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The Advertiser (Adelaide)
Gallipoli sands a tribute to the fallen, says RSL -
8 April 2004

The Age (Melbourne)
Chance to buy history - 19 March 2004

Canberra Times (Canberra)
Gallipoli sand used to sell souvenirs -
19 March 2004
Anzac sand in the hourglass remembers the days of their lives. - 21 April 2004

Courier Mail (Brisbane)
RSL defends selling Gallipoli souvenirs -
31 March 2004


The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)

Gallipoli sand sale 'not tacky' - 31 March 2004

Herald Sun (Melbourne)
ANZAC sand to be sold - 30 March 2004
RSL defends Gallipoli sand sale - 30 March 2004
Sands of time
- 31 March 2004
Gallipoli sand hits hurdle - 3 April 2004

The Mercury (Hobart)
For sale: Turkey's fatal sands - 31 March 2004

The West Australian (Perth)
Gallipoli sand tribute to Anzacs - 16 April 2004

Television (Comming Soon)
TODAY Show, 23 March, 1 minute, 47 seconds
TODAY Show, 24 March, 1 minute, 2 seconds

Sunrise, 22 March, 3 minutes, 19 seconds

ABC News
- Sydney, 19 March, 38 seconds
- Brisbane, 19 March, 36 seconds
- Canberra, 19 March, 39 seconds
- Melbourne, 19 March, 51 seconds.

Channel 7 News
- Brisbane, 19 March, 36 seconds
- Perth, 19 March, 21 seconds
- Adelaide, 19 March, 1 minute 44 seconds
- Sydney, 19 March, 1 minute 44 seconds
- Melbourne, 19 March, 35 seconds.

Channel 7 Morning News, 19 March, one minute, 42 seconds.

Radio (Comming Soon)
2UE - Bryce Courtenay interview with John Laws, 19 March, 5 minutes
2GB - Bryce Courtenay interview with Ray Hadley (Morning Show), 19 March, 2 minutes
River FM (Brisbane), 19 March, 40 seconds
5DN - Ray Fewings' program - "is it right to sell sand from Gallipoli", 18 March
- 8.13pm: Fewings says a firm in Australia has the right to sell grains of sand from ANZAC Cove. He thinks this is degrading to our soldiers who fought there (4 minutes, 1 second)
- 9.43pm: Fewings says a firm in Australia has the right to sell grains of sand from ANZAC Cove … (1 minute)
- 10.13pm: Caller asks about the sand ornaments. Fewings says he wonders if it was reasonable for a company to make money out of sand ornaments from Gallipoli where our soldiers died (4 minutes)
- 10.23pm: Caller Raylene talks about sand ornaments from Gallipoli (12 minutes)
ABC 666 Canberra - interview with Major-General Bill Crews, 19 March, 3 minutes, 23 seconds.

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