History & Heritage
ANZAC Day and the ANZAC spirit
ANZAC Day, on 25 April, honours the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who landed at Gallipoli in 1915, and all Australians who have served and died in wars and peacekeeping operations.
Key facts
- ◆ ANZAC Day is commemorated on 25 April each year.
- ◆ It marks the 1915 Gallipoli landing in the First World War.
- ◆ The "ANZAC spirit" stands for courage, endurance, mateship and sacrifice.
- ◆ Remembrance Day, 11 November, marks the end of World War I in 1918.