Return to Gallipoli
Walking the Battlefields of the Great War
- Author: Bruce Scates, University of New South Wales, Sydney
- Date Published: December 2007
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- isbn: 9780511252433
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Every year tens of thousands of Australians make their pilgrimages to Gallipoli, France and other killing fields of the Great War. It is a journey steeped in history. Some go in search of family memory, seeking the grave of a soldier lost a lifetime ago. For others, Anzac pilgrimage has become a rite of passage, a statement of what it means to be Australian. This book explores the memory of the Great War through the historical experience of pilgrimage. It examines the significance these 'sacred sites' have acquired in the hearts and minds of successive generations and charts the complex responses of young and old, soldier and civilian, the pilgrims of the 1920s and today's backpacker travellers. This book gives voice to history, retrieving a bitter-sweet testimony through interviews, surveys and a rich archival record. Innovative, courageous and often deeply moving, it explains why the Anzac legend still captivates Australians.
Read more- A courageous history prepared to engage with the complex world of memory and emotion. A fresh contribution to our understanding of one of the most significant events in the twentieth century. A book that empowers readers, acknowledging the way that people own and speak history.
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- Date Published: December 2007
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511252433
- contains: 20 b/w illus.
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Loss, Memory, Desire:
1. The unquiet grave: imaginary journeys
2. Hearts of stone: creating the cemeteries of the Great War
Part II. Family Journeys:
3. In foreign fields: the first family pilgrimages
4. 'Sacred Places': family pilgrimage today
Part III. Soldiers' Tales:
5. To see old mates again: diggers return
6. 'A grave that could have been my own': Services' pilgrimage
Part IV. Testament of Youth:
7. Walking with history: learning about war
8. 'It's like a Mecca, like a pilgrimage': backpacker travels
Conclusion
Epilogue.
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