Archived Media Releases
Australian War Memorial welcomes HMAS AE1 find
The Australian War Memorial today welcomed the news that the Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS AE1 has been found off the Duke of York Islands…
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Memorial announces Remembrance Day program 2018
In October and November 2018 the Australian War Memorial will deliver a moving program of commemorative events to mark the centenary of the Armisti…
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Menin Gate lions return to Memorial; feature documentary to air
The Australian War Memorial’s iconic Menin Gate lions have been returned to Australia from Belgium and will go back on display on 14 December.
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Memorial receives Royal Australian Navy Seahawk helicopter
The last operational Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Seahawk “Bravo” helicopter, known as Seahawk 872, was today donated to the Australian War Memorial…
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Memorial launches innovative partnership with tech giant Leidos
The Australian War Memorial today launched a partnership with Leidos Australia which will see a new technology-based approach to telling the storie…
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Memorial unveils Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara art commission
The Australian War Memorial today unveiled a vast painting by artists from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in South Australia…
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Squadron Leader Gary Oakley awarded Memorial Fellowship
Squadron Leader Gary Oakley has been honoured by the Council of the Australian War Memorial with the prestigious Fellowship.
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Thousands attend 2017 Remembrance Day National Ceremony
At 11 am today the nation paused for Remembrance Day, marking the 99th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the First World War.
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Memorial launches online interactive Art of nation
The Australian War Memorial has launched Art of nation: Australia’s official art and photography of the First World War, a…
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Memorial launches trailblazing Special Forces exhibition
The Australian War Memorial will this evening officially launch From the shadows: Australia’s special forces.
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Memorial marks 70th anniversary of Australian involvement in international peacekeeping efforts
The 70th anniversary of Australia’s involvement in international peacekeeping efforts was today marked in a unique ceremony at the Australian War M…
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Memorial observes 75th anniversary of Milne Bay and Kokoda
Over the next week the Australian War Memorial will hold a series of commemorations to mark the 75th anniversaries of the battle of Milne Bay and t…
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Second World War veterans showcased in photography installation
The Australian War Memorial has become the proud custodian of 6,500 contemporary portraits of Second World War veterans; on the 72nd anniversary of…
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Volume VI of the Official History of Peacekeeping launched
The sixth volume in the Official History of Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post–Cold War Operations was officially launched today by Professor the…
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Volunteer Family History Service trialled at the Memorial
As part of National Family History Month, the Australian War Memorial will be trialling a volunteer-run Family History Service each weekend in Augu…
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90th anniversary of the opening of Menin Gate
The 90th anniversary of the opening of the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ieper (Ypres), Belgium, will be observed today at the Australian W…
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Victoria Cross centenary project hits peak, with three more medals on display
Three Victoria Cross medals from the First World War will go on display in the Australian War Memorial’s Hall of Valour as part of the Victoria Cro…
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Bryan Gandevia Prize awarded at Australian War Memorial
The third Bryan Gandevia Prize for Australian Military–Medical History was today awarded to Lieutenant David Woolley for his honours thesis, “Not y…
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Memorial makes it onto the all-new Monopoly Australia board
The Australian War Memorial will feature on the all-new Monopoly Australia board.
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Historian Peter Burness awarded Queen’s Birthday honour
Peter Burness, the renowned historian who retired from the Memorial in 2016 after 43 years of service, has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday 20…
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Two more Victoria Crosses to go on display
The First World War Victoria Cross of Sergeant Samuel George Pearse MM and Lieutenant Albert Chalmers Borella MM will go on permanent display.
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Remembering those who served in Bomber Command 75 years on
This year marks 75 years since Royal Australian Air Force squadrons joined combat operations with Bomber Command during the Second World War.
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Australian War Memorial’s first musical artist in residence
Musician Chris Latham has been appointed the Australian War Memorial’s first ever musical artist in residence.
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Memorial farewells Mephisto
Visitors to the Australian War Memorial only have until the end of May to see Mephisto.
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