Icon & Archive: Photography and the World Wars
An engaging survey of the Memorial’s extensive and highly significant photographic collection from the First and Second World Wars.
Until 12 October 2008
The Australian War Memorial's newest galleries combine cutting edge technology with large iconic objects to tell powerful stories about Australian involvement in conflicts over six decades.
The Discovery of HMAS Sydney
On 19 November 1941 the cruiser HMAS Sydney was lost in action with the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran off the Western Australian coast, no one on the Sydney survived.
On 17 March 2008 the Australian Government announced that the wreckage of both HMAS Sydney and the German raider Kormoran had been found.
Take a survey
Participate in the Council of Australasian Museum Directors (CAMD) 2008 Website Survey
Latest blog posts
- Going out for a spell…
- August 21 2008 by Ann Penhallow
- Recent acquisitions: To points unknown…
- August 20 2008 by Mel Hunt
- Tourist souvenirs - Crested China and the First World War
- August 20 2008 by Di Rutherford
- Charging Home
- August 19 2008 by Ann Penhallow
- Over the Front: the Great War in the air
- August 19 2008 by Amanda Rebbeck
On exhibition
- Icon and archive
- Until 12 October 2008 in the Special Exhibition Gallery
Events
- Closing Ceremony
- Featuring either a live bugler or piper.
4:50pm in the Commemorative Area
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