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Australian troops entertaining themselves at the front-line - Australia's Culture PortalAnd nowhere is this more apparent than in the actions of our front-line troops—soldiers or nurses—whether in the trenches, as prisoners of war or on leave. The significance of sport for Australian soldiers, from the First World War through to...
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia represents the monarch of Australia - currently Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The functions and roles of the Governor-General include appointing ambassadors, ministers and judges, giving Royal Ass...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01404.028. One of the most well-known Australian engagements of the Vietnam War was the Battle of Long Tan, 17-20 August 1966. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: COL/67/0140/VN. ...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. The myth of the digger and the larrikin hero is an important part of the Australian experience of pastoralism, the goldfields, bushranging, shearing and droving. The slang term 'digger' re-surfaced during th...
Image courtesy of AAP Images. For many Australians, the experience of visiting a place where Australians died and suffered during war is a reminder of the real meaning of the day. Defence Minister Robert Hill and Captain Nick Berry during ANZAC day dawn ...
The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting, popular music, films and foods. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals b...
Merchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. During the Second World War, the Japanese flew 64 raids on Darwin and 33 raids on other targ...
Image courtesy of Australian War Memorial: VIC1426. The involvement of Australian women as nurses in war began in 1898 with the formation of the Australian Nursing Service of New South Wales, from which sixty nurses served in The Boer War. According to th...
The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was as influential on Australian civil aviation as it was on early Australian aviation. Two former AFC officers, Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness, established what later became known as Qantas, with Fysh also supporting th...
Military bands have accompanied Australian ceremonies, parades, church services, mess dinners and performed at concerts on innumerable occasions since then. Band musicians and band music owe a great deal to Australia's Salvation Army. Other Australian p...
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South Australian Military Vehicle Museum (more info)
Website of the Military Vehicles Collector Society and Museum, which includes information about the museum and other society events. Take a Virtual Tour of the museum online, which includes over 50 historic military vehicle exhibits, Australia's largest c
Temora Aviation Museum (more info)
The Temora Aviation Museum, in central western New South Wales, is the premier aviation attraction in Australia. It is a public museum displaying military aircraft of historical significance to Australia. The MuseumĘs aircraft are kept in airworthy condit
The Military Historical Society of Australia (more info)
This website provides reviews of books about Australian military history, a subject index and information on how to subscribe to The Journal of the Military Historical Society of Australia, Sabretache.
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National Museum of Australia - Military gorgets (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )The neck or, in French, gorge was protected by the neck plate, gorget. The British army developed its own form of the gorget. In Australia gorgets were first worn by officers of the marine infantry. ...
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Video clip about Tom Schieffer's views on military action in Sudan. Participants: Will Dreher, Andrew Rohrbach, April Crewson, Duncan Kaufman, Geoffrey O'Keefe and Alix Kuzma. > Contact us | E-news | Media | Recruitment | Privacy | Copyright | Conditions...
Grand military fantasia descriptive of the Relief of Ladysmith for the pianoforte [music] / by Landon Roberts. Portraits of G. Sir Redvers Buller, General Joubert, General Pretorius, Earl Dundonald, Gen'l Sir G.S. White, Gen. Sir W.P. Symons and the late...
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