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Education programs

The goal of all our programs is to assist students to remember, interpret and understand the Australian experience of operational, and wartime service, and its enduring impact on Australian society.

An education program in the galleries.

Bookings

Bookings are open for visits until 19 December 2025

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Education programs available

Weekdays

Program

Suitable audience

Duration (minutes)

Cost (per student)

Cobbers’ tales

Preschool

30-45

$3.30

Past in the present

K-Year 3

45

$5.50

Strange but true

Years 4-12

45

$5.50

We will remember them

Years 4-12

45

$5.50

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wartime service

Years 4-12

45

$5.50

Australians and the First World War

Years 7-12

45

$5.50

 

Activity Availability

When making a booking you will need to select one orientation time and at least one subsequent activity. The activity types on offer are:

  • Education Program
  • School Wreath Laying Ceremony (SWLC)
  • Last Post Ceremony (LPC)

Weekdays

Orientation time

Available activities

Maximum number of students

8.30 am

SWLC (8.45 am-9.15 am)1

90

Education Program (9.15 am-10 am)

110

9 am

Education Program (9.15 am-10 am)

110

10 am

Education Program (10.15 am-11 am)

110

11 am

Education Program (11.15 am-12 pm)

110

12 pm

Education Program (12.15 pm-1 pm)

110

1 pm

Education Program (1.15 pm-2 pm)

110

2 pm

Education Program (2.15 pm-3 pm)

110

3 pm

Education Program (3.15 pm-4 pm)

110

LPC

90

3.45 pm

LPC

90

Please note if you book the 8.30 am orientation time without the SWLC or the 3.15 pm orientation time without a program there will be a gap in your itinerary. You will be required to exit the Memorial during this period as there will be no capacity for self guiding in the galleries.

1 SWLC only offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

 

Weekends

Orientation time

Available activities

Maximum number of students

1 pm

Education Program (1:15 pm-2 pm)

60

2 pm

Education Program (2.15 pm-3 pm)

60

3 pm

Education Program (3.15 pm-4 pm)

60

3 pm

Education Program and Last Post Ceremony (3.15 pm-4.45 pm)

60

Weekend bookings are available for Preschool-Year 12 students. The weekend program is 45 minutes in length at a cost of $9.90 per student. 

Last updated: 6 May 2025

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10 am to 4 pm daily (except Christmas Day)

 

In preparation for the daily Last Post Ceremony,

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