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Anzac Day

Australia and New Zealand remember their war dead with sprigs of rosemary, poppies and wreaths at dawn.

2017 Anzac Day parade, Warwick
Photo: Chris Olszewski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What happens

Anzac Day marks the landing of Australian and New Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. It begins with a service at dawn, when wreaths are laid at war memorials in every town. In Australia people pin a sprig of rosemary to their coat. The herb has long stood for remembrance, and it grows wild on the Gallipoli peninsula. In New Zealand the red poppy is the flower of this day rather than of November, and paper poppies are sold in the week before.

The flowers

RosemaryA sprig on the lapel, for remembrance.Remembrance poppyWorn in New Zealand in the days before Anzac Day.WreathLaid at memorials during the dawn service.

More flowers and customs of Anzac Day

Common poppyPapaver rhoeas The vivid red wildflower of fields and remembrance 🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower Place Kings Park A vast park and botanic garden overlooking Perth, famous for wildflowers and memorials Perth, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden, September Decoration White poppy A peace symbol worn for Remembrance Day and Anzac Day 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov Poppy Bright-petalled flowers grown for gardens, seeds, and remembrance 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
About this page

Original text by the Phool desk, written with AI assistance. Background: "Anzac Day" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If we have something wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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