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Australians have been making pilgrimages to the battlefields and cemeteries of World War Two since the 1940s, from the jungles of New Guinea and South-East Asia to the mountains of Greece and the deserts of North Africa. They travel in search of the stories of lost loved ones, to mourn the dead and to come to grips with the past. With characteristic empathy, Bruce Scates charts the history of pilgrimages to Crete, Kokoda, Sandakan and Hellfire Pass. He explores the emotional resonance that these sites have for those who served and those who remember. Based on surveys, interviews, extensive fieldwork and archival research, Anzac Journeys offers insights into the culture of loss and commemoration and the hunger for meaning so pivotal to the experience of pilgrimage. Richly illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs from the 1940s to today, Anzac Journeys makes an important and moving contribution to Australian military history.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Anzac Journeys
• Author: Bruce Scates
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 328
• EAN: 9781107020672
• ISBN: 1107020670
• ID: 01338325
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 1004 g
• Dimensions: 255 × 173 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. July 2013

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