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World War 1 Trench Warfare

The Western Front during World War 1 stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss Frontier with France. Both sides dug themselves in ending any possible chance of a quick war; this caused a stalemate, which was...

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January 2009 Holiday Calendar Australia

Australia's public holidays in 2009 are a mixture of country-wide and local holidays. Australia's holiday calendar is confused with different states having differnet public holidays. Even some shires and...

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ANZAC Day

ANZAC Day is celebrated in Australia and NZ on the 25 April remembering a military defeat 1/2 a world away where the ANZAC spirit was born and arguably the new Australian nation was formed in blood...

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ANZAC Day - 25 April

The letters ANZAC stand for "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps", Anzac Day remembers the Australian and New Zealand forces who have gone to war. ANZACs were originally the soldiers who had fought a famous battle at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I.

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50th Anzac Day Celebrations- War Heroes honoured

Over 200 people congregated in the small town of Westonia on Anzac Day 25th April 2008. There to celebrate the first service held in the old miners' hall for more than fifty years. We stayed in the...

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Waltzing Matilda

There are probably not many if any songs recognised throughout the world as being true blue Australian as Waltzing Matilda. Waltzing Matilda is quintessentially Australian and entrenched in our culture. ...

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A Christian Hymn

At eighteen I was going through all the old books that I preserved since my schooldays. I found a dairy with faded yellow pages. It was my prayer book when I was eight. My eyes fell on the Hymn "Abide With...

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