To what extent was Gallipoli significant to the political and social development of Australia and New Zealand?

The question requires that candidates consider the merits or otherwise of the suggestion that Gallipoli was significant to the political and social development of Australia and New Zealand. Candidates may offer equal coverage of political and social developments in Australia and New Zealand, or they may emphasize their assessment of one more than the other. However, all aspects will be a feature of the response. A comparative approach may or may not be used. Candidates may refer to Gallipoli as significant in forging national identity and in beginning the long journey to fuller independence, even though these trends had started at the end of the 19th century. Both Australian and New Zealander culture and customs were evident on the battlefield and these characteristics became a part of the “ANZAC legend”. However, despite heavier losses felt elsewhere during the First World War, the notion of the ANZAC spirit and sacrifice came to symbolize involvement in the entire war and it continued to influence political and social developments well beyond the end of the war.

Candidates were required to consider the merits or otherwise of the suggestion that Gallipoli was significant to the political and social development of Australia and New Zealand. Candidates needed to consider political and social development and both Australia and New Zealand but there did not need to be equal coverage.