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Governors-General - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

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...

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 Australian Bush - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

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...

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...

Australian civil aviation - Australia's Culture Portal

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 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...

Websites matching your query...

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 MuseumÆs 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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H7469-28 Button, Australia, Army, Colony of South Australia, South Australian Military Forces, cuff button, brass. - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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H7469-6 Button, Australia, NSW Military Forces, universal pattern button, 1899-1902, oxidised for overseas service during South African War. - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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Resource Section - Unsung heroes : Australia's military medical personnel - 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 Unsung heroes : Australia's military medical personnel &copy Copyright The Australian Women's Register 2009...

N19450 Medal, Australia/ Great Britain, military. Victory Medal 1914-1918, awarded to Nurse M. Grant, Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service, for service on the North West Frontier, India, gilt copper with ribbon, mounted on bar with N19449. - Powerhouse Museu   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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H7469-7 Button, Australia, NSW Military Forces, universal pattern button, 1899-1902. - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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N21312 Badge, Australia:NSW, c. 1900-1912. Cap badge, military, white metal, St Georges English Rifle Regiment. (CI). - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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H7469-5 Button, Australia, NSW Military Forces, universal pattern button, 1881-1901, brass. - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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N20264 Buttons (16), Australia & Great Britain. Naval, Military & Civil, various periods. - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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