The Gallipoli centenary: An international perspective

Macleod, Jenny

Abstract

The centenary of the invasion of Turkey by the combined forces of the British and French empires was marked around the world on 25 April 2015. Leading the way was Australia, a country that has built a national identity around the Anzacs who landed at Gallipoli a century earlier. Wellings has argued that the very process of globalisation has heightened the need for nationalism and, focusing on Australia as a case study, has highlighted the use of Anzac to 'pursue a politics of reassurance'. The Australian government has set out not just to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, but 100 years of military endeavour. The speech borrowed from Charles Bean, the Australian official war correspondent at Gallipoli and later its official historian, who set out to create the Anzac legend that derives Australia's national identity from the qualities of its soldiers at Gallipoli.

Citation

Macleod, J. (2016). The Gallipoli centenary: An international perspective. In B. West (Ed.), War memory and commemoration (89-106). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315572802

• Acceptance Date: Mar 3, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 18, 2018
• Journal: War Memory and Commemoration
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 89-106
• Book Title: War memory and commemoration
• Chapter Number: 6
• ISBN: 9781317163930; 9781472455116
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315572802
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/482371