Return to Gallipoli: Walking the Battlefields of the Great War

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Illustrations......Page 10
Note on Money, Measurement
and Terminology......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Introduction: journeys into history......Page 20
Anzac pilgrimage......Page 21
A traveller’s history......Page 23
Part I Loss, Memory, Desire......Page 27
1
The unquiet grave: imaginary
journeys......Page 29
Confronting loss, witnessing death......Page 30
Circles of mourning......Page 35
The landscapes of loss......Page 41
The making of memory......Page 48
‘In Memoriam’......Page 50
Empty graves......Page 53
2
Hearts of stone: creating the
cemeteries of the Great War......Page 60
An Anzac Estate: building the cemeteries of Gallipoli......Page 62
‘A n abiding and supreme memorial’: the ideals of the
War Graves Commission......Page 67
An ‘equality of treatment?’......Page 70
A grave far away: loved ones’ inscriptions......Page 74
The missing......Page 78
Part II Family Journeys......Page 87
3
In foreign fields: the first
family pilgrimages......Page 89
‘Such a small favour’: subsidising pilgrimage......Page 90
‘Bringing loving remembrance’: the first family journeys......Page 93
‘The first truly Australian pilgrimage’......Page 110
The Wattle Tribute......Page 114
‘A journey of remembrance’......Page 117
The politics of pilgrimage......Page 121
Journey’s end......Page 124
4
‘Sacred places’: family pilgrimage
today......Page 126
Family stories......Page 130
Reckoning with memory......Page 135
Common history: shared experience......Page 138
Symbols of significance: landscapes, ghosts
and offerings......Page 142
Part III Soldiers’ Tales......Page 149
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‘To see old mates again’:
diggers return......Page 151
The soldier’s road: early landings......Page 156
One man’s journey: Frank Clune on Gallipoli......Page 160
Getting the old crowd over there: Western
Front pilgrimage......Page 164
The coronation contingent......Page 166
Unveiling Villers-Bretonneux......Page 169
Can this be the old salient?: confronting
war and memory......Page 171
‘Operation Amiens’: the last great soldier pilgrimage......Page 174
6
‘A grave that could have been my
own’: service pilgrimages......Page 181
Heritage and family......Page 182
Wasted lives......Page 185
Coming to terms with war......Page 191
Part IV Testament of Youth......Page 197
7
Walking with history: learning
about war......Page 199
‘War stories’: Dave and Erika......Page 200
For family......Page 204
Sharing history......Page 206
For nation......Page 210
8
‘It’s like a Mecca, like a pilgrimage’:
backpacker journeys......Page 214
From the landing to the ‘beach party’......Page 219
‘A spiritual thing, definitely’......Page 222
‘Hanging on to history’......Page 225
‘If Anzac Day can unite us ...’: Indigenous responses......Page 227
‘The appeal to manhood broke my heart’......Page 231
In Flanders fields......Page 232
Conclusion: journey’s end......Page 236
Midsummer, Melbourne......Page 242
Midsummer, Adelaide......Page 245
Notes......Page 246
Survey Informants......Page 283
Index......Page 292