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.
Take a rare journey through time with curators and historians from the Australian War Memorial.
Tour dates: April–May 2010.
Film and sound collection highlights
To mark the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October, Jennifer Selby, one of our Film curators, published a blog post about the Memorial’s film and sound collection.
The post includes a link to a recording of Harold Arthur Freeman, as a crew member of HMAS Sydney during the First World War.
It also has film clips from Gallipoli in 1915, the Light Horse parading in Parramatta in 1940, footage filmed by a prisoner of the Japanese during the Second World War, the bombing of Darwin in 1942, a scene from Damien Parer’s Assault on Salamaua, 1943, 3 RAR in Korea, 3 RAR in 1968 during the Viet Cong Tet offensive, a Christmas message from Tim Fischer, Vietnam, 1968 and an excerpt from No Dramas, a documentary film made by Robert Nugent using footage taken in Iraq 2006.
This exhibition will be closing on 18 November 2009, so get in quick to see these striking and iconic works of art by one of Australia’s most acclaimed artists.
This exhibition opens on 3 December 2009.
It looks at the impact of war on relationships and the ways in which Australians incorporated affairs of the heart into their wartime lives. Take a sneak peek at some of the wedding dresses in our collection.
Tell your stories: join our Love and war group on Flickr and share your photos and stories of Australians in love and war.
Friends of the Memorial special event
Exhibition launch: Of love and war
Wednesday 2 December 2009
6.00 pm for 6.30 pm
Western Courtyard Gallery
Friends are invited to attend the exhibition launch of Of love and war.
Places are limited. RSVP Friday 27 November
Travelling exhibitions
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 Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, SA from 11 November 2009 to 5 February 2010
Gallipoli: a Turkish view
Will be showing at the Camden Library in Camden, NSW from 8 October to 29 November 2009
Mud and Dust: Australian Army vehicles & artillery in Vietnam
Michael K Cecil
This hardcover book is a lavishly illustrated overview of the logistical effort required to move huge supplies of vehicles and artillery equipment between Australia and South Vietnam. Hardcover, 304 pages. $45.00 SHOP:9781741107678
Wartime Magazine Issue 48
Wartime 48 focuses on the Kokoda campaign: the Australian and Japanese experience of the fighting and the efforts involved to record the conflict. 75 pages, illustrated throughout. $8.00
SHOP: 1328272748
2010 DVA Calendar - Gallipoli
To mark the 95th anniversary of Gallipoli, the Department of Veterans Affairs has published an illustrated calendar focusing on the experience of Australians at Gallipoli in 1915. $9.95
SHOP:100035109
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