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A pinecone from the battlefield of Lone Pine at Gallipoli became a war souvenir for a Victorian soldier. Many years after the war its seeds have grown into trees that are a symbol of remembrance. Landline's Tim Lee reports.
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Harold Prosser was a share farmer from New South Wales who died in the killing fields of northern France in World War I. His story is being honoured in art. Landline's Sean Murphy reports.
26:00The spectacular charge by Australian Light Horse at Beersheba is the stuff of legend. The legacy of one Hunter Valley family also lives on. Landline's Emma Brown reports.
14:00The Great War had a profound impact on rural Australia. Across the nation, the commemoration of ANZAC takes many forms, with dedicated volunteers determined to keep the past alive. Landline's Tim Lee reports.
15:00Even as soldiers were fighting in World War I Australians were erecting memorials. Across Australia, local memorials remain a focus for tributes to service and sacrifice. Landline's John Taylor reports.
15:00It was the dream of many returning ANZACs to take up land and do something for themselves. But not all the land provided to soldier settlers was fit for heroes. Landline's Chris Clark filed this report in 2010.
13:00As World War I raged Australian woolgrowers came up with an ingenious way to help the war effort. It brought great comfort to the diggers when they needed it most. Landline's Peter Lewis reports.
17:00Les Chandler was an avid bird-watcher and naturalist who taught himself photography. In World War I he took hundreds of photographs which provide a unique portrait into a peaceful man's war. Landline's Tim Lee reports.
18:00The Ghan train trip through the centre of Australia is one of the world's great rail journeys. In 2011 current and former servicemen embarked on a journey of remembrance. Landline's Prue Adams filed this report.
17:00Australian troops found an orphaned French boy found wounded on a battlefield in 1918. He was smuggled into Australia after the war and spent his life as a fisherman in eastern Victoria. Landline's Tim Lee reports.
12:00One of the crankiest Australian war horses was 'Bill the Bastard', a veteran of Gallipoli and Egypt. A bronze statue captures its extraordinary and little-known rescue of World War I. Landline's Pip Courtney reports.
20:00After World War I, a grateful nation granted settlement blocks to tens-of-thousands of returned Australian soldiers. But not hundreds of Indigenous servicemen. Landline's Tim Lee reports.
08:00Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have served in every Australian conflict. Victor Bartley says his service in the Vietnam war showed him what life could be without racism. Landline's Lucy Thackray reports.
08:00Many soldier settlements failed after the world wars. But not El Arish in far north Queensland. War weary veterans carved successful cane fields from the rainforest. Landline's Tom Edwards reports.
08:00Many Australian soldiers wounded in the first world war were sent to an English estate to recuperate. An Australian wool heiress who used her $40m fortune to care for 50,000 wounded ANZACs. Landline's Bec Whetham reports.
23:00Family members honour loved ones whose stories feature at the National Anzac Centre in Albany, Western Australia. We follow their remarkable WWI journeys - from departure by convoy to the battlefields and beyond - in this deeply personal connection to the tumultuous events of more than a century ago.