Learning module:
First World War Defining Moments, 1914–1918
Investigation 2: The Australian War
2.4 1915 Why was Gallipoli significant for Australia?
Australian War Memorial, A02781
Read the information about the landing of the Australians as part of an allied invasion force at Gallipoli in the Defining Moment in Australian history: 1915 Australian troops land at Gallipoli. Use that information to answer these questions.
1. When did the Anzacs land on the Gallipoli peninsula?
2. What had the Allied forces originally been trying to do, before they decided to land troops? Why did this original plan fail?
3. How would taking the Gallipoli Peninsula allow the Allies to get control of the Dardanelles Strait?
4. Look at the map below showing the Allied landings at Gallipoli in April 1915. Who landed at Cape Helles and Kum Kale? (You may need to do some extra research to answer this question.)
Eliane Touma
5. Where did the Australians land? (You may need to do some extra research to answer this question.)
6. What is represented by the green boxes?
7. What was wrong with the Australian landing point?
8. Were there any advantages with landing there?
9. What was the outcome of the Allied landings? Why?
10. What happened over the next 8 months?
11. What was the outcome of the invasion of Gallipoli?
12. What did it show about the Australian forces?
13. Why was this important for people in Australia at the time?
14. Why was this Defining Moment significant in Australian history?
15. If you were advising the National Museum of Australia on an object that it could display to commemorate this event, what would you suggest? (You can see what objects they actually have using the National Museum of Australia collections search)
