Why Australians Joined World War 1
Maria Polias, Year 9 History: AT #1
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EXPLAIN THE REASONS AUSTRALIAN’S JOINED WW1
In 1914, it was the first moment of when Australia’s joined World War one, The Australian government decided that it was a mature move to support its “Mother Country’ Britain. Australians were proud of being part of the British Empire; it was the biggest empire the world had ever seen rivalling over many great ancient empires such as the Romans. Australian’s felt proud to be a part of the empire because Britain had always supported and protected them all as individuals and they felt it was time for them to show their bit in joining in to fight along with Britain in war.
Australians joined world war one also for their patriotism, their love for Britain and they felt the need to defend Britain in this war, to show their willingness to fight, and for their duty because they thought it was legally right and obligated for them to be a part of something so big and to give a big helping hand for their Mother country, they thought it would be a good opportunity to improve Australia’s international reputation also showing how loyal they are to defend Britain in such extreme choices to participate in a war with much countries much more powerful. Australians also felt a sense of security, because of the countries surrounding them that were much more powerful and threatening, they thought that the British empire would come together to defend Australia in that time of need, and this was important to Australia because the population was small, and not much could have been done if they had no one else to defend them.
Many Australians joined the war for a variety of different reasons, some wanted to prove that they are brave enough to fight in such extreme levels of danger in war, in possibility of death, also some men enlisted towards WW1 because their choice of their friends influenced them to do it, and some didn’t want to face it all alone. Some men were very poor, and needed money to
9RUBY
EXPLAIN THE REASONS AUSTRALIAN’S JOINED WW1
In 1914, it was the first moment of when Australia’s joined World War one, The Australian government decided that it was a mature move to support its “Mother Country’ Britain. Australians were proud of being part of the British Empire; it was the biggest empire the world had ever seen rivalling over many great ancient empires such as the Romans. Australian’s felt proud to be a part of the empire because Britain had always supported and protected them all as individuals and they felt it was time for them to show their bit in joining in to fight along with Britain in war.
Australians joined world war one also for their patriotism, their love for Britain and they felt the need to defend Britain in this war, to show their willingness to fight, and for their duty because they thought it was legally right and obligated for them to be a part of something so big and to give a big helping hand for their Mother country, they thought it would be a good opportunity to improve Australia’s international reputation also showing how loyal they are to defend Britain in such extreme choices to participate in a war with much countries much more powerful. Australians also felt a sense of security, because of the countries surrounding them that were much more powerful and threatening, they thought that the British empire would come together to defend Australia in that time of need, and this was important to Australia because the population was small, and not much could have been done if they had no one else to defend them.
Many Australians joined the war for a variety of different reasons, some wanted to prove that they are brave enough to fight in such extreme levels of danger in war, in possibility of death, also some men enlisted towards WW1 because their choice of their friends influenced them to do it, and some didn’t want to face it all alone. Some men were very poor, and needed money to