The Anzac landings at Gallipoli in April 1915 marked the beginning of another instance of conflict in the war-rich region’s history. archivesnz/flickr, CC BY-SA There are few geographical areas that ...

Before Anzac biscuits found the sticky sweet form we bake and eat today, Anzac soldiers ate durable but bland “Anzac tiles”, a new name for an ancient ration. Anzac tiles are also known as army ...

Every year on April 25 Australians commemorate the battle of Gallipoli with dawn services, red poppies and Anzac biscuits. It's a commemorative day that has become a part of Australia's identity.

The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with historian Dr Mark Cryle, honorary research fellow at the University of Queensland’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry. Dr Cryle is the ...

The grief begins on a beach and radiates outward — to the men forever scarred, to their families, to the small towns that lost their young men. Every year on Anzac Day, Australia and New Zealand keep ...

In 1916, in the middle of the Great War, 2nd Lieutenant Leonard (Len) James Shaw of the 2nd Auckland Battalion sent a pressed Flanders poppy in folded paper to his niece Jessie Osborne in Waikato.

Australia is a country with a history of convicts, bushrangers and outlaws. Breaking the law seems to be in our blood, and we have a reputation for being quite notoriously adventurous. We swim with ...

The Princess Royal is to remember the fallen from the UK and Ireland as well as Australia, New Zealand, France and Turkey during a visit to Gallipoli. More than 100,000 troops died in an ill-fated ...