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Visitors require a free timed tickets to enter the Memorial and attend the daily Last Post Ceremony at 4:30pm.

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11 November

Remembrance Day 2024

The National Ceremony will return to the Parade Ground of the Australian War Memorial. Tickets are required to attend this event.

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Year in Review

Learn about the Memorial’s key achievements and events over the past year.

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Development project

Our Continuing Story

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Touring Exhibitions

Our current touring exhibitions include ACTION! Film & War, Ink in the Lines and Art in Conflict.

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Last Post Ceremony

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Remembrance Day 2024

On Monday 11 November at 10.40 am, the Remembrance Day National Ceremony will return to the Parade Ground of the Australian War Memorial.

Tickets are required to attend this event.

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Commemorative Entrance opened to the public

The Commemorative Entrance has re-opened to the public for the first time since 2021.

All visitors will now enter the Memorial through this entrance, accessible from the east and west grounds.

 

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Plan your visit

The Australian War Memorial is open to the public.

Visitors require timed tickets to enter the Memorial, and also to attend the daily Last Post Ceremony at 4:30 pm in the Commemorative Area.

Access to the Memorial entrance and visitor carpark is via Fairbairn Avenue. 

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School and school aged group bookings

Year in Review

Learn about the Memorial’s key achievements and events over the past year.

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Transcribe

The Memorial has launched a new online platform, Transcribe. Help preserve Australia's history by transcribing records from the National Collection.

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Indigenous service

Explore a selection of resources related to the wartime experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Please be advised that the following pages contain the names, images and objects of deceased people.

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FEATURED ARTICLES
  1. Preparing a unique artwork for display in the Art in Conflict touring exhibition involved some fresh thinking.

  2. The Memorial has the largest collection of wartime artworks, in the world, by Hilda Rix Nicholas, due to a recent acquisition of 39 costume designs. 

  3. Frank Norton was the first official artist commissioned to document Australia’s naval activities during wartime.

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