Event    From 25/4/1915  To 25/4/1915

Anzac Cove landing

Countries: Australia, Turkey

Part of the Gallipoli campaign of WW1. Opposed by the Ottoman Turkish defenders, troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli peninsula. The assault did not go as planned and at least 2,000 men died, on both sides.

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Anzac Cove landing

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Anzac boulder

This sandstone boulder (three quarters of a tonne) is one of 6 removed from a...

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Sir Eugene Goossens

Sir Eugene Goossens

Composer and conductor. Born Eugene Aynsley Goossens in Rochester Square, Camden Town. Son of Eugene Goossens. Studied in London and Bruges and became associate conductor to Sir Thomas Beecham. He ...

Person, Music / songs, Australia, Belgium, USA

1 memorial
Steve Fairbairn

Steve Fairbairn

Oarsman and rowing coach. Born Stephen Fairbairn at Toorak, Melbourne, Australia. Studied at Jesus College, Cambridge and was called to the bar in 1886, but did not practise. He rowed in four unive...

Person, Sport / Games, Australia

1 memorial
Ellen Elizabeth Maud Wright

Ellen Elizabeth Maud Wright

Athlete. There is little information about her. At one time, she lived with her family in South Norwood, at 6 Clifford Road, where her father Tom Wright, had one of his cobblers’ shops. She later e...

Person, Sport / Games, Australia

1 memorial
Sir Oswald Stoll

Sir Oswald Stoll

Theatre manager impresario. Born Melbourne, Australia. Moved when young to England and helped his mother manage a music hall in Liverpool. Very successful and merged with his competitor to form the...

Person, Theatre, Australia

2 memorials
Bon Scott

Bon Scott

Singer and songwriter. Born Ronald Belford Scott in Forfar, Scotland, his family moved to Melbourne, Australia when he was six. He joined the rock group AC/DC as lead singer in 1974. Following a re...

Person, Music / songs, Australia, Scotland

1 memorial