Dominic Sandbrook explains that the Gallipoli campaign became foundational to Australian national identity by establishing myths of mateship and exceptional heroism.

“So there's this idea that Australians they have the culture of mateship, of comradeship, you never let your mates down. They have a sort of a fighting spirit, a simplicity, an honesty, a courage that the British have lost. And that's why I think you know it there's such an appetite for that in this ”