As a proud Aussie, I understand and deeply cherish this day.
@stranger_in_a_strange_land Gallipoli is so special to us because it showed to the new nation of Australia that we could display amazing courage and determination even in the face of impossible odds. Aussie soldiers have a well earned reputation of showing amazing courage and determination against the odds, for example holding off General Rommel in Tobruk, and that principle held in Gallipoli when the odds were astronomical. We may have lost the battle, but it galvanised our country and gave our troops an example to look to when the going is tough.