A campaign against German academics during the first world war is a minor example of the social polarisation of the time. But it’s familiarity nowadays makes it a story worth retelling Despite the nearly half a billion dollars devoted to the Anzac centennial,Australians recall very little about the domestic front during the first world war – and what they accomplish remember is generally unsuitable.
The notion that the Gallipoli campaign brought the nation together is one of the most commonly repeated platitudes of the whole Anzac ritual. In reality the war led to almost unparalleled social polarisation – the two conscription plebiscites, the split in the Labor party, and the banning of the Industrial Workers of the World,the NSW General Strike, to name a few.
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Source: theguardian.com