Uncovering the name and story of one of these individuals – Private Charlie Bob Ngakyunkwokka, who, in accordance with cultural protocols should be verbally referred to as “Waal Waal Ngakyunkwokka” ...

Each evening between sunset and sunrise names from the Australian War Memorial’s Roll of Honour are projected onto the façade of the Hall of Memory (the dome). The projections are a tribute to those ...

The Australian War Memorial acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. We pay our respects to elders ...

The Australian War Memorial acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. We pay our respects to elders ...

The Australian War Memorial acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. We pay our respects to elders ...

The Australian War Memorial acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. We pay our respects to elders ...

Propaganda is a form of communication that promotes a particular perspective or agenda by using text and images to provoke an emotional response and influence behaviour. Can you think of some modern ...

Between the First and Second World Wars (1919–39) Australia’s armed services fell to their lowest ebb. The hard-won experience and capability generated by the Australian Military Forces (AMF), the ...

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 ...

As a young aircraft technician in the Royal Australian Air Force, Jim had waded ashore on 1 May 1945 as part of Operation Oboe One, the first stage of the Borneo campaign. “I got interviewed there ...

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 ...

Two men at Lone Pine stare down the trench at the camera, a typical image of Gallipoli, surrounded by earth and sandbags - sods of grass and harsh vegetation reach over them providing a false sense of ...