Anzac Girls

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1. #001

   Anzac Girls is based on the Australian and New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Its members were truly ANZACs, and they paved the way for the Australian Army Nursing Service.

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2. #002

   The entire production was filmed in South Australia.

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3. #003

   First broadcast in 2014, this television production commemorates the centenary of the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

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4. #004

   This six-part miniseries is based on the true stories of Australian and New Zealand (ANZAC) nurses at Gallipoli and on the Western Front during World War I.

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   During World War I, more than three and a half thousand young Australian and New Zealand (ANZAC) women served as nurses in the army services of the two fledgling nations.

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6. #006

   Around three hundred ANZAC nurses were decorated for showing courage beyond the call of duty during World War I. They were extraordinary women doing extraordinary work in terrible times.

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7. #007

   The story of this television miniseries draws on the diaries, letters, photographs and historic achievements of many women who witnessed the brutality of war during the Great War, also known as World War I.

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8. #008

   Through nurses who served amid bombings, poison gas and terrible disease, saving lives and changing soldiers' spirits, this television miniseries commemorates the centenary of World War I with the war's unique and rarely told history.

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9. #009

   When this television miniseries was announced, Carole Sklan, Head of Fiction at the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), said: "Touching the lives of these real women through their letters, diaries and photographs is moving and humbling. We have the privilege of dramatising their journeys."

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10. #010

    An ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) press release for this production stated: "In December 1914, the first female volunteers of the Army Nursing Service set out from Australia to go to the Great War. They were directed to Egypt in preparation for the Gallipoli campaign. They served in Alexandria, Gallipoli, Lemnos and on the Western Front. They experienced extraordinary friendship, passionate love, success and heartbreak amid shocking hardships."

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    Des Monaghan, representing the production company Screentime, said of this miniseries when it was announced: "We are delighted that the ABC shares our excitement about bringing these extraordinary women's stories to the screen, offering a fascinating new perspective on the ANZAC legend."

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12. #012

    This production was made with the support of Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation, distributed by Village Roadshow and All3Media, and with additional funding provided by New Zealand On Air and PRIME Television New Zealand.

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13. #013

    Carole Sklan, Head of the ABC TV Fiction Department, said of this TV production: "The hundred-year-old story of these young women, and their friendships, courage, romances and achievements, affects us with shocking intimacy. Their stories are as inspiring as their voices are delightful."

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14. #014

    Des Monaghan, Executive Producer of this television miniseries, said: "It is a privilege to bring to the screen the story of these extraordinary women, who in many ways are the unsung heroes of the ANZAC story."

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15. #015

    The visual effects of this television miniseries created historically accurate features, settings and landscapes that were crucial to realising the story.

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16. #016

    Anna McGahan and Georgia Flood played sisters in House Husbands.

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17. #017

    Disclaimer: "This drama is based on the lives of real people. Some characters, events and timelines were created or changed for dramatic effect."

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18. #018

    Actress Honey Debelle and actors Thomas Cocquerel and Brandon McClelland were recent graduates of NIDA, the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia.

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