Gallipoli and Western Front
Battlefield Tours
April - May 2009 From the hauntingly beautiful ridges, valleys and beaches of the Gallipoli Peninsula to the evening Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, the Australian War Memorial tour of Gallipoli and the Western Front embraces the major sites where Australian soldiers served.
The tours are led by Australian War Memorial curators/historians, experts in the Gallipoli and Western Front campaigns. You are also accompanied by an expert tour manager, fluent in the local language, and familiar with local history and customs.
Bookings now open, hurry to confirm your place. Itinerary and tour details on our website
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The Australian War Memorial is hosting an international history conference to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the Great War. Outstanding First World War scholars from various nations will present their latest research findings and discuss issues surrounding the end of the Great War, its memory and enduring impact. |
Icon and archive: photography and the World Wars Curator-led tours
Friday 3 October
11.45 am, Orientation Gallery
Friday 10 October
11.45 am, Orientation Gallery
Ninety years on: Recent and changing views on the history of the First World War
Saturday 11 October
11 am , BAE Systems Theatre
Film screening: No Dramas (2008) (18+)
Saturday 11 October
2 pm, BAE Systems Theatre
Sunday 12 October
11 am and 2 pm, BAE Systems Theatre
Hooves and emu plumes
Saturday 18 October
11.30 am and 12.30 pm, Orientation gallery
For more events and activities click here
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Open until 12 October
Icon and archive presents an engaging survey of the Australian War Memorial's extensive and highly significant photographic collection. This exhibition portrays the experience of service personnel and the families they left behind. It features iconic favourites and rarely seen photographs from the First and Second world wars.
This exhibition is part of Vivid: National photography festival being held in Canberra.
Accommodation packages Stay overnight in Canberra, visit the exhibition and receive your free copy of Contact: photographs from the Australian War Memorial's Collection.
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iTour
 iTour is a guide to the Commemorative Area, the heart of the Memorial. Using a world first technology touch-screen hand held device, the iTour allows visitors to understand and appreciate this important area. The iTour features interpretation of the Hall of Memory, the Four pillars sculpture and the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier.
At just $3, the iTour is an ideal way to start your visit to the Memorial.
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Becoming a Friend of the Memorial is a great way to support one of the world’s great museums. There are memberships to suit individuals, groups and families, and with memberships from $55.00, there's something for everyone.
The next Friends event will be a behind the scenes look at the Memorial's Film section. Visit the Friend's activity page for more information.
For more information about the program, please click here or contact the Friends Coordinator on (02) 6243 4523. |
Social networking
Join the Memorial's online communities on Facebook, Youtube and Flickr and extend your experience with videos, photographs and events. Keep up-to-date on activities within the Memorial, upcoming events, ceremonies and exhibition launches.
Flickr
See professional photos of AWM buildings and Ceremonies in our online Flickr Gallery
Post your own photos of the AWM, Ceremonies and exhibits in our Flickr Group
Youtube
Watch film excerpts from AWM Archival footage online on our Youtube Channel Facebook
Join our Facebook page and keep up-to-date with events, videos and news from the AWM
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2009 DVA calendar: join us in a victory job
During the last century, the roles of Australian women in wartime have evolved until today they are serving at the forefront of peace operations and in combat support duties. This new DVA calendar for 2009 focuses on the roles and experiences of Australian women during wartime.
Other ANZACs: nurses at war 1914-1918 by Peter Rees
By the end of the Great War, 45 Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over two hundred had been decorated. Using diaries and letters, Peter Rees takes us into the hospital camps and tent surgeries on the edges of some of the most horrific battlefields in history. Profoundly moving, The other ANZACs is a story of extraordinary compassion and courage shown by a group of women whose contribution to the ANZAC legend has barely been recognised.
Prisoners of the Japanese by Gavan Daws
Australian historian Gavan Daws combines ten years of documentary research and hundreds of interviews with Prisoners of war on three continents to write this shattering re-creation of the experience of Allied POWs of the Second World War in the Pacific. The Japanese army took over 140,000 Australian, British, American, and Dutch military prisoners, and one in four died at the hands of their captors. Subscribe to the shop newsletter |
Travelling exhibitions
Gallipoli: a Turkish view
On display: Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie, WA, 30 October 2008 until 8 March 2009
Sport and war
On display: State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, 11 July until 26 October
George Lambert: Gallipoli and Palestine landscapes
On display:
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea, NSW, 12 October until 30 November
Focus: Photography and war 1945 - 2006
On display:
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW, 17 October until 23 November Find out where the exhibitions are travelling in the future
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