Lest we Forget
The Ode recited at Anzac Day and Remembrance Day commemorations is the fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon's For the Fallen, first published in the London Times in 1914.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. |
The Anzac Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial, museum and monument located in Hyde Park South near Liverpool Street in the CBD of Sydney, Australia. It is also known as Anzac War Memorial, War Memorial Hyde Park and Hyde Park Memorial.
Korean War Memorial - Moore Park - Sydney
Flame of remembrance - Wagga Wagga
Naming of ANZAC Parade after The Great War
Bondi
Lake Cargelligo - NSW
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Japanese Cemetry - Cowra
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Broken Hill - NSW
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Adelaide
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The El Alamein Fountain in Fitzroy Gardens, King Cross opened in 1961 as a memorial to the Australian Imperial Forces 9th Division and commemorates the Battle of El Alamein, Egypt, in World War II. It is named for the Australian Infantry Forces (AIF) who fought near the Egyptian town of El Alamein, in two battles which helped turn the course of World War II.
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Napier - New Zealand
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Paihia - New Zealand.
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It was not only war that took its toll on Australian's or would-be Australian's.
With the loss of 121 people out of 122 aboard, the loss of the wooden ship Dunbar had a major impact on Sydney. The wreck in 1857 is still the worst peacetime disaster to have occurred in New South Wales.
The doomed clipper arrived off Sydney Heads at night on Thursday 20 August 1857 after 81 days at sea. Heavy rain impaired vision, obscuring the cliffs at the entrance to Port Jackson.
The Dunbar was a well-known vessel that catered for wealthy travellers between Britain and Sydney. The awful scenes that greeted Sydney's population drove home the dangers of long distance sea travel. They witnessed the macabre spectacle of lifeless bodies being flung up against the South Head cliffs, as if in mockery. Sharks fought off those trying to recover the dead.
The doomed clipper arrived off Sydney Heads at night on Thursday 20 August 1857 after 81 days at sea. Heavy rain impaired vision, obscuring the cliffs at the entrance to Port Jackson.
The Dunbar was a well-known vessel that catered for wealthy travellers between Britain and Sydney. The awful scenes that greeted Sydney's population drove home the dangers of long distance sea travel. They witnessed the macabre spectacle of lifeless bodies being flung up against the South Head cliffs, as if in mockery. Sharks fought off those trying to recover the dead.
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