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NZ History Online - The Gallipoli campaign. Each year on Anzac Day, New Zealanders (and Australians) mark the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings of 25 April 1915.
On that day, thousands of young men, far from their homes, stormed the beaches on the Gallipoli Peninsula in what is now Turkey. For eight long months, New Zealand troops, alongside those from Australia, Great Britain and Ireland, France, India, and Newfoundland battled harsh conditions and Ottoman forces desperately fighting to protect their homeland. WW100 New Zealand. A selection of sites and sources for learning about the history of the First World War from a New Zealand perspective, and the role your family members might have played in it.
Soldiers inside the YMCA library in Beauvois, France. Ref: 1/2-013635-G. National Library resources: Gallipoli Campaign. Image: Anzac Cove, Gallipoli by State Library of South Australia on Flickr This year, 2015, is the 100 year anniversary since the landing of ANZAC troops on the beaches of Gallipoli, Turkey.
Discover the history and what happened with the landing of the New Zealand and Australian troops. These resources have been selected to support this popular topic – Gallipoli SCIS 1674365 Digital NZThis site provides access to thousands of pictures, video, sounds and objects from New Zealand museums, libraries, galleries, archives and private institutions. To discover sets and items use the search term Gallipoli. Index New Zealand is excellent for getting magazine and newspaper articles that aren't available online. You can order them yourself following the instructions below, or, ask Mrs Carroll or Mrs Miles at the library for help.
Index New Zealand (INNZ) is a great tool for staff and students wanting historical or up-to-date information from journals, magazines and newspapers on a wide range of subjects.
INNZ can provide articles on the environment, science, agriculture, social research, the arts, book reviews, poems and short stories and much, much more. Contents Searching Index New Zealand (INNZ)Requesting INNZ articles from the National Library of New ZealandOther non-INNZ journal articlesGeneral notesContact us Searching Index New Zealand (INNZ) NZ on Screen - Gallipoli search results. The World War I Collection Curated by NZ On Screen Team 2014 marks the centennial of the start of World War I.
Over 100,000 New Zealanders served overseas in the 'Great War'. More than 18,000 died and over 40,000 more were wounded. Campaigns involving Kiwis, from Gallipoli to the Western Front, were identity-forming, and the war's effects on society were deep. Archives New Zealand - Discover World War One. NZDF Personnel Files Archives New Zealand holds the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Personnel Files for all known New Zealanders who served in the First World War.
Because the original files are restricted for preservation reasons, we have digitised the collection (over 140,000 individual records). Papers Past - search newspaper articles from 1915 through to 1945. DigitalNZ: search libraries, museums, archives, etc. Returned and Services' Association (RSA) Anzac Day 1916-22: The making of a holy day 25 April 1922 was a day of mourning throughout New Zealand.
In cities and towns a sombre and almost surreal stillness reigned unlike any other day of the year. Government offices and banks, shops and factories, theatres and hotels were closed. Sportsgrounds remained deserted. A day dedicated to remembering the dead. Anzac Day - a guide for New Zealanders. Anzac's ghosts. The young reshape Gallipoli and maybe a nation. Yesterday was a time to reflect — on a defeat and a journey.
It is a journey in parallel with Australia, though Australians seldom see it that way and we have for long periods travelled wide apart from each other. And it has been a journey of many hesitations, only now gaining firm direction. Gallipoli punctured the imperial triumphalism of a young, ultra-loyal colony. Myths in the making. SHEEHAN, M. (1997, April 23). Myths in the making. Dominion Post, The. p. 7.
Edition: 3, Section: FEATURES--GENERAL, pg. 7 Mark SHEEHAN Not history.
