Places of Pride. Places of Pride, the National Register of War Memorials, is a new initiative designed to record the locations and photographs of every publicly accessible memorial across Australia.

The Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) was formed in 1941 by Sir Percy Spender, who believed women were an underutilised resource in Australia’s war effort. The formation of the AWAS relieved men ...

with veteran Jeffrey Phillip McCormack For VIETNAM - ONE IN, ALL IN I have created a tapestry-type weaving piece incorporating carved objects that relate to Uncle Jeff McCormack's war stories. I use ...

After the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, Changi became home to some 15,000 Australian prisoners of war. Internees of Changi displayed ingenuity and resourcefulness during their imprisonment, ...

I am Major Angela Uphill, and I have had the privilege of serving as a Physiotherapist in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps for 22 years. My service has taken me across the country, as well as ...

Eighty years ago, on 15 August 1945, Emperor Hirohito publicly announced Japan’s acceptance of the Allies’ terms and Japan’s surrender. Nazi Germany had surrendered to the Allies three months earlier.

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked a major milestone at the Australian War Memorial by officially opening its new Main Entrance yesterday, Monday 3 February 2025. Sitting underneath the ...

Blair’s artwork was inspired by those famous lines from the Ode of Remembrance – “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them” – the work is an ode to the personal and ...

And welcome to everyone here at the Australian War Memorial, and all those watching this broadcast across the country. Among the many honoured guests, I am so pleased to welcome the scores of school ...

The Australian War Memorial has switched on its world-class sustainable green energy project in a purpose-built Central Energy Plant (CEP). The largest closed loop Geothermal Heat Exchange system in ...

The new Main Entrance Foyer, designed by Studio.SC, was officially opened to the public on 3 February 2025. Situated directly below the existing forecourt, visitors can enter from the Sculpture Garden ...

These understated descriptions of the arduous route from Kokoda to Buna appear on a map of the Kokoda Trail held by the Australian War Memorial, part of the Memorial’s map digitisation project. Before ...