[BITList] Black Anzac: the life and death of an Aboriginal man who fought for king and country | Australia news | The Guardian

[John Feltham]

On 23 Apr 2015, at 6:43 pm, Michael Feltham <ismay at mjfeltham.plus.com> wrote:


> http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/25/black-anzac-the-life-and-death-of-an-aboriginal-man-who-fought-for-king-and-country <http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/25/black-anzac-the-life-and-death-of-an-aboriginal-man-who-fought-for-king-and-country>
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> Black Anzac: the life and death of an Aboriginal man who fought for king and country
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> With a little over a month to go until the centenary of the failed Gallipoli <http://www.theguardian.com/news/gallipoli> landings, Australia is already in the Titan’s Grip of Anzac commemoration.
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It is Australian journalists like Paul Daley (Sydney Morning Herald), who keep on pumping out these stories that it is a celebration.

It is not - it is a Commemoration. 

Does it increase circulation figures I wonder?

Sounds about right, from Australian journos these days.



Only the dead have seen the end of war. [attrib: Plato]

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