Settlement Guide: The cultural diversity of Australia’s Anzacs

Each year on the 25th of April we mark Anzac Day when we remember those who served and died in armed conflict. Anzac Day has become a symbol of Australia’s national identity. Anzacs means the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and included many Indigenous and multicultural servicemen and women.

A member of the public lays a wreath during a Dawn Service at the Australian memorial, Wellington Arch, London, to commemorate Anzac Day. Source: Press Association

It was August 1914 when news of World War I broke out.

Australia was to join Britain in the fight against the Central Powers,which included Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.