Media Releases Media releases Image & footage requests Conditions of use On-site filming & photography On the record Archived Media Releases Australian War Memorial welcomes Vietnam veterans 50 years on 04 July 2023 In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War, the Australian War Memorial will open the Commemor… View more Secret of the Dambusters unveiled for the first time 16 May 2023 The Australian War Memorial has unveiled a key piece from one of the most famous air raids of the Second World War: Operation Chastise, better know… View more Australian War Memorial marks 80 years since the loss of AHS Centaur 12 May 2023 The Australian War Memorial has revealed “frozen in time” watches which stopped during the loss of Australian Hospital Ship Centaur. View more Australian War Memorial celebrates coronation with royal purple illumination 02 May 2023 To mark the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort, the Australian War Memorial will join other national buildings an… View more Prime Minister leads Anzac Day commemorations in Canberra 25 April 2023 Thousands of people gathered this morning at the Australian War Memorial for the Anzac Day Dawn Service, commemorating the 108th anniversary of the… View more Australian War Memorial praises Montevideo Maru discovery 22 April 2023 Chair of the Australian War Memorial Kim Beazley says the discovery of SS Montevideo Maru in the South China Sea almost 81 years after the tragedy… View more Australian War Memorial marks 10th anniversary of Last Post Ceremony 17 April 2023 The Australian War Memorial is marking the 10 year anniversary of the daily… View more Anzac Day 2023 at the Australian War Memorial 28 March 2023 With Anzac Day only a few weeks away, the Australian War Memorial is encouraging people to prepare for the 108th anniversary of the Gallipoli landi… View more Australian War Memorial cranes named Duffy and Teddy 24 March 2023 The Australian War Memorial’s two tower cranes have been named by Canberra school children, with “Duffy” and “Teddy” rising over the Development Pr… View more Australian War Memorial marks Iraq Invasion 20 years on 20 March 2023 The Australian War Memorial is marking the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq with a preview of one of the centerpieces to its new galleries,… View more Meet the women in construction at the Australian War Memorial 08 March 2023 This International Women’s Day the Australian War Memorial is highlighting some of the key women working on the Development project. View more Australia’s first Academy Award 80 years on 03 March 2023 This Saturday, 4 March, marks the 80th anniversary of the first Academy Award won by an Australian. View more Untold stories of Australian sailors and airmen revealed 14 February 2023 Two postgraduate history students have unearthed new findings from within t… View more Australian War Memorial's new galleries take flight 08 February 2023 The Australian War Memorial has revealed the first glimpse of its new galleries, with an Australian Chinook revealed as one of the new items visito… View more The Handkerchief Project: Afghan women sew hopes during the war 21 December 2022 An artistic exchange between Afghan and Australian women, The Handkerchief Project, has been acquired by the Australian War Memorial. View more First look at Vivian Bullwinkel sculpture for Memorial 16 December 2022 A new sculpture of nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel will be the first sculpture of an individual nurse or woman in the grounds of the Aus… View more Kim Beazley elected Chair of Australian War Memorial Council 02 December 2022 The Honourable Kim Beazley AC has been appointed as Chair of the Australian War Memorial Council. View more Australian War Memorial takes digital deep dive into naval history 01 December 2022 A dynamic exhibition about the history of the Royal Australian Navy launches online on Thursday 1 December. View more Australian War Memorial Baird VC portrait ‘keeps his memory alive’ 29 November 2022 A new portrait of the late Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird VC MG by Archibald-winning artist Marcus Wills has been unveiled. View more Thousands vote for maternal portrait in Napier Waller Art Prize 23 November 2022 The Australian War Memorial is delighted to announce that retired Major, Mrs Anneke Jamieson, has won the 2022 Napier Waller Art Prize People’s Cho… View more Semut scoops Australian War Memorial’s Les Carlyon Literary Prize 22 November 2022 Christine Helliwell has won the Australian War Memorial’s prestigious Les Carlyon Literary Prize for her non-fiction book, Semut: The untold st… View more Australian War Memorial build takes shape 18 November 2022 The Australian War Memorial’s $550 million development project will begin rising out of the ground, following the contract signing with the last of… View more Australian War Memorial leads Remembrance Day 2022 commemorations 11 November 2022 More than 1,500 people gathered at the Australian War Memorial this morning to commemorate Remembrance Day. View more First World War diaries and letters get new life online 08 November 2022 Eyewitness accounts of the end of the First World War, as recorded in diaries and letters, are now available online as part of a major digitisation… View more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Last page Last » Last updated: 22 June 2023