SYDNEY, April 25 (Reuters) - Thousands gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Thursday at Anzac Day services to commemorate those who fought and died in major conflicts in the nations' history.

Australians have commemorated Anzac Day on 25 April for more than a century, but the ceremonies and their meanings have changed significantly since 1915. On the morning of of Sunday, 25 April 1915, ...

A newcomer to Australian football, Jainarayan Tiwari, shares his experience of one of the most significant days on the ...

Founded in 1920, the Queensland town of El Arish shares its Arabic name with a town in Egypt (previously Palestine), that was captured from the Turkish Army in December 1916 by Allied forces. “Harry ...

After years of pandemic disruptions, crowds will once again be free to attend Anzac Day dawn services and veteran marches on April 25 this year. But what will public participation be like this Anzac ...

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 further we get from the Gallipoli landings, the more hard historical perspective the events warrant The pageantry and celebratory nature of today’s Anzac marches are a far cry from the gatherings ...

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.