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Author Pavils, J. G. (Janice Gwenllian), 1941-

Title Anzac Day : the undying debt / J.G. Pavils
Published Adelaide : Lythrum Press, [2007]
©2007

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 W'PONDS  940.46794 Pav/Adt  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. 'Honouring the debt' -- 2. Sacred ground -- 3. 'The one day' -- 4. 'Diggers and slackers' -- 5. Widening the ranks -- 6. Harefield and the Remembrance connection -- 7. God save Australia -- 8. Australian Britons -- 9. Balancing the ledger -- 10. The 'pilgrimage trail'
Summary Many historians have written about 'Anzac', especially in terms of 'myth' or 'legend', but few have considered Anzac Day as a part of Australian culture. Numerous writers associate the 1915 Gallipoli landing with a nascent Australian consciousness or national identity, but no historian has outlined in book form the emergence of Anzac Day rituals in 1915 or the acceptance of a national 'Debt of Honour'. This book uses archival documents, media reports and material evidence of Anzac Day to illustrate the beginnings of commemorative days as a part of Australian culture. Anzac Day: The Undying Debt covers the rise and fall, and rise again, of Anzac Day. It illustrates changes in the observance of Anzac Day made to accommodate the increasing age and disability of South Australian ex-servicemen and women and the inclusion of groups of multicultural Australians within the ranks of the Anzac Day march. It also highlights changing attitudes within local communities towards war memorials brought about by mergers of local councils and religious institutions. At the same time, Anzac Day: The Undying Debt illustrates the reinforcement of a national 'Debt of Gratitude' by both Labor and Liberal Federal Governments.--Publisher
Analysis Anzac Day
Battle sites
Commemorations
Gallipoli
History
War memorials
World War 1
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 228-233
Subject Anzac Day sermons -- History
Anzac Day sermons
Anzac Day -- Sermons -- History.
Anzac Day -- History.
Anzac Day.
War and society -- Australia -- History.
War memorials -- Australia -- History.
War memorials -- Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Anniversaries, etc.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Anniversaries, etc.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Anniversaries, etc.
Genre/Form Sermons.
LC no. 2007534782
ISBN 9781921013126 (paperback)