Bigger than Gallipoli : war, history and memory in Australia

Liz Reed
Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia, 2004

ISBN: 1920694196

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Book description
Bigger than Gallipoli is about how Australia 'remembers' the Second World War, focusing on the year-long commemorative program Australia Remembers which took place throughout Australia during 1995. Historian Liz Reed analyses how the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the war's end represented 'remembrance' visually, in text and in spectacle. Comparisons are drawn with similar events held in Canada and New Zealand.

The key themes of nostalgia, memory and commemoration are linked to explorations of how Australia as a nation seeks to reconstruct its identity.

About the author
Dr. Elizabeth Reed is a historian and senior lecturer in the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies at Monash University.

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