Why do Ausfags celebrate the time they got their shit pushed

>>2503983

Because for a brief moment, they were relevant on the world stage. A little bit, anyway. What else are people going to talk about Austrialia about? The Emu war? The rabbit genocide?

There's a difference between commemoration and celebration my autistic friend

>>2504087
this
I can, as an Australian, go to Gallipoli and look at the exact spot the first time someone fought and died for my nation.
The first world war was barely a decade after our Federation. Before Gallipoli we were Victorians, Queenslanders, Tasmanians, Western Australians ect. and after we were all Australians after fighting and dying together. It created, or rather exposed, the Australian character of mateship, courage, and the digger.

We celebrate the courage of those who fought and commemorate the battle.

>>2503983
It was a battle that occurred during our infancy as a nation, In that sweet zone when we were not quite a colony anymore, and not yet an independent nation but doing things somewhat by ourselves

To give an entirely non-meme answer:

We could celebrate hard won victories on the western front, but historically at least, we hated "big-noting" - boasting, so a tragic failure is more worthy of remembrance, and also represents the perceived pointlessness of the war in general.

>>2504439
Sorry for all the commas and big run-on sentence, been hitting the piss down the pub

>>2503983
>australians celebrate gallipoli
we don't celebrate it we commemorate it
t. aussie

Damn, time to listen to the pogues song about it.
https://youtu.be/cZqN1glz4JY
I'm sad now :(

>>2504378
>He fell for these memes

The whole mess was orchestrated so fools like you would actually think that. People should have been angry at the Australian Government for its stupidity, instead it was a "Learning experience XD"

If anything the Gallipoli disaster should have convinced British Australians that Federation was a mistake.

>>2504378
>the first time someone fought and died for my nation.

You're forgetting the Boer War, the real first time Australians fought and died for British Imperialism masquerading as national duty.