Mark Donaldson doesn’t see himself as a hero. But on 2 September 2008, the then Trooper Mark Donaldson made a split-second decision that would change his life.

Fred Smith will perform Sapper's Lullaby at the National Ceremony on Anzac Day.

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?

In the period preceding an election, the Australian Government assumes a caretaker role.

Estelle Blackburn never got to meet her uncle, Lieutenant Harry Wraith Downes. He died before she was born, but his story as a prisoner of war on the infamous Burma–Thailand Railway has been a constant presence in her life.

AWM78 series contains the Reports and Proceedings created by units of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1939 and 1993.

“The world watched with horror as a tiny third world nation attempted to obliterate one race of its people.”

When George Paul enlisted in 1915, he claimed to be 48 years old; he was actually about 69, one of the oldest recruits to successfully enlist in the AIF during the First World War.

Artist Daniel Boyd is passionate about his art and his culture.