“A time for noble enthusiasms”: schools and Anzac commemoration, 1916–1918
ISSN: 0819-8691
Article publication date: 14 November 2022
Issue publication date: 22 November 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine Anzac Day commemoration in schools during World War 1.
Design/methodology/approach
Empirical research from newspapers and education department publications is used to illustrate key themes in these commemorations.
Findings
Despite claims made at the time that school commemorations did not promote militarism, the available evidence proves the fallacy of these assertions. Moreover, schools became very significant sites for the institutionalising of Anzac Day and shaping it in quite specific ways.
Originality/value
While other authors have examined the militarisation of schools in Australia in the early decades of the 20th century, no study has focussed on schools specifically in relation to Anzac Day.
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Citation
Cryle, M. (2022), "“A time for noble enthusiasms”: schools and Anzac commemoration, 1916–1918", History of Education Review, Vol. 51 No. 2, pp. 214-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/HER-05-2022-0018
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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