When
Gallipoli was released in 1981, it became an instant classic of the Australian screen.
Gallipoli is known to history as a catastrophic fiasco of Allied planning.
To correct this anomaly, the Australian High Commission, in collaboration with the New Zealand High Commission and India's United Service Institution, has come up with a dual exhibition -- ' Camera on
Gallipoli' and
The prime minister is in London on the invitation of his British counterpart David Cameron to participate in the centenary commemoration of
Gallipoli Campaign and ANZAC Day.
Yesterday marked exactly a century since the ill-fated British-led invasion of the
Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, during the First World War.
She said: "We must never forget those who fought and made the ultimate sacrifice in the
Gallipoli campaign.
The
Gallipoli landings, which ultimately resulted in the deaths of 131,000 soldiers, have huge resonance in Australia and New Zealand, from where 10,000 personnel from Australia and New Zealand died.
The
Gallipoli campaign also altered the course for the countries on both sides of the trenches.
Thousands attended ceremonies across the North and the UK marking the centenary of the
Gallipoli campaign in the First World War.
Children from 10 schools across Middlesbrough have made nearly 2,000 artificial poppies for an art project called Remembering
Gallipoli and Our War.
The Water Diviner is a solid first effort including well-choreographed scenes of conflict and self-sacrifice during the
Gallipoli Campaign in late 1915.
When thousands of New Zealand and Australian troops hit the beaches at
Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, many of them didn't come home.