SC - OT Anzac Day meaning

[Drake & Meliora]

Greetings all from the at-home-with-flu Mel,

You have to understand the Aussie-psyche to understand Anzac Day.  We had
just become a nation in our own right (federation 1901) when we naively
volunteered our best men for a "European War" because Britain (the mother
country) asked us to.

Our forces landed at the wrong place at Gallipoli due to a British stuff-up
and our resourcefulness and mateship got us the heck out of there with
"minimal" casualties.  Some of the ingenious devices used were quite
remarkable.

Basically it is a solemn reminder that no-one wins at war, while
simultaneously being a celebration of "no matter who does what with us, we
still figure out how to do it".  The "she'll be right" concept.

The above is a quite biased viewpoint of WWI but that was how it was it was
taught at High School.

Mel.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Craig Jones.
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 1:07 PM
> To: sca-cooks
> Subject: Re: SC - Anzac Biscuits/Day?
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> Drake Here:
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> <SNIP>
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> >Few other countries celebrate a defeat in war.
>
> I don't think we do.  The Gallipoli confict had a high degree of
> stories of comradeship and heroism and that's what is being
> remembered. IMHO.
> Cheers,
>
> Drake.
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