The Story of a Nation in Twelve Objects
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Question 1

Anzac has been described as a foundation myth for Australia.  This was because the Gallipoli campaign

Answer

marked Australia’s first major engagement in the Great War and a time Australians stepped onto the world stage

the hardships of Gallipoli signified a triumph over adversity, revealing what many saw as the innate qualities of the Australian character

concealed difficult questions about the war of dispossession that had marked the birth of colonial Australia

all of the above