Visit Gallipoli

The ‘Anzac Walk’ takes the visitor around 14 locations on the old Anzac battlefield of 1915 at Gallipoli. Discover the stories of North Beach, Artillery Road, Lone Pine and the Nek as seen through the eyes of those who fought and died there. Feel the truth of the words of Australia’s official historian of the Gallipoli campaign, Charles Bean: The graves of Gallipoli, exquisitely maintained, where Anzac folk can walk amid thousands of names as familiar as those along Collins or Pitt Streets, do call for visitors.

For the people of Turkey the ‘Battle of Çanakkale’, fought in 1915, is one of the most important events in the founding of the Republic of Turkey. Featured here are 10 monuments, memorials and locations on the Gallipoli peninsula and at Çanakkale which tell the story of the Turkish struggle in 1915 to defend the Dardanelles from seizure by the forces of the British Empire and France.

At the end of the Great War, the Allies returned to the Gallipoli Peninsula and cleared the battlefields of the bodies still unburied. In the nine months of the campaign more than 36,000 Commonwealth soldiers died and Australia suffered 26 094 casualties. The 31 war cemeteries on the peninsula contain 22,000 graves, but only 9000 of these were able to be identified.

Featured is an animated map of Gallipoli showing all of the Australian war grave sites with lists of Australian names for Shrapnel Valley, Ari Burnu, Plugge's Plateau and Beach cemeteries.

Anzac Day Services are held each year at the Anzac Commemorative Site at Gallipoli. Find out about the latest news and events including important information about Anzac Day at Gallipoli here.

The "Visit Gallipoli" website is also being constantly updated. Latest features inlcude new sections – Nurses at Gallipoli and Lemnos, and War Correspondents with new material which has been unearthed from the State Library of NSW on the correspondent Ashmead Bartlett. Find out about the latest additions here.

The Gallipoli Peninsula is a long narrow rugged isthmus dominated by high hills. It is on one of the major bird migration routes from Northern Europe to Africa. Thirty kilometres north is the town of Gelibolu, on the 'Asian side' of the Dardenelles is the city of Çannakkale (55,000) and to the south are the ruins of what is thought to be the ancient citadel of Troy.

For many years, very few travellers visited Gallipoli. In more recent times, the battles that took place there have become significant to many people interested in their family history and their country's wartime heritage. Along with a general increase in tourism more young backpackers from Australia, New Zealand and Britain have begun to include the Gallipoli Peninsula Peace Park in their itinerary. Find out about the key events held at Gallipoli – including the Anzac Day Services which are held each year and which since 2000 have been conducted at the Anzac Commemorative Site.