Remembering Anzac Part 3

The First Anzac Memorial

Simon Cameron
Short History
Published in
6 min readApr 22, 2024

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Author’s photo. The Dardanelles memorial, in its second garden home, before being relocated.

Anzac Day was not always a big event. Since the 1990s it has become Australia’s National day and in earlier articles, I have investigated the evolution of Anzac through the decades. Anzac services, this year will be held around a fascinating cornucopia of memorials, in cities and towns, but none is more special than the wreath laying at the very first Anzac memorial erected in…

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Travelled to anywhere there is a castle, wanting to know why. History is about why more than when. Major in Medicine and Public Health, minor in Ancient History