The Sweetland Project: Remembering Gallipoli in the Shire of Nunawading

$39.95

The story of the men from the Shire of Nunawading who died during the Gallipoli campaign, and the reaction to the Great War of the local community that still resonates today

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Release date 2015-04-10
Format Hardback
ISBN 9781925003949
ISBN10 1925003949
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A chance discovery made on a tour of Anzac Cove provided an immediate link between Gallipoli and Melbourne’s Eastern Suburbs. In the lead up to the Centenary of Anzac, ‘The Sweetland Project’ (named after a Box Hill man, Stephen Sweetland) became a broader search for the connections between Gallipoli and the former Shire of Nunawading, revealing 27 men from the former shire who died during the Gallipoli campaign. This book traces their stories and the reaction to the Great War of the local community, and shows how personal and collective memories of their experiences still resonate today.

Awarded a commendation in the category of Centenary of World War One at the Victorian Community History Awards 2015.

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Steven Cooke

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