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The Australian War Memorial is open to the public with a new temporary entrance.
Visitors will require timed tickets to enter the Memorial galleries, and also to attend the daily Last Post Ceremony at 4:45 pm in the Commemorative Area.
Ticket bookings open now. Access to the Memorial entrance and visitor carpark is via Fairbairn Avenue.
Bookings are essential for all visiting school and school-aged groups.
School and school aged group bookings
2023 Anzac Day
More than 30,000 people gathered at the Australian War Memorial for the Anzac Day Dawn Service, commemorating the 108th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivered the Commemorative Address highlighting the sacrifice of all Australians who have served in war and on operations.
Australian War Memorial Director Matt Anderson said he was proud that so many had chosen the Australian War Memorial as the place they wished to commemorate Anzac Day.
View photos from Anzac Day 2023
ACTION! Film & War
ACTION! Film & War follows Australians armed with cameras who have shared their experiences as they record history and bear witness to conflict – either as a professional duty or for their personal record.
Australians at war
Learn about Australia's involvement in war, from the time of the first settlement at Sydney Cove in the 18th century to our peacekeeping roles under United Nations auspices.
Indigenous service
Explore a selection of resources related to the wartime experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Please be advised that the following pages contain the names, images and objects of deceased people.
Sufferings of War and Service
The Australian War Memorial has worked with veterans and their advocates to commission a work of art, by artist Alex Seton, to recognise and commemorate the suffering caused by war and military service.
In 1995, RAAF theatre nurse Robyn Green deployed to Rwanda. She was part of Operation Tamar, Australia’s contribution to UNAMIR II (the UN aid/mission to Rwanda.
On 14 May 1943 Centaur was en route from Sydney to Cairns when she was sunk by a Japanese submarine south of Moreton Island, off the Queensland coast.
Gilbert Toplis had seen his fair share of war. One of the first Australians to enlist during the First World War, he landed on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and was wounded at Lone Pine before serving on the Western Front in France and Belgium.
