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October 2009

Remembrance Day - 11 November

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The Australian War Memorial invites you to join us on Wednesday 11 November at 10.15 am to commemorate those men and women who fought and died for Australia in all wars and armed conflict.

Limited public seating is available for the National Ceremony. If you would like to request seating please email ceremony@awm.gov.au stating the number of seats you would like to request - please provide your postal address so that entrée cards can be issued. Please note, this is on a first come first served basis.

Battlefield tours 2010: Gallipoli and Western Front

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Take a rare journey through time with curators and historians from the Australian War Memorial.


Tour dates: April–May 2010.

 

Memorial Shop

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“G for George” diecast replica

The Australian Light Horse by Roland Perry

The path of infinite sorrow: the Japanese on the Kokoda Track by Craig Collie and Hajime Marutani

Friends of the Memorial

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Historian tour

Saturday 24 October, 10.00 am Orientation Gallery

Join Memorial historian Dr Karl James for a Friends only tour of the Second World War galleries as he discusses the early months of 1942 when Australia faced its darkest hour at the start of the Pacific War.

 RSVP Thursday 22 October to  friends@awm.gov.au

Join the Friends of the Memorial in the month of October and receive a Sidney Nolan art catalogue free.

Sidney Nolan: the Galliopli series exhibition tour

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Join the exhibition curator for an insightful look at these innovative and remarkable works by Sidney Nolan.

Saturday 10 and Saturday 31 October 2009, 11am

No bookings are required.

Travelling exhibitions

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Framing Conflict: Iraq and Afghanistan
Will be showing at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Nowra, NSW from 10 October to 13 December 2009

George Lambert: Gallipoli and Palestine landscapes
Will be showing at the Port Macquarie Hasting Regional Gallery in Port Macquarie, NSW from 27 August to 11 October 2009.

Gallipoli: a Turkish view
Will be showing at the Camden Library in Camden, NSW  from 8 October to 29 November 2009