myths, myth-makers, mateship and men. The Anzac legend as a role model has profoundly
affected Australia’s male dominated culture. Commonly known as the birth of Australian
nationhood, Gallipoli was also popularly considered a ‘rite of passage’1 for manhood. The
Australian soldiers of World War One have been portrayed by war journalists and modern writers as
strong, tough, inventive heros, diggers and larrikins. So much is written about the physicality of the
Diggers, the strength they possessed, but…
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