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Memorial Box loans

Memorial Boxes are held by agents in each state and territory. Find the closest one to you, and contact them for details on booking your Memorial Box. While it’s free to borrow and use a Memorial Box, freight and handling charges may apply. Before borrowing a box, participants are required to read the Memorial Box risk assessment and agree to abide by the Memorial Box COVID safe plan.


ACT & New South Wales

Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Education Section
Phone: (02) 6243 4217
Email: memorial.box@awm.gov.au

Richmond Tweed Regional Library, Lismore
(Box 1, 2 and 4 only)
Phone: (02) 6625 5100
Email: admin@rtrl.nsw.gov.au
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Port Macquarie Museum, Port Macquarie
(Box 1, 2 and 4 only)
Phone: (02) 6583 1108
Email: portmuseum@gmail.com

Albury Library Museum, Albury
Phone: (02) 6023 8333
Email: learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au

Broken Hill City Library, Broken Hill
(Box 1, 3 and 4 only)
Phone: (08) 8080 3469
Email: bhlibrary@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au


Victoria

Swan Hill Regional Library, Swan Hill
Phone: (03) 5036 2480
Email: shlib@swanhill.vic.gov.au 

Sovereign Hill Museums Association, Ballarat
(Box 1, 2 and 4 only)
Phone: (03) 5337 1188
Email: schoolbookings@sovereignhill.com.au 


Queensland

Queensland Museum Tropics, Townsville
Phone: (07) 4726 0600
Email: learning.mtq@qm.qld.gov.au

Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns
(Box 1, 3 and 4 only)
Phone: (07) 4038 1665
Email: info@ausarmour.com

Queensland Museum Cobb + Co, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4659 4900
Email: inquiries@cobbandco.qm.qld.gov.au


South Australia

Unley Museum, Unley
(Box 1, 2 and 4 only)
Phone:  (08) 8372 5117
Email: museumadmin@unley.sa.gov.au

National Trust of South Australia, Gawler
Phone:  0418 847 175
Email: dhtucker@bigpond.com

Port Augusta Public Library, Port Augusta
(Box 1, 3 and 4 only)
Phone:  (08) 8641 9151
Email: marie.trezise@portaugusta.sa.gov.au


Western Australia

Army Museum of Western Australia, Fremantle
Phone: 08 9430 2535 
Email: bookings@armymuseumwa.com.au

Broome Historical Society and Museum, Broome
(Box 3 and 4 only)
Phone: (08) 9192 2075
Email: admin@broomemuseum.org.au

Geraldton Regional Library, Geraldton
(Box 1, 3 and 4 only)
Phone: (08) 9956 6659
Email: farnazb@cgg.wa.gov.au

Museum of the Goldfields, Kalgoorlie
(Box 1 and 4 only)
Phone: (08) 9021 8533
Email: peta.osborne@museum.wa.gov.au


Northern Territory

Department of Veterans' Affairs, Darwin
Phone: 0417 253 170
Email: darwinvan@dva.gov.au

Tasmania

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
The Centre for Learning and Discovery
Email: tmag.bookings@tmag.tas.gov.au

Last updated: 17 April 2025

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