Tag Archives: Gallipoli

Anzac Day at Gallipoli-2015; Balloting- There is a better solution

GALLIPOLI 2015- BALLOTING OPTIONS THERE IS A BETTER SOLUTION Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Mr Snowdon, on 23 September 2012, announced that there would be a ballot for those wanting to attend the ceremonies at Gallipoli in 2015. The Anzac Ceremonial Site at North Beach could hold only 10,500 people and excluding the VIPs of 500, […]

BALLOT OR NOT TO BALLOT? THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION

Dr John Basarin, Research Fellow, Deakin University & Project Manager, Gallipoli-2015 Email: [email protected] Betty Roland, from Western Victoria, stood at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey on Anzac Day, all by herself, and felt the strong emotion of sadness overcome her loneliness [Fewster, Basarin & Basarin, 2003]. This was in 1961. In the intervening 50 years, the […]