AMAZING pictures from the depths off Anzac Cove reveal long-forgotten remnants of the battle that helped forge a nation.
Published by Australian Geographic the photographs reveal a silent underwater battlefield that has been hidden from view since that first troop landing in 1915.
A group of Turkish and Australian marine archaeologists has uncovered relics from the Gallipoli campaign, including hospital barges used to transport wounded soldiers to waiting ships, as well as carrying munitions and stores.
One of the barges was found 55 metres below the surface.
The team began its search in May last year. Project Beneath Gallipoli, as it was dubbed by crew, was the first systematic archaeological survey of the depths.
Team leader Tim Smith, a NSW maritime archaeologist who specialises in underwater cultural heritage sites, said: "In 1915, the Gallipoli experience for the ordinary soldier was about more than what happened on land, in the trenches, baking heat, frontal assaults, ever-present disease and, in the final months, snow."
Previous investigations of the graveyard had been sporadic and opportunistic.
Project Beneath Gallipoli set out to change that perception, to treat the area as a blank canvas.
Author: Peter Rolfe | Source: Herald Sun [April 03, 2011]
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| This barge was found by the Project Beneath Gallipoli team 2.4km off Anzac Cove [Credit: Australian Geographic HWT Image Library] |
A group of Turkish and Australian marine archaeologists has uncovered relics from the Gallipoli campaign, including hospital barges used to transport wounded soldiers to waiting ships, as well as carrying munitions and stores.
One of the barges was found 55 metres below the surface.
The team began its search in May last year. Project Beneath Gallipoli, as it was dubbed by crew, was the first systematic archaeological survey of the depths.
Team leader Tim Smith, a NSW maritime archaeologist who specialises in underwater cultural heritage sites, said: "In 1915, the Gallipoli experience for the ordinary soldier was about more than what happened on land, in the trenches, baking heat, frontal assaults, ever-present disease and, in the final months, snow."
Previous investigations of the graveyard had been sporadic and opportunistic.
Project Beneath Gallipoli set out to change that perception, to treat the area as a blank canvas.
Author: Peter Rolfe | Source: Herald Sun [April 03, 2011]
