Cricket game in Gallipoli and Cathy Freeman
Cricket game in Gallipoli:
This video is talking about the spirit of Australia, and how the significance of sport for Australian. During the Gallipoli campaign, the regular gun-related attack, lack of level ground and constant threat of shooters made playing a football match seem an event that can never happen, yet diggers still managed to bring Australian Rules football to the beaches of Gallipoli. T J Richards, who was a member of the 1st Military large number (from New South Wales) and a former rugby player for Australia, recalled one of his sporting experiences:
one afternoon when I came over from Brown[s] Dip towards White's Gully I was surprised at seeing a football floating through the air. I set off down into the blind valley, and joined in with a number of Victorians who had brought the ball from Egypt with them.
Cathy Freeman:
This video is talking about the spirit of Australia, and how the significance of sport for Australian. During the Gallipoli campaign, the regular gun-related attack, lack of level ground and constant threat of shooters made playing a football match seem an event that can never happen, yet diggers still managed to bring Australian Rules football to the beaches of Gallipoli. T J Richards, who was a member of the 1st Military large number (from New South Wales) and a former rugby player for Australia, recalled one of his sporting experiences:
one afternoon when I came over from Brown[s] Dip towards White's Gully I was surprised at seeing a football floating through the air. I set off down into the blind valley, and joined in with a number of Victorians who had brought the ball from Egypt with them.
Cathy Freeman: