News

Isador Goodman’s New Guinea Fantasy is more than a piece of music, but a tribute to sacrifice, solidarity and the power of ...
On Thursday 31 July, the iconic fuselage of the Lancaster bomber G for George will make its historic return to the Memorial, ahead of its installation as the centrepiece of the new Australians in ...
The temporary photographic exhibition, Victory in the Pacific!, is a series of photographs that capture the joy and celebration, coupled with the sombre commemoration which seized Australians, as the ...
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-14. A TRUCK AT 2/11 MOBILE LAUNDRY, FIRST ARMY, TRAPPED BY FLOOD WATERS. FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS THE BUTIBUM RIVER OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS, FLOODED THE ROAD AND ADJOINING UNITS, ...
In March 1992, UNAMIC was superseded by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), which continued ...
Every year, as Anzac Day approaches, people become curious about Anzac biscuits. Maybe it's because the thought of them is a delectable relief to the sombreness of that day and all that it ...
This is the third in a series of blogs about First World War uniforms and covers the basic aspects of the Australian Imperial Force headwear during the First World War. The most distinctive and ...
A crowd of more than 32,000 people gathered in the dark this morning at the Australian War Memorial for the Anzac Day Dawn Service, commemorating the 109th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. The ...
A young man, fit and blond, waits nervously in a trench, clenching his bayonet-fixed rifle across his chest. A whistle sounds and he throws himself over the top of the trench into no man’s land, which ...
Not yet diagnosed: Australian psychiatric casualties during the Kokoda campaign, 1942 David Woolley “Outstanding … painstakingly researched study … remarkable in quality.” Professor Jay Winter, ...
The Australian War Memorial’s $550 million development project will begin rising out of the ground, following the contract signing with the last of three main construction partners this week.
This presentation of WW1 film, together with voices of WW1 veterans, was produced by the Australian War Memorial's film and sound curators. The footage and original oral history recordings are part of ...