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” ...

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 in Canberra will commemorate the service and sacrifice of Kindred resident Sergeant Wason Herbert Watsford Arnold at the Last Post Ceremony on Tuesday 24 June 2025, the ...

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 ...

Suspended in the newly constructed spiral stairwells of the Memorial, two glass sculptures shimmer, casting dynamic shadows across the space. These breathtaking installations, hand-made by Annette ...

A destroyed United Nations Land Rover, which lay in the buffer zone between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish-controlled areas of Cyprus for decades, has arrived at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Hercules pilot Ian Frame, the Babylift flights were ‘just another task in a long string of tasks’. In typically assiduous C-130 style, the crews of Detachment S simply got on with the job, not ...

In 2021, the Australian War Memorial commissioned four traditional woven tais cloths from the LO’UD Cooperative (Koperativa LO’UD), a women’s weaving collective based in the Lautem Municipality of ...

The Vietnam War was Australia’s longest and most controversial military commitment of the 20th century. With the Cold War at its height, Australia – concerned about its regional security and communist ...

Ken Colbung was a “strong man with a big heart”. A prominent Aboriginal activist and respected Noongar Elder of the Bibbulmun people, he was described as a “fantastic bloke” who had big plans for his ...