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did the
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the events occur?
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specif
letters.
c
dates.
Boer War
a) Eland's
River
b) Breaker
Morant

World War 1
a) Gallipoli
Landing/Eva
cuation
b) Lone Pine
c) The Nek

Signifcance
Why/H to Australia.
ow was (5 dot points)
Austral
ia
involve
d?

Boer War:
Australia was
October 11,
allies with
1899 May
Britain, they
31, 1902
were not
a) 4th 16
their own
August 1900
federation
b) died on
yet.
27 Feb 1902
(a) Where
3000 Boers
attacked
around 500
Australians.
(b) Breaker
Morant was
found guilty
for killing
innocent
people and
not taking
them captive.
(a) 25 of
April
1915
18th20th
Decem
ber
1915
(b) 6th
august
191510th
august
1915
(c) 7th

(a)
Adverti
sed as
a
propag
anda.
To
support
Britain.
Support
Britain
Empire
serve
their
country.
Kitchen
er

The Dutch could have

attacked Australia.
It was around the time
Australia was becoming a
federation.
They were trying to show
Britain how tough they
were.
Elands river was a twelve
day siege
This gave us national
identity
We became a federation in
1901
Improving Australian
independents

WWI
Signifcant
points

At the start of
WW1 Australians
enlisted with
enthusiasm
Individual battles
in the war lead to
establishment of
'The Australian
soldier' and
sentiments of
courage/bravery/r

d) Fromelles
e) Battle of
Messines
f) Battle of
Beersheba

august
1915
(d) July
19th20th
1916
th

(e) 7 -14
June
1917

(f) 31

th

st

Octobe
r 1917

realized
it was
the
wrong
beach
and
didnt
have
resourc
es.
(b) The
battle
of lone
pine
was
originall
y
intende
d as a
diversio
n from
attempt
s by NZ
and
Australi
a units
to force
a break
out
from
ANZAC
perimet
er.
(c) The
Australi
ans
attacke
d and
occupie
d the
Turkish
frontlin
e
position
s as a
part of
support
ing
attacks
to
position
themsel
ves on
higher
ground.

esilience/
Created heroes
and established
patriotism and
identity for the
Aussie digger
Blood was lost and
in doing so created
a real sense of loss
for the country
and created
legends (identity)
Impacts on
morale: Sense of
pride/hope and
satisfaction when
battles were won
Significant deaths
in WW1 through
front line or
injuries many lives
were sacrificed for
the idea of
freedom and
independence
Impact on the
workforce
females were
introduced into the
workforce and had
to work in
factories /
interpreters/hospit
als as a result of
the men that were
leaving to go to
war.
Back home a
resentment for
Germany built Australian
Germans were
often
marginalized.
War made
improvements in
technology (FYI
Vegemite was
created as an easy
and nutritional
treat! J )

(d) To stop
German
troops
from
moving
to
Somme
.
(e) For the
Australi
an
imperia
l force
as it
was the
first
time
that 3rd
Australi
an
division
saw
servers
on the
western
front.
10,000
missing
, 7200
taken
prisone
r

(f) The
Australi
an light
horse
was
engage
d in a
battle
that
has
been
noted
as the
greates
t
charge
in
Australi
an light
horse
history.
It took
place
34

miles of
Jerusale
m in
Beersh
aba.

World War 2
a) Tobruk
b) Kokoda
c) Bombing
of Darwin

th

(a) 10
April
1941
27
Novem
ber
1941

(b) July
Nove
mber
1942
(c) 19th
Feb
1942

(a) The battle

of Tobruk
or
otherwise
known as
the rats of
Tobruk;
Australians
were allied
with
France,
Britain and
Russia
against
Germany
and Italy
(b) Australian
were
forced to
fight off
the
Japanese,
they were
also allied
with
America.
(c) The
Japanese
bombed
Darwin
because it
was a
place with
the
highest
population
in north
Australia.

(a) John Hirst

Edmondson, the first
Australian to be
awarded a Victoria
Cross during World
War II.
(b) Kokoda was 96km
long, there were also
around 55000
Australians there.
(c) The Japanese
bombed a port with
around 200 allied
people.