in Gallipoli -
10.12.2003 17:16:50
Merredin Senior High School student Jon Tiller is one of 12 WA students who have been selected to accompany Premier Geoff Gallop on an ANZAC Day tour of Gallipoli next year. The 12 students were chosen from 24 finalists at a dinner in Perth last week, with the remaining 12 to be special guests at the Perth dawn service.
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- Britain Eases Warning on Travel to Turkey -
06.12.2003 16:56:05
London - Britain has lifted its warning against all but the most essential travel to Istanbul, although the Foreign Office said the level of terrorist threat in Turkey is still high less than a month after suicide bombings in the capital.
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- Fines, jail for fake heroes -
06.12.2003 16:46:39
People who march on ANZAC Day wearing medals not awarded to them or a member of their family will face hefty fines and prison under new laws. The laws also will introduce jail terms for people who deface or destroy any Australian medals awarded for military service.
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- There is no new attack possibility in Turkey -
05.12.2003 17:41:42
Security Directorate General Spokesman Feyzullah Arslan said on Friday that there was no possibility of a new terrorist attack in Turkey, stating that police took every kind of measures.
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- Schools warned on festive ban -
03.12.2003 15:22:48
The Federal Government has warned three WA schools that have curtailed Christmas celebrations that they risked causing resentment against minority groups... ...But State Education Minister Alan Carpenter refused to get involved in the issue yesterday, despite intervening in a similar situation earlier this year to ensure Koondoola primary held an ANZAC Day ceremony.
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- Primary schools do away with manger -
02.12.2003 17:22:56
Forget the baby in a manger - many WA schools have become so politically correct that Christmas is nothing more than another date on the calendar... ...Koondoola principal Rudy Rybarczyk, who came under fire this year for trying to ban the ANZAC Day service at his school, said there would be no Christmas concert but each classroom would acknowledge the day in some way.
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- Australian consulate in Istanbul to remain closed -
27.11.2003 13:29:29
The Australian Government has decided its Consulate-General office in Istanbul will remain closed until further notice. The office was shut last week, after suicide bomb attacks on the British consulate and the British-based HSBC banking group there, which killed 30 people.
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- Turkey: Travel Information Update -
27.11.2003 13:14:49
This advice has been reviewed.
It contains new safety and
security and consular assistance
and registration information.
As a precautionary measure, the Australian Consulate-General in Istanbul
will remain closed until further notice.
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- Turkey: Travel Information Update -
26.11.2003 13:08:42
This is an automated notification from The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade.
The following Travel Advice has changed or been added since our last update.
Australians are advised to defer non-essential travel to Turkey until further notice.
We have received information suggesting that further terrorist attacks
may be imminent in Istanbul, Ankara and other centres in Turkey.
Australians in Turkey should exercise extreme caution, particularly in commercial and public areas, and keep themselves informed of developments that might affect their safety.
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- Warning to avoid Istanbul -
21.11.2003 19:20:46
Kiwi tourists are being warned against travelling to Istanbul after the deadly bomb blasts in the Turkish city. A Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said there had been no reports of any New Zealanders caught up in Thursday night`s attacks, but the honorary consul based in Istanbul was checking on those living in the city and registered with the embassy in the capital, Ankara.
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- Turkey: Travel Information Update -
21.11.2003 13:51:26
This is an automated notification from The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade.
The following Travel Advice has changed or been added since our last update.
Australians are advised to defer non-essential travel to Turkey until further notice, in view of the ongoing threat from terrorist attack. Australians in Turkey should exercise extreme caution, particularly in commercial and public areas, and keep themselves informed of developments that might affect their safety.
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- Queen honours Aussie war sacrifice -
13.11.2003 11:46:30
The new Australian War Memorial in London should serve to remind future generations of the deep gratitude Britain has for the sacrifice Australia made in both world wars, the Queen said overnight... ...The memorial cost $A9 million and will become the venue of ANZAC Day dawn services in London from next year.
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- London memorial to be focus for ANZAC ceremony -
11.11.2003 19:27:41
The Queen was amongst dignitaries at an Armistice Day ceremony in Hyde Park today, marking the unveiling of the Australian War Memorial. The memorial commemorates more than 100,000 Australians who died in the First and Second World Wars. The Queen was joined by the Prime Minister Tony Blair, along with his Australian counterpart John Howard.
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- Digger, 104, urges peace -
11.11.2003 17:24:38
A 104-year-old World War I veteran today urged Australians to embrace peace in the wake of the "disastrous" war in Iraq. Thousands of Sydneysiders gathered for the Remembrance Day service in the city centre today, marking the 85th anniversary of the end of four years of fighting.
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- The Prime Minister`s speech -
11.11.2003 16:22:30
Prime Minister John Howard`s speech delivered at Australia House
in London on November 10 at 6.30pm GMT (5.30am AEST).
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- War memorial set in stone -
10.11.2003 16:16:42
The first permanent memorial in London marking the sacrifice of the 1.5million Australians who fought beside their British comrades in two world wars was suggested as far back as the end of World War I, but the idea never "quite got off the ground", according to Governor-General Michael Jeffery.
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- Howard, Crean head for London -
07.11.2003 12:47:53
Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Simon Crean will fly to London early this evening for the unveiling of the Australian War Memorial and to hold talks with British leaders.
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- Aussie tribute about time: UK veteran -
05.11.2003 12:44:15
For one British veteran of the Burma railway, next week`s dedication of an Australian war memorial in London is long overdue. Jack Chalker says he feels like an honorary ANZAC having survived three years as a prisoner of war in Thailand alongside Australian soldiers, including Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop, to whom he owes his life.
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- John Howard To Visit To United Kingdom 7 November -
03.11.2003 18:59:35
I will travel to the United Kingdom on 7-13 November as a guest of the British Government to undertake a number of important commitments. On 11 November, the 85th anniversary of the Armistice of World War One, I will dedicate the Australian War Memorial in London. The memorial, located in Hyde Park, is an impressive tribute to the thousands of Australians who fought alongside British forces during two world wars and will become a focus for ANZAC Day services in London from 2004.
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- ANZAC march to honour all -
30.10.2003 14:18:25
Peacekeepers serving in war-torn nations such as Iraq and East Timor will be officially honoured at ANZAC Day marches in Victoria for the first time next year. New laws introduced to Parliament yesterday will expand ANZAC Day commemorations to recognise the sacrifices made by Victorians serving in all conflicts and peacekeeping missions.
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- ANZAC Day opens up -
29.10.2003 14:14:38
Victorian law is about to recognise the reality that ANZAC Day is no longer the preserve of World War I diggers. According to existing state law, ANZAC Day is a commemoration of those who fought in the "Great War" or gave up their lives for "the empire".
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- On march for memorial -
26.10.2003 11:10:00
For a town with memories stretching back into the 19th century nobody would know that Tullah gave up some of its finest on the battlefields of World War I. Unlike most towns of similar size, Tullah lacks a memorial to the war service of its brave young men.
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- Website gives fresh slant on Australians at war -
22.10.2003 13:25:55
Australia is a nation with the rare privilege of having never fought a war on its own soil (either as a result of invasion or civil war), but it does have a long military history. Australians at War is a collection of personal recollections from a century of service in other countries - from the Boer War to peacekeeping in East Timor.
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- Esplanade lakes plan sinks doubts -
16.10.2003 13:16:08
Three lakes will be created as part of a dramatic $4 million facelift
for Perth foreshore`s Esplanade Reserve... ...The RSL, too, is worried about the project, doubting that the reserve will be big enough to cope with crowds at ANZAC Day ceremonies... ...RSL WA president Bill Gaynor said he was concerned the plans included a third lake on the western side of the reserve that would impinge on the ANZAC Day ceremony, which this year was attended by 35,000.
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- Keeping the flame of memories alive -
12.10.2003 13:09:54
Australians will have to decide quickly if we want the bombsite in Bali to be a permanent place of frequent homage – a Gallipoli of the global conflict caused by terrorism. We could decide to give the anniversary of the atrocity annual significance approaching that of ANZAC Day, an obligation for national and community leaders to uphold.
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- GALLIPOLI SCHOLARSHIP 2004 -
07.10.2003 18:33:22
You are invited to apply for a Gallipoli Scholarship which could help you finance the first year only of a degree course in a New South Wales or ACT University in 2004. Three scholarships will be available in 2004; more in subsequent years.
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- Youngsters salute a forgotten hero -
27.09.2003 13:04:07
The heroics of a teenager blinded by a bullet fighting for his country, are being used to inspire schools across the country. Forgotten soldier David Melling, born in 1897 in east Manchester, is the figurehead for a new campaign that hopes to spread awareness of the human cost of war. In 1915, defending a Turkish trench at Gallipoli that British troops had captured, a bullet tore through his head and blinded him in both eyes. He was just 18.
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- PM says ANZAC relationship `maturing` -
23.09.2003 15:15:42
Prime Minister Helen Clark does not believe the relationship between Australia and New Zealand is strained but instead is maturing. Australia`s top diplomat in New Zealand has warned the relationship between the two countries is uncertain, with some Australian businesses and parliamentarians seeing New Zealand as a competitor rather than ally.
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- Governor unveils memorial to World War 1 battalion -
17.09.2003 15:08:17
Country people from around Western Australia with links to WWI diggers who fought in Gallipoli and France and other theatres of war flocked to Kings Park last Sunday for the unveiling of a long-awaited memorial to the 16th Battalion AIF. About 500 people enjoyed the sunny weather and the music of Salvation Army band Silver Threads, to celebrate the opening of the memorial, located in the precinct of the 2/16th Battalion.
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- Turn Right at Istanbul; From Gallipoli to Gaza;
An ANZAC`s Story -
12.09.2003 15:07:31
Tony Wright says that all the great histories of Gallipoli have been written and he might be right. That will not, however, stand in the way of writers who want to tap into the ANZAC legend`s rich lode. As Patsy Adam-Smith has said, Australians are born with a legend, like it or not. We can`t rid ourselves of it.
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- Vietnam vets make book presentation -
12.09.2003 14:59:57
A book of Australian flags was presented to the Leeman Primary School by two returned Vietnam veterans recently. The presentation by Jim Clarke of Jurien Bay and Terry Pow of Leeman marked Vietnam Memorial Day and the battle of Long Tan... ...Mr Clarke told students about the Australian services and emphasised the ANZAC ethos developed at Gallipoli and its influence on him during his many years of service as a regular soldier both in action and during peace time service.
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- Tas RSL branch wants schools to join ANZAC marches -
11.09.2003 14:00:30
A Tasmanian RSL branch is moving to ensure schools become long term guardians of ANZAC Day in Australia. The Hobart sub-branch wants schools to provide student marchers and banner bearers at future parades. More and more children are replacing the dwindling number of veterans on the marches. ...(more inside)
- Drums keep beating -
10.09.2003 13:44:31
There will be a lot more drum beating and marching in Taree from now on following the purchase of three new marching side drums by Taree RSL and Golf Club Limited for the Taree RSL Band... ..."It enables us to march on days such as ANZAC Day and on any other occasion when the band is called upon to assist with a march.”
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- ANZAC link grows stronger -
04.09.2003 15:55:56
Albany`s close links with the ANZAC legend and as part of the country`s military heritage could become stronger following a visit by a State Government parliamentary team last week.
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- NHS stories: ANZAC past -
31.08.2003 15:50:29
As part of a series of articles BBC News Online reporter Jane Elliott looks behind the scenes of the NHS. This week we focus on how a leading heart hospital has lasting ties with Australia and New Zealand... ...Harefield has strong links with Australia and New Zealand, and was in fact set up to provide medical help for the wounded ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) soldiers.
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- ANZAC Day is `genuine` Australia day, says MP -
31.08.2003 15:45:27
ANZAC Day is becoming Australia`s "real national day" and should replace January 26, Labor frontbencher Lindsay Tanner says in a book to be launched tomorrow. Mr Tanner says it "evokes genuine deep emotion in a way that Australia Day never will".
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- Final salute for digger -
31.08.2003 15:37:48
The final salute for Australia`s oldest World War I veteran, Frank MacDonald, took place in a moving state funeral in North West Tasmania yesterday. Mr MacDonald was honoured by a ceremony at the Ulverstone Civic Centre in which the Governor Sir Guy Green and Premier Jim Bacon paid tribute to him.
Premier Bacon told a crowd of about 300 mourners that Mr MacDonald`s death marked the end of a significant era in Tasmanian history.
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- One old fighter helps Legacy carry on the good fight -
26.08.2003 15:29:54
In the street on which he lives in Hamilton, Ted Kenna - Victoria`s only living winner of the Victoria Cross - counts four Legacy widows. As his mates have passed on around him, the 83-year-old has seen the "marvellous" help Legacy has given their widows and the sense of community it leaves with them... ...Mr Kenna was also honoured to lead the ANZAC Day march this year, the first private in living memory to do so.
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- Australia`s oldest WWI veteran dies -
23.08.2003 15:22:39
Australia`s oldest World War I veteran Frank MacDonald, who has died in Tasmania aged 107, described himself as "the last of the Mohicans". "I`m too pig-headed to die," Mr MacDonald, a corporal in the all-Tasmanian 40th Battalion who was awarded a Military Medal and Legion of Honour for his bravery, said several years ago.
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- PM pays respects to `remarkable` MacDonald -
23.08.2003 15:18:34
Prime Minister John Howard has expressed sorrow at the death of Australia`s oldest war veteran. Frank MacDonald, 107, died in a hospital in Burnie, north-west Tasmania, this morning after a short illness. Mr Howard says Corporal MacDonald was a courageous man.
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- Last Post for lasting hero -
23.08.2003 15:14:53
Frank MacDonald, who died in northern Tasmania today aged 107, was the last survivor of the 15,000 Diggers who won gallantry medals in the Great War. Such honours were not handed out lightly - fewer than one in 20 of the 330,000 Australians who served overseas received one. Mr MacDonald won the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery in 1917 for taking out three German machine-gun nests in the battle of Passchendaele.
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- Navy impostor convicted, fined -
21.08.2003 15:05:20
A Tasmanian man who masqueraded as a decorated war veteran in last year`s ANZAC Day parade was convicted and fined over the scam today. The Hobart Magistrates Court was told Peter Stuart Nelson, 49, passed himself off as a retired Lieutenant Commander of the Royal Australian Navy from July 2001 to September 2002 and wore seven medals that had not been awarded to him.
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- Shrine of Remembrance opens -
17.08.2003 14:59:04
The $7.6 million redevelopment of Melbourne`s Shrine of Remembrance war memorial has opened to the public. Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and Federal Treasurer Peter Costello officially opened the redevelopment of the site, including a new visitor and education centre... ..."About 270,000 people visit the shrine throughout the year, with about 50,000 attending on ANZAC Day," he said.
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- Recalling the ANZAC spirit -
17.08.2003 14:55:44
Launceston`s McCormack family will never know if their youngest brother would have ever risen beyond his position as a humble insurance company clerk, they will never meet his children or grandchildren... ...Long Tan was Australia`s bloodiest engagement of the war and has been said to embody the classic virtues of the ANZAC spirit.
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- Keeping the spirit alive -
08.08.2003 19:08:19
It might have been a week late, but Shepparton`s ANZAC Day inspired fun-run was anything but behind time. The run originally coincided with last weekend`s Victorian track and field championships, forcing Shepparton organisers to reschedule the race to Sunday and joining about 50 centres from around Australia who participated in the event.
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- Bay RSL loses a leading light leading light -
06.08.2003 17:48:54
One of Batemans Bay`s leading lights went out last weekend, with the passing of former Batemans Bay Soldiers Club president and sub-branch secretary Len Tucker.
Mr Tucker, 75, was awarded life membership of the national RSL on Friday but, sadly, never had the opportunity to receive the honour. Following a long battle with cancer, Mr Tucker died at his home on Saturday surrounded by his devoted family. ...(more inside)
- A new generation`s fascination with Gallipoli -
31.07.2003 06:07:32
Seeking adventure, The Bulletin`s National Affairs Editor, Tony Wright, slung on a backpack and wandered through Turkey. The result is an extraordinary book. In this extract, Wright and two young backpackers tackle the Gallipoli battlefields...
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- More pay wanted if Easter Sunday trading legalised -
31.07.2003 05:47:23
(NZ): CTU objects to shop trading changes which could see Easter Sunday trading legalised, says workers need community days... ...Current legislation requires that shops must close on Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and until 1pm on ANZAC Day. ...(more inside)
- Working group recommends easing Easter Sunday trading rules -
31.07.2003 05:42:46
(NZ): A working group examining inconsistencies in shop trading hours legislation has recommended that Parliament ease Easter Sunday trading restrictions. But there was little public support for change on Christmas Day, Good Friday or ANZAC Day, the five-person group chaired by Wellington lawyer Peter Chemis said in a report released today.
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- Booze, brawls on front-line ship -
29.07.2003 13:06:54
Australian navy sailors have been brawling, boozing and breaking the law across five countries.
A Herald Sun investigation has uncovered a shameful history of alcohol abuse on one of the navy`s front-line frigates.
Drunk sailors from HMAS Darwin have crashed cars, fought in bars, been drunk on duty and gone AWOL... ...They included a bar brawl in Singapore, a fight on a boat in Thailand and reports up to 50 Darwin sailors were drunk on ANZAC Day 2002, days before Ldg Seaman Gurr died.
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- Remember `Lest we Forget` always -
27.07.2003 21:59:56
As in previous years, last week`s Remembrance Day passed without much fanfare for PNG`s fallen heroes of World War 2 and the Bougainville crisis. One important message however, emerged from Governor-General Sir Silas Atopare in Port Moresby... ...We should not only thank the Government for its commitment in honouring the day which is celebrated with the ANZAC Day of Australia and New Zealand.
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- War vets mark end of Korean War -
27.07.2003 14:40:14
A group of war veterans and one widow marked the 50th anniversary of the Korean War armistice signing in Korea today as Prime Minister John Howard paid tribute at home. Fighting ended over the Korean front on this day in 1953... ..."The courage, sacrifice, compassion and mateship displayed by Australians in Korea goes to the very heart of the ANZAC spirit began by Australian and New Zealand forces on the shores of Gallipoli in 1915," Mr Howard said in a statement.
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- Aussies risk isolation: NZ coach -
27.07.2003 14:09:54
New Zealand coach Daniel Anderson has warned Australia risks becoming a rugby league pariah unless something is done to fix the international calendar.
The game at international level was under the spotlight again after Australia handed the Kiwis a 48-6 thrashing at Aussie Stadium on Friday night, scoring nine tries in a comprehensive win over their trans-Tasman rivals... ...Australian Rugby League chief executive Geoff Carr admitted the July date was now on borrowed time and indicated officials may consider reprising the ANZAC Day Test.
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- Last post for the Great War`s veterans -
25.07.2003 12:40:16
Of the millions of men who witnessed World War I, just a handful remain. What are we about to lose? "I was once sent out into No Man`s Land with another man to a shell crater by the German trench. They were just yards away - you could hear them talking and stamping their feet to keep warm," World War I veteran Jack Davis told BBC News Online last year.
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- Hospital auxiliary thanks community for its support -
25.07.2003 12:17:21
The annual general meeting of the Bega District Hospital Auxiliary was held at the hospital on Friday, July 18... ...The auxiliary continues to assist Meals-on-Wheels and the Red Cross Rooms and participates in the ANZAC Day Service and Australia`s Biggest Morning Tea.
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- The war that won`t be forgotten this weekend -
25.07.2003 12:14:13
The Korean War might have become the forgotten war, but not in Taree with the RSL club organising commemorations since 1993, one of the few such ceremonies in New South Wales... ..."On ANZAC Day 1951, while we were on the ANZAC Day Parade in Japan, General Robinson called for volunteers in his speech to go to Korea – that was Three Battalion.
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- Solomons coalition: Peacekeepers all -
25.07.2003 12:11:02
There is a strange irony in the departure of a small PNG contingent for the Solomon Islands as others mark PNG`s Remembrance Day.
Arms and disciplined forces of men have played a disproportionate role in the history of our fledgling state... ...Remembrance Day has far to go before it can achieve the significance formerly held by ANZAC Day celebrations in PNG.
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- Fallen heroes remembered -
24.07.2003 09:16:39
Port Moresby residents flocked to the Sir John Guise Stadium yesterday to remember those who have lost their lives during World War Two and the Bougainville crisis for peace and unity... ...Sir Silas appealed to the people to protect World War Two sites and relics because they remind us of our history. He thanked the Government for its commitment in honouring the day which is celebrated with the ANZAC Day of Australia.
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- Why peacenik PM is a fan of military history -
20.07.2003 18:39:09
Tony Blair had Cool Britannia: cashing in on the popularity of Brit Pop and London`s status as a fashion epicentre to boost his own political fortunes. John Howard plays the national security card: attempting to bind Australians by playing up threats from refugees and rogue states. Jenny Shipley used to wear a silver fern brooch and wanted a national debate about whether the symbol should emblazon the national flag. Helen Clark has largely shied away from nation building and attempts to assert or shape the national identity.
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- More proof of war dead needed -
18.07.2003 20:48:43
Australia`s War Graves Commission says it wants more proof before mounting a search for missing war dead following claims a mass grave of Australian soldiers has been found in France.
French historian Martial Delebarre today said a mass grave where hundreds of missing World War I soldiers were believed to have been buried had been located behind a wood near the town of Fromelles.
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- Australian soldiers found 90 years later -
18.07.2003 14:31:54
A MASS grave containing the remains of 250 missing Australian soldiers is believed to have been found in a French field, 87 years after they were killed in the battle of Fromelles - one of the bloodiest encounters of World War I.
If a Melbourne researcher, with the backing of French and British scholars, is right this would be one of the largest mass graves located since the end of hostilities in France, where about 48,000 Australian soldiers died.
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- War dead to get another memorial -
17.07.2003 14:28:50
Kiwi taxpayers are to fund another memorial to soldiers who fell in the two world wars, this time in London for $2.8 million. Prime Minister Helen Clark announced yesterday that a New Zealand memorial would be constructed in Hyde Park in 2005.
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- Animal antics ruffle a few feathers -
16.07.2003 21:05:06
On ANZAC Day 1935, a new inmate at Sydney`s Coogee Aquarium, a 4m-long tiger shark, treated the holiday crowd to some unscripted entertainment by puking up a tattooed human arm. Police identified the limb as belonging to a missing man who, it was now apparent, had been sleeping with the fishes. A murder trial followed but collapsed when the main witness was shot dead.
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- Diversity is lost in boy`s own history -
16.07.2003 20:43:53
Our national museum is threatened by a preference for a whiter coat of gloss over the facts, writes Ann Mcgrath. Captain Cook and cricket caps. The review of the National Museum of Australia, with its heartfelt yearning for the return of great-white-bloke stories, makes for rather vexing reading.
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- Medal gallery will be shrine to those who served -
14.07.2003 20:10:19
By the time World War II navy veteran Howard McWilliam was 21, he had survived a kamikaze attack in the South Pacific, escorted occupation forces into Japan and seen the devastation in Nagasaki... ..."Things like this get back to schoolkids," he said. "You`ve only got to look at the number who come here on ANZAC Day."
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- Aussie expats leaving legacy -
14.07.2003 20:07:19
Dubbo Legacy widows are to benefit from the generosity of a group of international aircraft maintenance mechanics based in Saudi Arabia... ..."He said the Americans and the British don`t get involved as much because they have their own days to celebrate but the Aussies and the Kiwis take great pride in ANZAC Day. "Mr Williams says his colleagues are ex-military personnel with strong ties to the ANZAC traditions and they greatly respect institutions such as Legacy."
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- Howard needs Clark for Solomons venture -
13.07.2003 20:12:19
John Howard badly needs Helen Clark`s support before he sends Australian troops to the Solomons. Without New Zealand`s expertise, Australia could easily stumble while trying to restore order to the crippled South Pacific state... ...Previous topics chosen by Clark have covered military campaigns in Crete, El Alamein and Gallipoli.
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- ANZAC SERVICES IN ALL SCHOOLS -
12.07.2003 20:11:45
ANZAC Day services will be compulsory in all WA government schools from next year. And the ANZAC Day Act will be amended so that its true meaning and spirit are enshrined in state law. Premier Geoff Gallop made the announcement at the opening of the RSL WA branch`s 87th annual state congress in Perth yesterday. ...(more inside)
- ANZAC Day to be compulsory in WA public schools -
12.07.2003 20:07:57
ANZAC Day services will be compulsory in all government schools in Western Australia from next year. Premier Geoff Gallop says the move is in response to a decision by Koondoola Primary school, in Perth`s northern suburbs, not to hold an ANZAC Day service this year ...(more inside)
- Sweeping change in school studies -
08.07.2003 12:02:02
The State Government has announced the biggest overhaul of the Year 7 to 10 school curricula in thirty years - with new and modernised topics on the ANZAC tradition, e-commerce, education against drugs and mandatory I.T studies... ...Students will also study films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, Breaker Morant and Gallipoli.
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- Simpson revered -
04.07.2003 19:24:51
The image of Jack Simpson and his donkey with a wounded soldier strapped to its back on the battlefields of Gallipoli is part of Australian folklore. They saved more than 300 ANZACS and a monument to their heroism is at the National War Museum. The image will be recreated tomorrow at the Reserve Forces Day march in Sydney. ...(more inside)
- Pride and joy as Sheedy accepts service medal -
03.07.2003 19:30:03
If the football ground is truly a battlefield, then Kevin Sheedy
is better prepared than most AFL coaches. Yesterday, the four-time Essendon premiership coach received the national service medal in recognition of his two years of compulsory army service between 1969 and 1971... ...Sheedy said that the importance of ANZAC Day would continue to grow. He recalled that at the traditional ANZAC Day match at the MCG two years ago, the ground was packed, despite pouring rain.
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- RSA backs Gallipoli heritage plan -
03.07.2003 12:49:41
NZ Auckland: New Zealand`s Returned Services Association (RSA) yesterday added its support to a proposed Turkish bid to secure World Heritage status for ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli battlefield. RSA chief executive Pat Herbert said it was marvellous Turkey was planning to make an application to protect the area where thousands of New Zealanders fought during World War 1.
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- RSL state president suggests amalgamation -
03.07.2003 11:55:01
An ageing veteran population and declining membership numbers would inevitably cause the amalgamation of all ex-service organisations within the next decade, the president of the Victorian RSL said yesterday. Speaking at the RSL`s 88th state conference in Melbourne, David McLachlan said a consolidated organisation, which he called "a veterans league of Australia", would form a powerful veteran lobby group.
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- NSW backs Gallipoli heritage move -
02.07.2003 14:31:36
ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli battlefield in Turkey could soon become a protected area if a bid to secure World Heritage status is successful, the NSW state government says. NSW Premier Bob Carr declared his support for the plans by the Turkish government, saying if it is granted the listing, Gallipoli will be among the first battlefields to be recognised.
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- Honours for Tina`s ANZAC Day booklet -
01.07.2003 14:05:05
Manning River Times advertising representative Tina Keen has been honoured at the Rural Press regional, agricultural and printing awards in Canberra. Tina beat advertising representatives from 230 participating Rural Press newspapers to win the award for special publication of the year for the ANZAC Day Across The Manning booklet.
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- Territory turns 25 with a bang -
01.07.2003 14:01:14
Today marks a milestone in Territory history with thousands celebrating 25 years of self government. Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin said it would be the beginning of a year-long celebration... ...ALICE SPRINGS: a flag raising ceremony, Territory Day awards and citizenship ceremony will be held at Council Chambers from 10am. Live music, food and drink stalls at ANZAC Oval from 5.30pm with fireworks at 7pm.
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- Memorial should be a source of inspiration -
30.06.2003 10:19:38
NZ: Herald columnist Brian Rudman and other protagonists in the wrangle over how best to remember Sir Peter Blake and his deeds are missing two vital points: the deeds themselves, and the need to inspire future generations... ...History and reality came to life as I saw evidence that New Zealanders had fought and died at Gallipoli and in the muddy trenches of France. And then that great slab of marble with the names of the fallen.
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- John putting down new roots away from city -
30.06.2003 10:07:33
After a full day caring for Dubbo`s parks and gardens, council horticulture and landcare asset manager John Crompton loves to go home to his own garden for a cold beer... ...He has also organised the ANZAC Day memorial services in the city for the past 11 years.
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- Australia to back ANZAC heritage listing -
28.06.2003 21:51:17
Australia appears set to support a Turkish move to give World Heritage status to ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli battlefield. The Department of Foreign Affairs wasn`t able to comment today but Veterans Affairs Minister Danna Vale enthusiastically backed the move.
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- An enduring victory in life`s values -
27.06.2003 16:21:24
He never thought he would make it to 22 but Tasmania`s piece of living history chalked up his 107th birthday milestone yesterday. Described by Prime Minister John Howard as a living part of the ANZAC tradition, Frank MacDonald was in the thick of the celebrations at Ulverstone yesterday.
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- Oldest surviving war veteran 107 -
26.06.2003 16:15:00
Three centuries, two years of gallant duty in the Great War and cricketing legend Donald Bradman in action - Frank MacDonald has seen it all... ...Mr Wood hopes to release Mr MacDonald`s biography next ANZAC Day.
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- Troops welcomed home -
20.06.2003 15:48:29
Under pristine skies, defence personnel based in South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory were today officially welcomed home from the Iraq conflict... ...Among spectators in the ANZAC Day-like throng was Vietnam veteran Ted McEvoy who held a placard which read "Welcome home from the Vietnam Vets. A Job Well Done".
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- Thousands expected for welcome home parade -
19.06.2003 15:34:53
Thousands of wellwishers are expected to turn out in Perth tomorrow for the second of two national parades to welcome home troops involved in the Iraq war. Perth and Sydney were chosen for the ANZAC Day-like parades because of large numbers of troops being based in the two states.
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- Troops come home in style -
19.06.2003 15:28:06
There were no comparisons with Vietnam as huge crowds waving Australian flags and green and gold ribbons packed into Sydneys CBD yesterday to welcome home 1500 troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. In scenes reminiscent of recent ANZAC Day parades, about 75,000 people lined George St and crammed around Sydney Town Hall to hear personal words of thanks to the troops from Prime Minister Mr John Howard.
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- Heroes on parade -
19.06.2003 15:25:05
Toddlers waved their flags and World War II veterans wore their medals. They were some of the Australians of all ages and backgrounds who yesterday gave a rousing welcome to 1500 troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan... ..."For all the members of the Defence Force, that ANZAC heritage weighs heavily on you when you`re overseas because you don`t want to be the generation that`s found wanting," Lt-Col Barnes said.
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- Pride as troops march home -
19.06.2003 15:20:31
Many had been down this road before: old Diggers carrying life-long scars, sporting heroes bearing the good wishes of a nation – and, just months ago, hundreds of thousands of Australians in one of the nation`s biggest anti-war demonstrations... ..."I had a ball," said Puttifoot. "It was just like ANZAC Day but better," said war veteran Lorraine Smith, 80.
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- 75,000 welcome home troops -
18.06.2003 15:17:49
There were no comparisons with Vietnam as huge crowds waving Australian flags and green and gold ribbons packed into Sydney`s CBD today to welcome home 1500 troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. In scenes reminiscent of recent ANZAC Day parades, around 75,000 people lined George Street and crammed in around Sydney Town Hall to hear personal words of thanks to the troops from Prime Minister John Howard.
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- Say G`day and thank our troops -
18.06.2003 15:14:35
Sydney today will host the biggest welcome-home parade for Australian troops since World War II, with 1500 servicemen and women marching through the heart of the city... ...Mr Howard told Parliament yesterday the march would be run along the lines of ANZAC Day marches with each unit walking behind their banners so they would be easily recognisable.
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- PM urges public to welcome home troops -
17.06.2003 15:11:38
Prime Minister John Howard is urging those working and living in Sydney and Perth to attend this week`s welcome home parades for the defence force members who served in the Persian Gulf... ...Mr Howard says the parades will be similar to ANZAC Day marches followed by a reception.
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- Gallipoli landing is still a disaster -
14.06.2003 15:07:40
Gallipoli another disaster 88 years on. ANZAC Day at Gallipoli, 2003 observations by a Gallipoli battlefields guide. In 1915, the initial landing waves saw units disembarked at the wrong landing site. Their units were intermixed and widely dispersed.
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- Centenary medals are presented -
13.06.2003 15:03:20
Centenary medals were presented to Bega Valley Shire recipients at a ceremony at the Bega RSL Club on Wednesday... ...Mr Nairn said that on ANZAC Day he wore his father`s and grandfather`s medals.
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- Maitland five meet with their medals -
11.06.2003 14:59:05
Five Maitland residents were presented with centenary medals at a ceremony at Maitland Town Hall yesterday. Pat Allen, Fred Goode, Mark Howell, Betty Melville and Cr Ray Fairweather were presented with the centenary medals to honour the outstanding and honourable contributions they have made to the community.
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- John Howard`s hidden agenda? -
10.06.2003 14:55:43
John Howard`s proposal to diminish Senate power so contradicts his political tradition, and has such little prospect of success, that two possibilities present themselves as explanations... ...It recommended all Australian awards be transferred to Australia Day, with defence awards moved to ANZAC Day.
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- Thousands nabbed in speeding crackdown -
09.06.2003 14:51:17
NZ: A crackdown on motorists in urban areas caused the number of speeding tickets issued to soar during the Easter and ANZAC holiday weekends. Police issued 3137 tickets during Easter for speeding in urban areas, 86 per cent more than the 1684 tickets during the Easter holiday last year.
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- Centenary medals presented -
03.06.2003 14:45:46
Local recipients of the Australian centenary medal were presented with their medals on Saturday at Raymond Terrace. Gloucester and Stroud recipients included Lynne Allen-Brown AM of Barrington, Clifford Barnett of Stroud, Heath Francis from Booral, Jim Mallan of Gloucester, Margaret Mason, Gloucester, Judith Pereira from Stroud and Joseph Sepos from Allworth.
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- Years of work with the RSA -
01.06.2003 14:43:23
NZ: The many years of community service put in by one Blenheim man has been recognised with the awarding of the Queen`s Service Medal... ...For the past 26 years he (Mr Callahan) has been the parade marshal on ANZAC Day and other civil parades.
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