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ANZAC Day - Australia's Culture Portal

On 25 April every year, Australians commemorate ANZAC Day. During the Second World War, ANZAC Day became a day on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time were remembered. Commemorative services are held at dawn on 25 April, the time of the o...

The Last Post - Stories from Australia's Culture Portal

Chief Petty Officer Andrew Stapleton plays the Last Post at the ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Baghdad, 2004. The Australian War Memorial, in its section on the Anzac Day Tradition, says 'The Last Post is the trumpet or bugle call sounded at 10 pm each night ...

The Boer War - Australia's Culture Portal

Around 16,000 Australians volunteered to fight for Britain against the Dutch-Afrikaner, or Boer, settlers in South Africa from 1899 to 1902. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01065.001. Matthews, Australian Light Horse in Boer War uniform. ...

The Japanese bombing of Darwin and northern Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Frank Hurley - Australia's Culture Portal

James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962) is regarded as an extraordinary Australian photographer, adventurer, filmmaker and writer. Image courtesy National Library of Australia: nla.pic-an23478581. In 1911, Australian explorer Douglas Mawson hired Hurley...

The changing face of modern Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. The hundreds of thousands of people who arrived in Australia after the First World War greatly influenced Australia becoming a modern society. Image courtesy of the Australian War ...

Charles Kingsford Smith - Australia's Culture Portal

Unknown, Portrait of Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, between 1919 and 1927. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's love of excitement led to career as a pilot. Charles Kingsford Smith was born in Hamilton (a suburb of Brisbane), Queensland, in 1897. ...

The Battle of Long Tan - Australia's Culture Portal

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. ...

Mateship, diggers and wartime - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Military music - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Sacred places - Australian battlefield pilgrimages - Australia's Culture Portal

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 Push - Australia's Culture Portal

Brian Bird, Lincoln Coffee Lounge & Cafe, Rowe Street, Sydney, 1948-1951. There were many contradictions inside the Push: it was a movement born from forces within Sydney University during the 1950s, but it took an anti-intellectual stance. Anti-authori...

Remembrance Day

Originally called Armistice Day, this day commemorated the end of the hostilities for the Great War (World War I), the signing of the armistice, which occurred on 11 November 1918 - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. After the end of World ...

Women in action - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Women in wartime - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. The involvement of Australian women in each war is closely connected to their role in society at different times, and the nature of each war. Australia has been involved in a number of wars including The Boer...

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Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland (ADCC)   (more info)

The Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) seeks to commemorate and recognise those who fought for Australia. The website presents information about the organisation, Australian participation in past wars, the ANZAC spirit, forms for grant applica

Ironfest   (more info)

'An arts Festival with a metal edge', Ironfest celebrates working and playing with metal. Held annually in Lithgow on the closest weekend to Anzac Day, Ironfest brings together artists, designer/makers, performers of all kinds, musicians, historical re-en

Department of Veterans' Affairs   (more info)

On the Department's website you can find out about the Deapartment and it's services which include: pensions, health and housing for Veterans of War. You can also access the online information system DVA Facts, information about the Australian Office of W

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Dame Eadith Walker with wreath, possibly Anzac Day, Sydney - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Dame Eadith Walker with wreath, possibly Anzac Day, Sydney Dame Eadith Walker with wreath; disabled WWI soldier in background....

Tank FM's Bob Hoffman pays tribute to Anzac Day   (website CBOnline )

<meta name="description" content=""Other than volunteer work, I can´t think of a better way to become part of a community", says Tank FM announcer Bob Hoffman, which provides community radio to the Macleay Valley."> A meeting was held between the Queensla...