Alison Wishart from @AWMemorial explores the remarkable photographic record left by WW1 soldiers fighting at Gallipoli. Made possible by the birth of Kodak's portable camera, the photos give a rare and intimate portrait of the soldier's day-to-day life: publicdomainreview.org/essay/g...
July 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Alison Wishart from @AWMemorial explores the remarkable photographic record left by WW1 soldiers fighting at Gallipoli. Made possible by the birth of Kodak's portable camera, the photos give a rare and intimate portrait of the soldier's day-to-day life: publicdomainreview.org/essay/g...
Alison Wishart from @AWMemorial explores the remarkable photographic record left by WW1 soldiers fighting at Gallipoli. Made possible by the birth of Kodak's portable camera, the photos give a rare and intimate portrait of the soldier's day-to-day life: publicdomainreview.org/essay/g...
September 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Alison Wishart from @AWMemorial explores the remarkable photographic record left by WW1 soldiers fighting at Gallipoli. Made possible by the birth of Kodak's portable camera, the photos give a rare and intimate portrait of the soldier's day-to-day life: publicdomainreview.org/essay/g...
All set for day 3 of the @SWWresearch’s “The Second World War: 80 Years On”. It’s been an excellent conference with 200+ delegates from 27 different countries. Here with Dr Lachlan Grant representing the @AWMemorial.
#SWW80YearsOn #WeHaveWays
#SWW80YearsOn #WeHaveWays
June 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
All set for day 3 of the @SWWresearch’s “The Second World War: 80 Years On”. It’s been an excellent conference with 200+ delegates from 27 different countries. Here with Dr Lachlan Grant representing the @AWMemorial.
#SWW80YearsOn #WeHaveWays
#SWW80YearsOn #WeHaveWays
This #BookFriday don’t forget to book your free tickets for next week’s author talk at the @AWMemorial! Join us as Michael Veitch discusses his latest 📖 on the Borneo campaigns in 1945. See: awm.gov.au/author-talk-mi… #WeHaveWaysy#WWIIII
August 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This #BookFriday don’t forget to book your free tickets for next week’s author talk at the @AWMemorial! Join us as Michael Veitch discusses his latest 📖 on the Borneo campaigns in 1945. See: awm.gov.au/author-talk-mi… #WeHaveWaysy#WWIIII
In very exciting news, the @AWMemorial is proud to announce the arrival of our new magazine WM! In the spirit of Wartime, WM remains focused on the Australian experience of war. Published in print twice a year, WM will also online and digital content shop.awm.gov.au/pages/wm-war....
April 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
In very exciting news, the @AWMemorial is proud to announce the arrival of our new magazine WM! In the spirit of Wartime, WM remains focused on the Australian experience of war. Published in print twice a year, WM will also online and digital content shop.awm.gov.au/pages/wm-war....
On today at the @AWMemorial. It’s not too to come along this afternoon for what will be a great #WWII talk.
#WeHaveWays #HistBookChat
#WeHaveWays #HistBookChat
This #BookFriday don’t forget to book your free tickets for next week’s author talk at the @AWMemorial! Join us as Michael Veitch discusses his latest 📖 on the Borneo campaigns in 1945. See: awm.gov.au/author-talk-mi… #WeHaveWaysy#WWIIII
September 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
On today at the @AWMemorial. It’s not too to come along this afternoon for what will be a great #WWII talk.
#WeHaveWays #HistBookChat
#WeHaveWays #HistBookChat
Still on a #history high after last week’s very successful Imperialism & Resistance: Australia’s First Wars at @AWMemorial . Ideas were discussed, questions were asked & books were purchased! 📚
September 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Still on a #history high after last week’s very successful Imperialism & Resistance: Australia’s First Wars at @AWMemorial . Ideas were discussed, questions were asked & books were purchased! 📚
Wonderful book launch yesterday of “In the Fight: Australians and the War in Burma” @ The Shrine of Remembrance. Many contributors were present, including my @AWMemorial colleagues @Meghan1_Adams @anthea_gunn & Alexandra Torrens, as well as children of veterans.
#WeHaveWays
#WeHaveWays
November 18, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Wonderful book launch yesterday of “In the Fight: Australians and the War in Burma” @ The Shrine of Remembrance. Many contributors were present, including my @AWMemorial colleagues @Meghan1_Adams @anthea_gunn & Alexandra Torrens, as well as children of veterans.
#WeHaveWays
#WeHaveWays
If you are looking to pay your respects this ANZAC Day, we have collated a list of events happening around Dickson to help you plan your day.
🕊ANZAC Day Ceremonies and Services on the 25th
#AnzacDay2025 #AnzacDay #LestWeForget #AWMemorial
🕊ANZAC Day Ceremonies and Services on the 25th
#AnzacDay2025 #AnzacDay #LestWeForget #AWMemorial
April 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
If you are looking to pay your respects this ANZAC Day, we have collated a list of events happening around Dickson to help you plan your day.
🕊ANZAC Day Ceremonies and Services on the 25th
#AnzacDay2025 #AnzacDay #LestWeForget #AWMemorial
🕊ANZAC Day Ceremonies and Services on the 25th
#AnzacDay2025 #AnzacDay #LestWeForget #AWMemorial
Join us tomorrow for the next speaker in our Author talk series at @AWMemorial. Diana Thorp will share her journey tracking down 🇦🇺women who joined the @AusAirForce @Australian_Navy @AustralianArmy in #WWII
For more: www.awm.gov.au/events/autho...
For more: www.awm.gov.au/events/autho...
August 18, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Join us tomorrow for the next speaker in our Author talk series at @AWMemorial. Diana Thorp will share her journey tracking down 🇦🇺women who joined the @AusAirForce @Australian_Navy @AustralianArmy in #WWII
For more: www.awm.gov.au/events/autho...
For more: www.awm.gov.au/events/autho...
I'm teaching undergrads about Australia's war experiences(1914-1945); I start each lesson with a story leading to a GLAM source recommendation.
I have materials from @AWMemorial @nlagovau @statelibrarynsw @PRO_Vic but am interested in learning sharing other GLAM sources...
I have materials from @AWMemorial @nlagovau @statelibrarynsw @PRO_Vic but am interested in learning sharing other GLAM sources...
March 1, 2024 at 9:09 PM
I'm teaching undergrads about Australia's war experiences(1914-1945); I start each lesson with a story leading to a GLAM source recommendation.
I have materials from @AWMemorial @nlagovau @statelibrarynsw @PRO_Vic but am interested in learning sharing other GLAM sources...
I have materials from @AWMemorial @nlagovau @statelibrarynsw @PRO_Vic but am interested in learning sharing other GLAM sources...
Many soldiers of the Australian Light Horse taught their horses to lie on the ground. An incredible demonstration of trust on the horses part!
Here is Sergeant Spencer Gwynne of the 10th Light Horse #WarHorseWednesday
📷@AWMemorial
Here is Sergeant Spencer Gwynne of the 10th Light Horse #WarHorseWednesday
📷@AWMemorial
November 25, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Many soldiers of the Australian Light Horse taught their horses to lie on the ground. An incredible demonstration of trust on the horses part!
Here is Sergeant Spencer Gwynne of the 10th Light Horse #WarHorseWednesday
📷@AWMemorial
Here is Sergeant Spencer Gwynne of the 10th Light Horse #WarHorseWednesday
📷@AWMemorial
It's not too late to join us today at the @AWMemorial for Dr Mark Johnston's free talk "Last words in a long war: Australians in the Pacific in 1945".
This is the 2nd in our author talks marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the #WWII: www.trybooking.com/events/landi....
#WeHaveWays
This is the 2nd in our author talks marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the #WWII: www.trybooking.com/events/landi....
#WeHaveWays
June 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It's not too late to join us today at the @AWMemorial for Dr Mark Johnston's free talk "Last words in a long war: Australians in the Pacific in 1945".
This is the 2nd in our author talks marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the #WWII: www.trybooking.com/events/landi....
#WeHaveWays
This is the 2nd in our author talks marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the #WWII: www.trybooking.com/events/landi....
#WeHaveWays
Women Booking Clerks of the Victorian Railways attend a Booking Clerk course in the Railway Institute, Melbourne, VIC. 1 Dec 1942
#VictorianRailways
#VictorianRailwaysInstitute
#RailwayHistory
@AWMemorial www.awm.gov.au/collection/1...
#VictorianRailways
#VictorianRailwaysInstitute
#RailwayHistory
@AWMemorial www.awm.gov.au/collection/1...
November 15, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Women Booking Clerks of the Victorian Railways attend a Booking Clerk course in the Railway Institute, Melbourne, VIC. 1 Dec 1942
#VictorianRailways
#VictorianRailwaysInstitute
#RailwayHistory
@AWMemorial www.awm.gov.au/collection/1...
#VictorianRailways
#VictorianRailwaysInstitute
#RailwayHistory
@AWMemorial www.awm.gov.au/collection/1...
Imperialism & Resistance: Australia's first wars @ the @AWMemorial. Hear from authors, historians & curators reflecting on the Frontier Wars, the mid-century New Zealand Wars, & colonial commitments to Sudan, China, and the South African (Boer) War. conlog-awm-2026.eventsairsite.com
July 16, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Imperialism & Resistance: Australia's first wars @ the @AWMemorial. Hear from authors, historians & curators reflecting on the Frontier Wars, the mid-century New Zealand Wars, & colonial commitments to Sudan, China, and the South African (Boer) War. conlog-awm-2026.eventsairsite.com
defendingcountry.au/news/flawed-... Peter Stanley writes about the lack of courage
@AWMemorial
@AWMemorial
September 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
defendingcountry.au/news/flawed-... Peter Stanley writes about the lack of courage
@AWMemorial
@AWMemorial
‘Commandos and the SOE’, In the fight: Australians and the war in Burma 1942–1945, Military History and Heritage Victoria, Caulfield RSL, Vic., 16 November 2024
academia.edu/125698188/_Com… via @academia @AWMemorial @MHHVic @SOEhistory
academia.edu/125698188/_Com… via @academia @AWMemorial @MHHVic @SOEhistory
‘Commandos and the SOE’, In the fight: Australians and the war in Burma 1942–1945, Military History and Heritage Victoria, Caulfield RSL, Vic., 16 November 2024
“Along with forty-odd other Diggers from various units in Malaya, I was in a temporary camp. We had been selected for a secret mission,” wrote Bill Noonan. “All were single men with no dependents. The...
https://academia.edu/125698188/_Com…
November 20, 2024 at 1:04 AM
‘Commandos and the SOE’, In the fight: Australians and the war in Burma 1942–1945, Military History and Heritage Victoria, Caulfield RSL, Vic., 16 November 2024
academia.edu/125698188/_Com… via @academia @AWMemorial @MHHVic @SOEhistory
academia.edu/125698188/_Com… via @academia @AWMemorial @MHHVic @SOEhistory
#Pigeons #PIgeonSky #BirdSky #Birds
6 yrs ago, the Australian National War Memorial was home to a v special wee family. A pair of pigeons used the artificial poppies to build a nest in the memorial, & hatched a chick there.
www.awm.gov.au/articles/blo...
www.facebook.com/AWMemorial/p...
6 yrs ago, the Australian National War Memorial was home to a v special wee family. A pair of pigeons used the artificial poppies to build a nest in the memorial, & hatched a chick there.
www.awm.gov.au/articles/blo...
www.facebook.com/AWMemorial/p...
Winged warriors | Australian War Memorial
www.awm.gov.au
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#Pigeons #PIgeonSky #BirdSky #Birds
6 yrs ago, the Australian National War Memorial was home to a v special wee family. A pair of pigeons used the artificial poppies to build a nest in the memorial, & hatched a chick there.
www.awm.gov.au/articles/blo...
www.facebook.com/AWMemorial/p...
6 yrs ago, the Australian National War Memorial was home to a v special wee family. A pair of pigeons used the artificial poppies to build a nest in the memorial, & hatched a chick there.
www.awm.gov.au/articles/blo...
www.facebook.com/AWMemorial/p...
A couple of years ago I contacted @AWMemorial about adding one of the five Australians killed in the Great Escape in the Commemorative Roll. Earlier this week I 'visited' 25 year old Thomas Barker Leigh. His ‘cheerful, boyish face’ remained a sad memory for one friend.
March 21, 2024 at 11:57 PM
A couple of years ago I contacted @AWMemorial about adding one of the five Australians killed in the Great Escape in the Commemorative Roll. Earlier this week I 'visited' 25 year old Thomas Barker Leigh. His ‘cheerful, boyish face’ remained a sad memory for one friend.
I'm glad I can finally talk about this. It was an honour for this army brat to be able to appear in
@AWMemorial
documentary about the Hall of Memory youtu.be/YN-pUIIhKaw #lestweforget #placesofpride #awmemorial #myawm #armynurse
@AWMemorial
documentary about the Hall of Memory youtu.be/YN-pUIIhKaw #lestweforget #placesofpride #awmemorial #myawm #armynurse
The Hall of Memory - Trailer 2019
YouTube video by Australian War Memorial
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 8:40 AM
I'm glad I can finally talk about this. It was an honour for this army brat to be able to appear in
@AWMemorial
documentary about the Hall of Memory youtu.be/YN-pUIIhKaw #lestweforget #placesofpride #awmemorial #myawm #armynurse
@AWMemorial
documentary about the Hall of Memory youtu.be/YN-pUIIhKaw #lestweforget #placesofpride #awmemorial #myawm #armynurse
Whilst working on the 2025 presentation, every step that @ubiquevir.bsky.social & the 12th Fld Coy RE took 82 years ago seems to feature in the daily news.
In Feb 1942, heavy snow stopped all defence works in Djedeide, Syria.
@thinkdefence.bsky.social
📷 @AWMemorial 021861
Image taken in Jan 1942
In Feb 1942, heavy snow stopped all defence works in Djedeide, Syria.
@thinkdefence.bsky.social
📷 @AWMemorial 021861
Image taken in Jan 1942
December 6, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Whilst working on the 2025 presentation, every step that @ubiquevir.bsky.social & the 12th Fld Coy RE took 82 years ago seems to feature in the daily news.
In Feb 1942, heavy snow stopped all defence works in Djedeide, Syria.
@thinkdefence.bsky.social
📷 @AWMemorial 021861
Image taken in Jan 1942
In Feb 1942, heavy snow stopped all defence works in Djedeide, Syria.
@thinkdefence.bsky.social
📷 @AWMemorial 021861
Image taken in Jan 1942
Recently on Defending Country defendingcountry.au : possible change of members at @AWMemorial
Council? art from Uncle William Barak; SBS doco The Idea of Australia; good stuff in the latest edition of The Monthly
Council? art from Uncle William Barak; SBS doco The Idea of Australia; good stuff in the latest edition of The Monthly
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Recently on Defending Country defendingcountry.au : possible change of members at @AWMemorial
Council? art from Uncle William Barak; SBS doco The Idea of Australia; good stuff in the latest edition of The Monthly
Council? art from Uncle William Barak; SBS doco The Idea of Australia; good stuff in the latest edition of The Monthly
"The 11th Brigade’s campaign towards the Soraken Peninsula and into Matchin Bay provide insights into the army’s wartime littoral operations, and the importance of water transport for manoeuvre and logistics." #Wehaveways academia.edu/109561620/_Bou… @AWMemorial @AustralianArmy
‘Bougainville: manoeuvring in the littoral space’, Chief of Army History Conference, In brown an...
With the Australian Defence Force currently focusing on its amphibious force capabilities and the security of the Indo-Pacific region, Australia’s operations in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and B...
https://academia.edu/109561620/_Bou…
November 23, 2023 at 3:14 AM
"The 11th Brigade’s campaign towards the Soraken Peninsula and into Matchin Bay provide insights into the army’s wartime littoral operations, and the importance of water transport for manoeuvre and logistics." #Wehaveways academia.edu/109561620/_Bou… @AWMemorial @AustralianArmy
This is a new, my 1st appearance in an art catalogue 🖼️ In 2019, I met the renowned 🇦🇺 artist Denise Green at @AWMemorial with colleagues to help Green understand her father’s #WWII service & photos. This became an exhibition in New York @AusintheUS
#WeHaveWays
#WeHaveWays
December 8, 2023 at 12:56 AM
This is a new, my 1st appearance in an art catalogue 🖼️ In 2019, I met the renowned 🇦🇺 artist Denise Green at @AWMemorial with colleagues to help Green understand her father’s #WWII service & photos. This became an exhibition in New York @AusintheUS
#WeHaveWays
#WeHaveWays