The photo in 1914 by Geo.Rose of Men of the Australia Naval and Military Expeditionary Force marching past the Town Hall in Melbourne, prior to embarking for New Guinea reveals the keen but untrained men who took Australia …show more content…
Propaganda was used as a technique to increase the number of enlistments and was designed to highlight the German atrocities and to create the perception and impression of the “perfect” Australian soldier. The majority of these propaganda’s illustrates a strong bias towards the Germans who were portrayed as the invaders and were dehumanised from Australia’s perception. This imagery contrasted with the patriotism, heroism and idealism of Australians and their soldiers which is why propaganda was so useful to create hatred towards Germany and patriotism to their own country. These emotions were extremely effective in sending men off to war in order to fight with pride and dignity for their “Mother Country”. It is clear that propaganda had an influential role for the enlistment of men during World War