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National Sandakan Remembrance Day Commemorative Ceremony 2024
Commemorative address delivered by Mr Matt Anderson, Director of the Australian War Memorial
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Last Post Ceremony
Commencing at approximately 4.30pm AEST, the Memorial farewells visitors with its moving Last Post Ceremony, held in Memorial's Commemorative courtyard.
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Australian War Memorial Digitisation project - Seeking copyright holders
The Memorial is seeking permission from the current copyright holders to publish articles and other material that has been written or created by the people listed...
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Bringing them home: Indigenous Veterans and the Stolen Generations
While Indigenous soldiers experienced some degree of equality while serving with the Australian armed forces during the World Wars, many faced dispossession, discrimination, and exclusion upon their return home. For some, this included the removal of their children.
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The curious case of John Brenell: The only known Jewish Aboriginal Australian First World War soldier?
There is only one identified Aboriginal Australian soldier buried among the hundreds of Commonwealth First World War graves at Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension.
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Napier Waller Art Prize
Napier Waller Art Prize The Napier Waller Art Prize is open to all current and former service personnel in the Australian Defence Force. The prize encourages artistic excellence, promotes the transformative power of creativity, and raises awareness of the experiences and talent of service personnel. Image: Aldo Rossi (left), Severino De Marco (centre) and Napier Waller, examining the mosaic prior to the first fixing, in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial.
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Kat Rae wins prestigious 2024 Napier Waller Art Prize
The Australian War Memorial is proud to announce that Kat Rae, who served in the Australian Army for 20 years before becoming a full-time artist in 2019, has won the 2024 Napier Waller Art Prize with a thought-provoking installation.
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Honouring Private Miller Mack
Miller Mack was one of 21 Ngarrindjeri men from the Point McLeay Mission (now known as Raukkan) and the surrounding region to enlist for service in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War.
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Big Things in Store
The Big Things in Store open day at the Treloar Technology Centre is a wonderful, is a rare opportunity for the public to see behind the scenes of the Memorial's collection.
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National Reconciliation Week 2024
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people please be aware that this resource contains images and names of deceased persons.
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Stone of Remembrance moved to complete new Parade Ground
The Stone of Remembrance is returning to the Parade Ground of the Australian War Memorial.
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Australian Peacekeepers in Western Sahara
On 6 September 1991 a group of Australian signallers in the remote Western Sahara desert strung an antenna to the roof of their hotel room.
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Napier Waller Art Prize 2024 judging under way
Judging is under way for the Napier Waller Art Prize 2024. The exhibition at Australian Parliament House opened to the public on Friday 10 May.
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Ink in the Lines
Many members and veterans of the Australian Defence Forces have tattoos, and while their reasons for getting tattooed are as varied as the people themselves, self-expression and belonging play a part.
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Virtual excursions
Is your school unable to travel to Canberra? Book a virtual excursion for your class in 2019.
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Strange serendipity
Tangential links and strange coincidences spanning two oceans over several years created a legacy for the Bagley-class destroyer USS Mugford that is represented in the National Collection today.
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ACTION! Film and War
Since the earliest days of film, the moving image has been used to document, promote, report on, and recreate events from our military history. Film has shaped our understanding of the Australian experience of war. ACTION! Film & War follows Australians armed with cameras who have shared their experiences as they record history and bear witness to conflict - either as a professional duty or for their personal record. This exhibition is also the story of movies themselves - the comfort they can provide to those serving far from home and the way they can take our war stories, re-frame them and share them with new audiences. Drawing chiefly on the collection of the Australian War Memorial, these are stories of Australia, war and the power of the moving image.
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International Nurses Day
On the 12th of May we celebrate International Nurses Day, recognising the invaluable contribution nurses have made to our society.
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Roll of Honour name projections
The names of those who gave their lives during War are projected onto the facade of the Memorial from sunset to sunrise every night.
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From Anguish To Art
Veteran, war widow, mother, advocate and artist are some of the titles Kathryn (Kat) Rae holds. Beyond these labels she exemplifies courage, resilience and determination.
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RSL ACT Branch Anzac Day Veterans' March 2024
This Anzac Day, 25 April 2024, the ACT Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia veterans' march will return to the Parade Ground of the Australian War Memorial.
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Anzac Day
Anzac Day is our day of national commemoration. Each year, on 25 April, the Australian War Memorial marks the Gallipoli landings in 1915, as well as commemorating all Australians who have served and died in military operations.
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Anzac Day Dawn Service Commemorative Address 2024
Commemorative Address delivered by Vice Admiral David Johnston AC RAN Vice Chief of the Defence Force
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Thousands honour Veterans' March at Memorial
Matt Anderson PSM, Director of the Australian War Memorial, says he was delighted to see large crowds attend the Anzac Day 2024 ACT RSL Veterans' March held at the Memorial's new Parade Ground.
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32,000 attend Anzac Day Dawn Service at Australian War Memorial
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.
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Parade Ground Opening for Anzac Day Veterans' March
The Australian War Memorial will proudly welcome veterans, current serving members, their families and the public to its newly developed Parade Ground for the 2024 ACT RSL Veterans' March this Anzac Day. The Veterans' March will be held on the parade ground for the first time since 2021, after construction work completed there last week.
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Vice Chief of the Defence Force to give Dawn Service address
This year's Dawn Service address at the Australian War Memorial will be given by the Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Vice Admiral David Johnston AC RAN. Vice Admiral Johnston has had a distinguished career in the Australian Navy and has served as Vice Chief of the Australian Defence Force since 2018.
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Veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan to take first steps on new Parade Ground
Fifteen years after losing both legs to a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan Damien Thomlinson will make history as one of the first people to walk on the new Parade ground at the Australian War Memorial on Anzac Day 2024. Damien was a member of the 2nd Commando Unit which drove over an Improvised Explosive Device in April 2009. His medical team were forced to amputate his legs to save his life. Damien saw this as a new challenge to be overcome.
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Order of Veterans March 2024
This Anzac Day, 25 April 2024, the ACT Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia veterans' march will return to the Parade Ground of the Australian War Memorial.
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The Loss of Lark Force
At its closest point, New Guinea is 160 km from the Australian mainland. During the Second World War, it was of strategic importance to Australian security.
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