Settlement Guide: What does ANZAC Day mean to migrants?

The 2017 Anzac Day march in Sydney.

The 2017 Anzac Day march in Sydney. Source: AAP

For many migrants ANZAC Day symbolises soldiers wearing a slouch hats who fought in the fields of Gallipoli in 1915 But over the last one hundred years this image has slowly changed. ANZAC Day has come to mean a day where the nation pays tribute to veterans from different wars and from culturally diverse backgrounds.


Image: AAP


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