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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...

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...

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...

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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 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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Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1903-13 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

> Official opening of Royal Military College (RMC) Duntroon, Canberra, 27 June 1911. Formation of Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Formation of Australian Flying Corps (AFC), the forerunner of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)....

Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1915 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

> Australians in captured Turkish trenches at Lone Pine, Gallipoli 6 August 1915. Lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, AIF, becomes the first Australian to be awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I for his actions at Gallipoli, Turkey. Battle ...

Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1914 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

> Men of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) march through Melbourne, 1914-1918. Voluntary recruitment of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) commences. Australian Red Cross is established to raise funds to purchase supplies for Australian service personn...

Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1946-49 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

Main Australian contingent of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) arrives in Japan. During the six-year occupation of Japan, Australians serve with BCOF. British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan, including Australian, British, Indi...

Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1996-2003 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

Dedication of the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra. Dedication of the Australian National Korean War Memorial, Anzac Parade, Canberra. Dedication of the Australian War Memorial, London. ...

Key Dates in Australia's Military History:1986-90 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

Dedication of the National Naval Memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to mark the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Navy. Dedication of the Australian–Hellenic Memorial on Anzac Parade by Pri...

Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1943 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

Parliament approves Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Bill, authorising the use of conscripts outside of Australian territory in the South-West Pacific war zone. Flight Lieutenant WE Newton is posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, becoming the only me...

Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1945 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

Australian and British prisoners of war in Borneo are sent on notorious Sandakan–Ranau death marches. Australian campaign against the Japanese in Borneo. Foundation of War Widow’s Guild of Australia. ...

Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1961-64 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

> Members of RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam march along the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut airfield, Saigon, August 1964. A group of 30 advisers of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) is deployed to South Vietnam. > An Australian soldier, a 'tunnel ...

Key Dates in Australia's Military History: 1976-85 – DVA Commemorations   (website Department of Veterans' Affairs )

RAAF personnel join the UN Emergency Force II (UNEF II) in the Sinai to monitor cease fire between Israel and Egypt. An Australian contingent, mainly from the RAAF, joins the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) to monitor the Israeli withdrawal from ...