The road to Gallipoli in 2005

In response to our call for contributions to our special ANZAC Day page, we were pleasantly surprised to receive today an email from Edd Aragon, an accomplished Filipino Australian artist, with one of his art works attached to an email.

In his email, Edd also added:

“…it was a diplomatic issue that needed to be addressed and John Howard was getting pushed to the wall to defend and preserve the memory of our fallen soldiers.”

The attachment is an editorial cartoon which appeared in one of Australia’s papers four years ago to this day.

Now we remember that four years ago during the premiership of Mr John Howard, a diplomatic issue erupted. The issue related to Australia’s deep concern about roadworks and construction sites built around the memorial Anzac shrine in Gallipoli, the birthplace of ANZAC. But other sectors considered that action as a political maneuvering and effectively told the prime minister to make the ANZAC icon devoid of any political overtones.

Edd Aragon is a senior artist for the Sydney Morning Herald and a multi-awarded caricaturist/illustrator. Edd’s other interests include painting, photography, writing, blues harp, rock & roll, and jazz. Learn more about Edd by following him on his blog.

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