Adapted, from the book by Captain Matt Anderson, for the
ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) website.

The publication is intended for use by students as an introduction to some of the traditions and terminology associated with Australia's recognition of ANZAC Day as an important national holiday.


Please note that all Australian schools received a copy of this book as part of the 1997 Their Service - Our Heritage ANZAC kit. All Queensland schools were sent additional free copies of this book as part of the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland's 1998 ANZAC Education Pack.

The adapted publication consists of 26 pages, most of which include appropriate images of wartime events and links to additional information and sites. Start at any of the following:

A is for ANZACs
B is for Bully Beef
C is for Colour Patches
D is for Digger
E is for Enlistment
F is for Friendship
G is for Gallipoli
H is for Home-Front
I is for Ice
J is for Jacka
K is for Kit
L is for Letters Home
M is for Medals

N is for Nurses
O is for Observation
P is for Poppy
Q is for Questions
R is for Rising Sun
S is for Simpson and his donkey
T is for Tomb
U is for Uniforms
V is for Villers-Bretonneux
W is for War Memorials
X is for Xenyl Chloride
Y is for Years Apart
Z is for Zimmerman