Sydney Harbour Bridge projections - the stories
To honour the fallen ANZACs for the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, Roads and Maritime Services showcased a series of poignant images from World War I on to the eastern face of the north and south pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge between 21 and 27 April 2015.
Selected from the archives of the Australian War Memorial and the State Library of NSW, the images help tell the Anzac story through six Anzac related themes:
- Call to War
- Journey
- Gallipoli
- Portraits of ANZACs
- Support
- Commemoration
The projection series also featured a two minute animation of poppies ‘falling’ from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons. By the end of the week’s projections, more than 62,000 poppies ‘fell’ from the pylons, representing each of the 62,000 fallen Australians in World War I.
To use this site:
- Smartphone/tablet: Tap an image once for a brief description, tap again for more information
- Desktop/laptop: Hover over an image for a brief description, then click for more information.
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The Trumpet Calls
Norman Lindsay; W. A. Gullick -
A call from the Dardanelles
WWI enlistment poster -
'You'll do kangaroo'
[Greeting card] -
World War I recruiting march, Cooma NSW:
'The men from Snowy River' -
AN&MEF departing for New Guinea. The first infantry to leave Australia in WWI
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Last glimpses of Sydney - passing Heads, 18 October 1914 /
Plenty of work for glasses -
Route marching, Egypt
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Giza, Egypt, 1915:
Bombardier Maxfield, Driver Rich & Gunner Shields / 2nd Lt Phillipps -
11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, AIF
at the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) near Mena Camp, Egypt -
Soldier with mascot
9th and 10th Battalions at Mena Camp, Egypt -
Australian troops being towed ashore to land at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli
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The landing at Gallipoli
8am, 25 April 1915 -
The 21st Battalion marching up Monash Gully after arriving at Gallipoli
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Gallipoli 1915
Men at ease in underground trenches / Soldiers feeling the heat -
Australian troops in the Turkish Lone Pine trenches, captured on 6 August 1915 by the AIF
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Henry Charles Marshall / Capt George Frederick Wootten
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Lord Kitchener, General Birdwood, General Godley & General Sir John Maxwell
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Capt Stewart Milson / Sir Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle
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2nd Lt Alfred John Shout VC / Sgt Frank Barber MM
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Lt General Sir John Monash / Pte Claude Stanley Knaggs Smith
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Pte Frederick Prentice / L/Cpl Walter Hugh Anderson
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Dvr Clive Winchcombe Gregory / Pte George Sylvester Goward
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Journalist, Keith Murdoch /
Charles Bean, Australia's offical war correspondent -
Lt Leonard Keysor VC / 2nd Lt Alexander Finnie
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Pte Victor Carlton Griffin / Pte Martin Michael Dillon
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Lt Oliver Hogue / Brothers, Pte Vernon Harcourt Little & Pte Alfred Leonard Little
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Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, 3rd Field Ambulance Brigade and donkey
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Sunday Mail Cover
War Issue No. XIV, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1914 -
Sister Rachel Pratt MM
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Sapper Arthur Findon Dunbar MM and his family members
Australia, June 1919 -
Jack Hodgson, wounded at Gallipoli, shows a medal to his son
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Hall of Memory mosaic pendentive at the Australian War Memorial featuring the Army
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Hall of Memory mosaic pendentive at the Australian War Memorial featuring the Navy
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Hall of Memory mosaic pendentive at the Australian War Memorial featuring the Air Force
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Hall of Memory mosaic pendentive at the Australian War Memorial featuring the women's services
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Over 62,000 poppies will fall over the 7 nights of the projections in this animated tribute
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Australian Soldier / New Zealand Soldier
