2. Remembrance Day Primary Slideshow
The Spirit of the ANZACs
This song was written by Lee
Kernaghan after reading letters
written by soldiers at the front
line back home to their families.
What does front line mean?
3. Remembrance Day Primary Slideshow
The Spirit of the ANZACs
It was released in January, 2015
as a charity single to raise funds
for Legacy and Soldier On.
What is a charity ?
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The Spirit of the ANZACs
Legacy
What do these charities do ?
Soldier On
5. Remembrance Day Primary Slideshow
The Spirit of the ANZACs
The song is based on Paul Keating's
1993 eulogy at the interment of the
Unknown Soldier.
What is a eulogy?
6. Remembrance Day Primary Slideshow
The Spirit of the ANZACs
Kernaghan said the song was inspired
by Keating's immortal words -
"He is all of them. And he is one of us."
Who is Paul Keating ?
8. Remembrance Day Primary Slideshow
The Spirit of the ANZACs
Why is the Unknown Soldier,
'one of them' ?
How does the Unknown Soldier
represent 'all of us' ?
Why do we need the armed forces?
9. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
From "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon
10. Sydney, NSW. 1918-11-11. Crowd in Martin Place celebrating the news of the
signing of the armistice. This date was celebrated in later years as
Remembrance Day. Public Domain
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Notes:
News Article About Paul Keatings Speech
The Australian War Memorial