The meaning of ANZAC has been debated since 1915, a subject of contention, as well as a site for the expression of consensual values in both Australia and New Zealand. The course examines the origins, reputed decline, revival and reinvention of ANZAC, including of ANZAC Day itself, in the context of changing patterns of war commemoration and cultural memory. Topics to be explored might include ANZAC's connections to the history of popular culture, commerce, commemoration, government policy, pilgrimage, tourism, museums and heritage, political and media debate, historical writing and education.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. demonstrate a knowledge of the remembrance, historicisation, memorialisation and contestation of ANZAC;
2. identify and analyse the key concepts in the study of historical memory;
3. critically analyse the representation of the past in a variety of different media; and
4. undertake an historically-informed research project evaluating a particular representation of ANZAC.

Research-Led Teaching

Students will be expected to undertake research in primary sources for all assignments.

Field Trips

There will be at least one voluntary site visit for Canberra-based students and online students will be expected to visit a war memorial in their area where possible.

Required Resources

Students who are studying online will need to be able to gain access to the film Gallipoli (1981)

Recommended Resources

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

• Verbal feedback in seminars
• Written feedback on Assessment Exercise 1 
• Written feedback on Assessment Exercise 2
• Written feedback on Assessment Exercise 3 after final results are released.

Student Feedback

ANU is committed to the demonstration of educational excellence and regularly seeks feedback from students. Students are encouraged to offer feedback directly to their Course Convener or through their College and Course representatives (if applicable). Feedback can also be provided to Course Conveners and teachers via the Student Experience of Learning & Teaching (SELT) feedback program. SELT surveys are confidential and also provide the Colleges and ANU Executive with opportunities to recognise excellent teaching, and opportunities for improvement.

Other Information

General

All assignments expect that you will engage with contemporary debate, culture and ritual, bringing an informed historical perspective to bear. Each assessment item also involves engagement with a body of scholarly literature.

Referencing requirements

In line with the conventions of historical research, this course requires that you use footnotes in your assignment work. All quotations must have footnotes. You should also provide a footnote to indicate the source of significant information, as well as any major ideas you have drawn on. You must also include a bibliography at the end of your work. Please do not use in-text/Harvard-style referencing. References should follow Chicago style. Guidance in Chicago style referencing is widely available online. See, for example: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Excessive Word-Count

A 10% allowance for submitted work, in addition to the figure listed for each assignment, is permitted. Thereafter, a penalty of 10% applies.

We count everything in the main body of the essay, including direct quotations. Footnotes and bibliography are NOT included in the word-count, so you may need to tweak your word– processing software to exclude these components from its tally. 

Appeals

If you genuinely believe you have received an inappropriate or incorrect result, you are entitled to apply for a review of your grade. This must be done within 30 working days of the formal notification of your result for that particular piece of coursework. Your first point of contact should always be your tutor or the course convener. 

Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	Anzac ‘Pre-history’: Military Culture before 1915
2	Gallipoli, Digger Culture and the Anzac Legend
3	The Origins of Anzac Day
4	Anzac Contentions: 1920s to 1960s
5	The Decline of Anzac? 1960s and 1970s	Assessment Exercise 1 (War Memorial Analysis): Due by 5pm Friday 23 August 2024
6	Revival and Reinvention
7	Film and Television Screening of Gallipoli (1981)	Assessment Exercise 2 (Cultural Analysis):Due by 5pm Friday 20 September 2024
8	Pilgrimage, Tourism, Museums and Heritage
9	Commerce
10	Politics and Diplomacy
11	Schools and Education
12	Conclusion	Assessment Exercise 3 (Reflective Essay):Due by 5pm Friday 25 October 2024

Tutorial Registration

ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/timetabling.

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Due Date	Return of assessment	Learning Outcomes
War Memorial Analysis (Due by 5pm Friday 23 August 2024)	25 %	23/08/2024	06/09/2024	1,2,3
Cultural Analysis (Due by 5pm Friday 20 September 2024)	25 %	20/09/2024	04/10/2024	1,2,3,4
Reflective Essay (Due by 5pm Friday 25 October 2024)	50 %	25/10/2024	08/11/2024	1,2,3,4

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

Policies

ANU has educational policies, procedures and guidelines , which are designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University’s academic standards, and implement them. Students are expected to have read the Academic Integrity Rule before the commencement of their course. Other key policies and guidelines include:

• Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
• Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure
• Extenuating Circumstances Application
• Student Surveys and Evaluations
• Deferred Examinations
• Student Complaint Resolution Policy and Procedure
• Code of practice for teaching and learning

Assessment Requirements

The ANU is using Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the Academic Skills website. In rare cases where online submission using Turnitin software is not technically possible; or where not using Turnitin software has been justified by the Course Convener and approved by the Associate Dean (Education) on the basis of the teaching model being employed; students shall submit assessment online via ‘Wattle’ outside of Turnitin, or failing that in hard copy, or through a combination of submission methods as approved by the Associate Dean (Education). The submission method is detailed below.

Moderation of Assessment

Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.

Participation

Seminars

Seminars offer you the opportunity to engage actively with the course content with both your peers and your tutor. To be effective, seminars must operate in a spirit of free discussion and open enquiry. Debate is welcome. Discussion should be respectful. As the ANU statement on Academic Freedom states ‘we are a community of robust debate, unafraid of uncomfortable ideas’. Seminars model this community, seeking to ‘pursue knowledge, speak and write without unreasonable restriction.’ To facilitate this freedom to speak, seminar discussion operates under the ‘Chatham House Rule’, where what is said within the tutorial may be discussed outside it, but without identifying the speaker. 

  

Assessment Task 1

War Memorial Analysis (Due by 5pm Friday 23 August 2024)

Word limit: 1500 words

Value: 25%

Presentation requirements: Continuous prose

Return by 5pm Friday 23 August 2024

Details of Task:

Read the article K.S. Inglis and Jock Phillips, 'War Memorials in Australia and New Zealand: A Comparative Survey', Australian Historical Studies 24.96 (1991): 179-191.

Then visit an Australian war memorial, and analyse its historical meanings and significance. What does it tell us about the Australian experience of war?

Your analysis should contain a picture and description of the memorial. In your analysis, you should pay particular attention to such matters as the location of the memorial; the imagery it employs; and the messages contained in it. Who is honoured in the memorial? Does the memorial tell you anything about attitudes to those who fought, and to those who died? You should look closely for any indications of ideas about nation, empire, gender, sacrifice and death. If you have access to a local newspaper, or other information, you can look up the report of the opening ceremony, which should tell you something of the memorial’s history — but this is not an essential requirement of this assignment.

If you are outside Australia, or unable to visit a memorial directly, you should instead research a particular memorial using the National Library of Australia's Trove (Australian Newspapers Online) and other online databases such as:

Places of Pride, National Register of War Memorials (awm.gov.au)

NSW War Memorials Register

Victorian War Heritage Inventory | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)

Australian Monuments, Statues, Dedicated | Monument Australia

(This list is not exhaustive)

Assessment Criteria:

How effectively have you described your memorial?

How effectively have you used used your material/evidence in explaining meaning and significance?

Is the analysis factually accurate?

Is there an appropriate introduction?

Is there an appropriate conclusion?

Is the structure of your analysis logical and coherent?

Have you used correct paragraphing, syntax, punctuation, grammar and spelling?

Is your referencing consistent, accurate and informative?

Is your bibliography consistent, accurate and informative?

How well is your assignment presented overall?

Assessment Task 2

Cultural Analysis (Due by 5pm Friday 20 September 2024)

Word limit: 1500 words

Value: 25%

Presentation requirements: Continuous prose

Return by 5pm Friday 20 September 2024

Details of task: For this exercise, you are required to produce a historically informed analysis of a recent (since 2010) ‘Anzac’ film, website, exhibition, popular book, song, speech, school resource (or other genre, to be agreed with the convener). Your choices for this project will be discussed in class, but please contact the convener if you are in any doubt about the suitability of your selection.

Your assignment might consider the following issues, although the importance of each depends to some extent on the nature of your selection: 

Who created it and how might knowing their identity help us to understand it?

When was it created?

Who is the intended audience?

Why was it created?

What kinds of ideas about Anzac and war does it disclose?

How well do you think it works in light of its intended audience and aims? 

This is not intended as an exhaustive list of considerations. Feel free to discuss the scope of your project with the seminar leader.

Assessment Criteria

How relevant, coherent and persuasive is the contextual detail and textual analysis?

How effectively have you explained the nature and purposes of your selected artifact?

How effectively have you used used your material/evidence in making your case?

Is the analysis factually accurate?

Is there an appropriate introduction?

Is there an appropriate conclusion?

Is the structure of your analysis logical and coherent?

Have you used correct paragraphing, syntax, punctuation, grammar and spelling?

Is your referencing consistent, accurate and informative?

Is your bibliography consistent, accurate and informative?

How well is your assignment presented overall?

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Assessment Task 3

Reflective Essay (Due by 5pm Friday 25 October 2024)

Word limit: 3000 words

Value: 50%

Presentation requirements: Continuous prose

Return by 5pm Friday 25 October 2024

What can the history of Anzac memorialisation and/or commemoration can tell us about the place of war in Australian and/or New Zealand culture and society?

Assessment Criteria

• How relevant, coherent and persuasive is the argument?
• How effectively have you used evidence?
• Is your research broad and appropriate to the question?
• How well have you used primary sources?
• Is the essay factually accurate?
• Is there an appropriate introduction?
• Is there an appropriate conclusion?
• Is the structure of your essay logical and coherent?
• Have you used correct paragraphing, syntax, punctuation, grammar and spelling?
• Is your referencing consistent, accurate and informative?
• Is your bibliography consistent, accurate and informative?
• How well is your assignment presented overall?

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a core part of the ANU culture as a community of scholars. The University’s students are an integral part of that community. The academic integrity principle commits all students to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support, academic integrity, and to uphold this commitment by behaving honestly, responsibly and ethically, and with respect and fairness, in scholarly practice.

The University expects all staff and students to be familiar with the academic integrity principle, the Academic Integrity Rule 2021, the Policy: Student Academic Integrity and Procedure: Student Academic Integrity, and to uphold high standards of academic integrity to ensure the quality and value of our qualifications.

The Academic Integrity Rule 2021 is a legal document that the University uses to promote academic integrity, and manage breaches of the academic integrity principle. The Policy and Procedure support the Rule by outlining overarching principles, responsibilities and processes. The Academic Integrity Rule 2021 commences on 1 December 2021 and applies to courses commencing on or after that date, as well as to research conduct occurring on or after that date. Prior to this, the Academic Misconduct Rule 2015 applies.

 

The University commits to assisting all students to understand how to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support academic integrity. All coursework students must complete the online Academic Integrity Module (Epigeum), and Higher Degree Research (HDR) students are required to complete research integrity training. The Academic Integrity website provides information about services available to assist students with their assignments, examinations and other learning activities, as well as understanding and upholding academic integrity.

Online Submission

The ANU is using Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.

Hardcopy Submission

Students may choose not to submit assessment items through Turnitin. In this instance you will be required to submit, alongside the assessment item itself, copies of all references included in the assessment item. 

Late Submission

Late submission of assessment tasks without an extension are penalised at the rate of 5% of the possible marks available per working day or part thereof. Late submission of assessment tasks is not accepted after 10 working days after the due date, or on or after the date specified in the course outline for the return of the assessment item. Late submission is not accepted for take-home examinations.

The Course Convener may grant extensions for assessment pieces that are not examinations or take-home examinations. If you need an extension, you must request it in writing on or before the due date. If you have documented and appropriate medical evidence that demonstrates you were not able to request an extension on or before the due date, you may be able to request it after the due date. 

Referencing Requirements

The Academic Skills website has information to assist you with your writing and assessments. The website includes information about Academic Integrity including referencing requirements for different disciplines. There is also information on Plagiarism and different ways to use source material. Any use of artificial intelligence must be properly referenced. Failure to properly cite use of Generative AI will be considered a breach of academic integrity.

Returning Assignments

Assignments will be returned via Wattle or email.

Extensions and Penalties

Extensions and late submission of assessment pieces are covered by the Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure. Extensions may be granted for assessment pieces that are not examinations or take-home examinations. If you need an extension, you must request an extension in writing on or before the due date. If you have documented and appropriate medical evidence that demonstrates you were not able to request an extension on or before the due date, you may be able to request it after the due date.

Privacy Notice

The ANU has made a number of third party, online, databases available for students to use. Use of each online database is conditional on student end users first agreeing to the database licensor’s terms of service and/or privacy policy. Students should read these carefully. In some cases student end users will be required to register an account with the database licensor and submit personal information, including their: first name; last name; ANU email address; and other information.
In cases where student end users are asked to submit ‘content’ to a database, such as an assignment or short answers, the database licensor may only use the student’s ‘content’ in accordance with the terms of service – including any (copyright) licence the student grants to the database licensor. Any personal information or content a student submits may be stored by the licensor, potentially offshore, and will be used to process the database service in accordance with the licensors terms of service and/or privacy policy.
If any student chooses not to agree to the database licensor’s terms of service or privacy policy, the student will not be able to access and use the database. In these circumstances students should contact their lecturer to enquire about alternative arrangements that are available.

Distribution of grades policy

Academic Quality Assurance Committee monitors the performance of students, including attrition, further study and employment rates and grade distribution, and College reports on quality assurance processes for assessment activities, including alignment with national and international disciplinary and interdisciplinary standards, as well as qualification type learning outcomes.

Since first semester 1994, ANU uses a grading scale for all courses. This grading scale is used by all academic areas of the University.

Support for students

The University offers students support through several different services. You may contact the services listed below directly or seek advice from your Course Convener, Student Administrators, or your College and Course representatives (if applicable).

• ANU Health, safety & wellbeing for medical services, counselling, mental health and spiritual support
• ANU Accessibility for students with a disability or ongoing or chronic illness
• ANU Dean of Students for confidential, impartial advice and help to resolve problems between students and the academic or administrative areas of the University
• ANU Academic Skills supports you make your own decisions about how you learn and manage your workload.
• ANU Counselling promotes, supports and enhances mental health and wellbeing within the University student community.
• ANUSA supports and represents all ANU students