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.
16 April 2019
AWM78 series contains the Reports and Proceedings created by units of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1939 and 1993.
08 April 2019
“The world watched with horror as a tiny third world nation attempted to obliterate one race of its people.”
29 March 2019
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.
22 March 2019
Val Lehman starred as “Queen” Bea Smith in the Australian television show Prisoner, but to the award-winning actress, her grandfather, James Holland, was a star. He fought on Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War and is one of the “Lost Diggers of Vignacourt”.
12 March 2019
Sir Bertram Mackennal’s sculpture “War”, better known locally as “Bellona”, the Roman goddess of war, was gifted to the Australian Government in 1915 as a tribute to the Australians who fought at Gallipoli.
01 March 2019
When Sergeant Edward McMahon played The Rosary on Gallipoli in August 1915, everyone stopped to listen.
