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A hundred in a million: our obsession with the Victoria Cross

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imageThe recent concentration on Victoria Cross heroes as major 'carriers' of the Anzac legend has skewed Australian military history.AAP/Mark Graham

The Gallipoli centenary provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the many wartime legacies – human, political, economic, military – that forged independent nations from former colonies and...

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