The Memorial boasts a staff of subject specialists in all aspects of military history and museum practice.
Our Blogs, Articles and our Encyclopedia allow our historians, curators, librarians and exhibition team to share their knowledge and information on Australian military history, the Memorial's vast collection, recent acquisitions, exhibitions and events.
11 June 2019
The Memorial is digitising items from the National Collection and seeking contact with relatives of some people who feature in our collection items. Are you related?
06 June 2019
The battle of Binh Ba was one of the more significant actions fought by Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War.
06 June 2019
On 5 June 1944, Sub-Lieutenant Richard Pirrie sat down to write a letter to his family.
04 June 2019
June 6 marks the 50th anniversary of the battle of Binh Ba, one of Australia’s most significant engagements in the Vietnam War.
04 June 2019
When Natalie Duncan was serving in Afghanistan, she was moved by the rugs women created in response to the conflict.
03 June 2019
When James Farquharson was a child growing up in Canberra, he would spend hours admiring Will Longstaff’s painting, Menin Gate at midnight, at the Australian War Memorial.
31 May 2019
James Bennett was angry: he had fought alongside Aboriginal men on Gallipoli and the Western Front and was horrified at their treatment back home after the war.
31 May 2019
Decades before Allied prisoners dreamed up plans to escape the Nazis at Stalag Luft III, 29 officers tunnelled their way out of a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.
