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Interesting facts related to the ANZAC’s and ANZAC Day

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While learning about the ‘Spirit of the ANZAC’s’ and the HISTORY of them too we stumbled across some interesting facts we thought we would share with you.

The term ANZAC is protected under Australian law.

More than 11,000 ANZACs died at Gallipoli and more than 23,500 were wounded.

The first dawn service on an ANZAC Day was in 1923

The Anzac Bridge in Sydney was given its name in memory of the ANZACs. On the western pylon flies a Kiwi flag and the eastern flies the Aussie flag.

The game of two-up is only legal on Anzac Day. It became the soldier’s favourite game during the war and remains Australia’s (unofficial) national game.

ANZACs were all volunteers

The date, 25 April, was officially named ANZAC Day in 1916.

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Our trip to Port Arthur with Babcia

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Today we utilised our ‘Ticket of Leave’ to visit Port Arthur with Babcia. She has wanted to go there every time she has visited with us, So today was her lucky day!

Postcrossings from China and Taiwan.

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Today we received two wonderful cards. One from China it was of the Giant Panda’s. WangLi explained on the back of the card how to write ‘Giant Panda’ in Chinese characters, which was really cool! Today I want to try and encourage the children to write it themselves in the Chinese characters – Maybe if they see me trying they will attempt it themselves! – If they do I shall be sure to add their attempts here…

This card travelled 8,616 Kilometres over 11 days to land in our mail box!

Giant Panda's - China

Giant Panda's - China

The second postcard we received was from Cindy in Taiwan. It shows the ‘Cave of the eight immortals’. This is a very interesting place and yet information was not easy to find for us.

We did however learn the following after reading on the following website – www.taiwan.com.au

Basiandong is located in the north of Huatung Mountain by the coast of Changbin Township. “Basian”, or the Eight Immortals, are famous Chinese deities. Fogs drift perpetually around the caves and the interior is damp and misty. As the environment resembles that in the folklore when the eight deities cross the ocean, the caves were named Basian. In the caves, Taiwan’s first prehistoric site was discovered. As the earth’s crusts elevated, the mountains were constantly eroded by the sea and 16 caves of different sizes were formed along the cliff as high as 100 meters

For more information about this interesting place please visit www.taiwan.com.au

Cave of the Eight Immortals - Taiwan

Cave of the Eight Immortals - Taiwan

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Our Learning about Egypt Continues…

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Well today has been a day at home. Which seem to be few and far between at the moment. We have done some more learning about Egypt watching a Discovery Atlas presentation called ‘Egypt Revealed’. It was an amazing look inside Egypt today and how is is still shaped by many old traditions and customs. The children found it amazing to learn that some children as young as Seven are sent off into Cairo from outlaying town to work and earn money for their families to survive.

Equally they were amazed to learn of women who must ask permission from their husbands before even leaving their home. The children also were amazed at also learning that women have to wear traditional clothing that covers their whole body when out in public. No part of their body or even their face can be seen.

Our learning about the world around us and different countries, cultures and traditions is proving to be such a wonderful experience for us all. The children definitely seem to be a lot more mindful of others and their beliefs, actions, traditions and customs. Which is great!

 

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Burnie Pioneer Village Museum

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Well today the children and I visited the Burnie Pioneer Village Museum. I had been told about it by a few people and also found information about it online, therefore we decided that as we were in Burnie, we would check it out.

I must say that even though the Pioneer Village was much smaller than I initially expected it was very well set out and the children and I loved it.  It was quite amazing the amount of history it had within its walls, however it was a little disappointing that we could not walk into the different shop and could only view them from the doorways or windows. It is set up so that you walk along the ‘main street’ and the shops are all along the road side. With a great big horse and cart situated on the road.

According to totaltravel.com The Burnie Pioneer Village Museum

Allows you to experience the sights and sounds of 100 years ago. The Burnie Pioneer Village Museum was the first indoor historical street to be recreated in Australia and is still ranked among the best. A spectacular display with thousands of rare and interesting objects displayed in authentic commercial and domestic settings.

The Village is designed to interpret the environment of the period 1890 – 1910 when Burnie was at the height of its first economic boom. Each unit is built of authentic 19th century materials, the colours used and the architectural variations here are those that were fashioned along the North West Coast.

If you get the chance and have a real interest in history, or the time period around 1890 to1910. I would definitely encourage you to visit the museum if you are ever in Burnie!

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