Activities and other resources

Dust Off - Vietnam

Year 10: This resource explores the 'dust-off' process and the experience of wounded Australians returning home.

POINT SHOOT CLICK - John Fairley’s Vietnam

An online photographic exhibition based on the works of John Fairley.

Hell no we won’t go!

On 8 May 1970, around 200,000 people marched across major Australian cities as part of the Vietnam Moratorium ­– a protest against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War ­– the largest public demonstrations in Australia’s history at the time.

National Service memorial fountain

Read about the dedication of the new National Service memorial fountain

The real life story behind Redgum's 'I was only 19'

I was only 19 is the song that changed John Schumann’s life. But when the singer-songwriter sat down to write about the Vietnam War more than 30 years ago, he never dreamt the song he wrote would become a number one hit, or that its lyrics would one day be inscribed on a national memorial.

'Nothing could prepare you for it'

As the Memorial prepares for the unveiling of the permanent display of the Long Tan Cross in the Vietnam Gallery, Dave Sabben remembers the battle of Long Tan.

Terry's Biscuits

Adelaide and Desley, Terry’s sister, regularly sent him homemade Anzac biscuits while he was deployed.

The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of Second Lieutenant Gordon Cameron Sharp

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