nzac Exhibit here for a week
T
HE Spirit of Anzac
Centenary Experience –
the largest free travelling
exhibition ever featured
by the Australian War
Memorial - will visit
Townsville for one week
only with more than 200
artefacts on display at the
Townsville Entertainment
and Convention Centre
from tomorrow (September
2) until September 11.
The exhibition allows
visitors to journey through
the nation’s footsteps into
WWI in new and engaging
ways and offers access to
historical objects, such
as the last shell fired by
the ANZACs at Gallipoli,
rarely seen outside the
national capital.
North Queensland, and
particularly Townsville,
has a long and rich
military history.
In total, 57,000
Queenslanders voluntarily
enlisted in WWI and 172
men from Townsville
were killed in the war.
MAJGEN (retd) Brian
Dawson from the Australian
War Memorial said the
free exhibition to mark
the Anzac Centenary,
1914 to 1918, would visit
Townsville only once.
“The response from
Queenslanders so far has
been tremendous, so I urge
visitors to book their free
place at the Townsville
exhibition quickly to avoid
disappointment,” he said.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for the people
of Townsville to learn of the
ways in which the sacrifice of
our servicemen and women
has shaped, and continues to
shape, Australia as a nation,”
MAJGEN Dawson said.
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