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ANZAC Day - Australia's Culture PortalOn 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...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01065.001. Over 16,000 Australian troops served in the Boer war. Matthews, Australian Light Horse in Boer War uniform. ...
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...
While Australia has no single uniform national costume, an Australian national dress style, based on specific local dress styles, has emerged in response to climate, lifestyle and identity. An Australian style can be seen clearly in the main types of loc...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Nursing staff of a mobile hospital, including four Australian nurses, 1917. 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 ...
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...
Australian rock music has its roots in the 1950s and '60s when the style of music was growing in popularity around the world. In the 1970s Australian rock bands became well known for classic hard rock. First appearing in the United States of America, ro...
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Photographs stolen from Vietnam War exhibition at Metro Arts - State of the Arts (website State of the Arts )Receive our FREE arts newsletter, with reviews and the latest arts news. Police are investigating the theft of photographs taken from a Vietnam War exhibition at Metro Arts kindly donated by veteran combat photographer, Tim Page, in support of the curren...
A lively role-play explores the Australian soldiersâ~™ experiences during the Vietnam War. Please note that the Vietnam Gallery is closed for redevelopment, and this program uses audiovisual material and role-play to help create scenarios for students to...
1st Australian Task Force Vietnam Australian military history overview This month in history...
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The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) began arriving in Saigon, South Vietnam, on 2 July 1962. AATTV members operated with the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN), Montagnards, Territorial Forces (Regional Force and Popular Force), Mobile Strike (Mi...
The roll contains information from the Service records of more than 60,000 military members who served during the Vietnam War. Service records of those who served with Australian forces are held by the National Archives of Australia. The Roll of Honour ...
>> Fire Support Base Coral, Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam. 6 gun of 102 Field Battery, 12th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. At 2.15 am on 16 May Coral again came under attack, this time from a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) force estimated at three...
>Impressions: Australians in Vietnam tells some of the personal stories of the Vietnam War. The exhibition draws from the Memorial's extensive collection on the Vietnam War. Impressions: Australians in Vietnam examines the enduring impact and controvers...
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