When and
where did
the event
Research the occur? Give
specific
events
marked with dates and
places.
letters.
Why/How was
Significance to Australia. (5 dot
Australia involved? points for each of the lettered
battles)
Boer War
a) Australian troops
fought with the UK in
Africa in the 2nd Boer
war. They were
defending supplies.
a) Eland's
River
b) Breaker
Morant
a) August 4,
1900
August 16,
1900.
western
Transvaal,
Brakfontein
Drift.
b) 27
February
1902 (aged
37) Pretoria,
South African
Republic.
b) Australian troops
fought with the UK in
Africa in the 2nd Boer
war.
World War 1
a) Anzac
Cove. 25th
April 1915
20th
a) Gallipoli
December,
Landing/Evac 1915.
uation
b) 6th to 9th of
b) Lone Pine August, 1915.
Gallipoli,
c) The Nek
Ottoman
d) Fromelles Empire
(present-day
e) Battle of
Turkey).
Messines
c) August 7,
f) Battle of
1915. Anzac,
Beersheba
Gallipoli,
Ottoman
Empire.
d) 1920 July
1916.
a) The Australian
troops were sent to
fight at ANZAC cove
against the Germans,
Austrians, Turkish
and Hungarians.
b) The ANZACs were
part of the 8 month
campaign fighting
the Germans,
Austrians and
Hungarians where
the battle of Lone
Pine occurred.
c) The ANZACs were
part of the 8 month
campaign fighting
the Germans,
Austrians and
Hungarians where
the battle of Nek
B) He was 1 of the 3
Australians selected to be
killed.
He was a scapegoat for the
empire.
16000 Australians volunteered
to fight.
5 Australians were awarded the
Victorian cross.
606 Australians died in this war
A) 25,000 casualties, including
8700 deaths.
5,533 casualties in 24 hours.
It wasnt successful and didnt
change the war.
Where the ANZACs landed was
not the correct place, they
should have landed at Brighton
Beach.
There was wire in the water,
cutting/killing the soldiers.
Due to lack of water, many
soldiers died.
B) 2000 Australian casualties.
The battle was named because
they used all but 1 pine to
cover trenches.
9 Australians were awarded the
Victorian cross.
16% of volunteers for WW1
Fromelles,
Nord, France.
e) June 7,
1917 June
14, 1917.
Flanders,
Belgium.
f) 31 October
1917.
Beersheba,
Ottoman
Syria.
occurred.
d) The ANZACs were
part of the 8 month
campaign fighting
the Germans,
Austrians and
Hungarians where
the battle of
Fromelles occurred.
e) The ANZACs were
part of the 8 month
campaign fighting
the Germans,
Austrians and
Hungarians where
the battle of
Messines occurred.
f) The ANZACs were
part of the 8 month
campaign fighting
the Germans,
Austrians and
Hungarians.
died.
Troops planted seeds and the
trees are still here.
World War 2
a) Tobruk
b) Kokoda
c) Bombing
of Darwin
a) April 10,
1941
November
27, 1941.
Tobruk, Libya.
b) 21 July
1942 - 16
November
1942. Papua
New Guinea.
c) 19
February
1942 - 12
November
1943. Darwin,
Northern
Territory,
Australia.
a) Australia was
involved with the 2nd
world war against
Axis.
b) Australia was
involved with the 2nd
world war against
Axis.
c) Australia was
involved with the 2nd
world war against
Axis.
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