Watson’s Pier
Visit: agad.anzac.unimelb.edu.au to access the Anzac Gallipoli Archaeology Database.IN A DEPARTURE from our more literal style of illustration, this impressionistic
representation of a scene from the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign of World War I was commissioned
by AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC for the opening spread of a feature about Project Gallipoli,
an archaeological exploration of the waters beneath Anzac Cove that was being undertaken by
a team of Turkish and Australian marine archaeologists. An expedition to support the project
was sponsored by the Australian Geographic Society and involved photographic documentation
of its findings by regular AG underwater photographer Mark Spencer. Illustrator Ev Shipard
(pictured top) spent countless hours researching old WWI photos in Australian War Memorial
collections, as well as Mark’s photos from the expedition, to create the scene you see here.
It shows a makeshift wharf constructed by Australian Imperial Force sappers and one of the
barges used to evacuate wounded servicemen from the battleground to hospital ships
anchored offshore. A similar barge was discovered by the Project Gallipoli expedition team,
still in situ and intact in 55m of water on the seabed, 2.4km from the cove.Anzac Cove, 1915,
by Ev Shipard, from
Beneath Gallipoli, AG 102
April–June 2011.130 Australian Geographic
The art of
AUSTR A LI A N
GEOGR A PHIC
AG’s archives are a treasure trove of scientific
illustration and botanical and zoological art.
Here we revisit some of the highlights from
our vast collection.