Anzac Spirit

Anzac Spirit ANZAC Spirit. What started off as a bungled landing at Galipolli on 25 April 1915, has now passed from fact to legend and become much more than the endeavours of the men who served in World War 1. It epitomises Australian nationalism as a whole. The War arrived fairly shortly after Australia federated, when it was still clinging to the Mother Country, when it hadn't really developed as a country. The soldiers who left this land …

…soldiers considered to be exceptional, if not natural-born, fighters. Even today that same "fighting spirit" is being shown all around Australia. That same willingness to serve our country is still in use. Although in entirely different situations the same methods and comradeship are being displayed. As Sir William Keys states: "Anzac stands not only for courage against great odds on the battlefield. It stands for all that is finest in the human personality and character.