Brendan Nelson to unveil Berrigan Memorial Wall
Brendan Nelson will officially unveil the new Berrigan Memorial Wall on 12 November 2021.
From southern riverine news
Uncovered Connections: Private Alexander Clingan’s Return from Fromelles
105 years ago, an attack at Fromelles was ultimately a futile military operation. And for more than 90 years, the remains of 250 Australian and British soldiers lay in a forgotten mass grave on the outskirts of Fromelles village. Including Private Alex Clingan.
From our website
Manna Gums Frontier Wars Memorial Avenue – first of its kind
The Manna Gums on the Malmsbury-Daylesford Road in Daylesford is the site for an Aboriginal Peoples Memorial Avenue, opened at the conclusion of NAIDOC Week
From the wombat post
Flashback Friday: Remembering our veterans
The next few weeks will see our readers going back in time to the Australian War Memorial that we were familiar with in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. This week we look at a range of displays which attracted many visitors.
From Canberra Times
Remembering the forgotten soldiers
After almost 20 years of research and relentless work, Malaya and Korean War veteran, Matt Rennie, has almost finished identifying and recognising all of the forgotten soldiers buried at the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) section of the Ipswich General Cemetery.
From Ipswich News Today
The digger from Shanghai
This is a story of how a group of five ordinary men — a mechanic, a cook, duco sprayer, sheep farmer and a labourer — beat the odds, 80 years ago.
From the ABC
Margaret Sutherland becomes first Australian woman to receive US Air Medal
Air Force veteran Margaret Sutherland has officially become the first Australian woman to receive the US Air Medal.
From Bendigo Advertiser
Decolonisation, Empire and repatriating looted art - inside Scotland's National Museum amid culture wars
Museums are caught in the crossfire of our increasingly toxic political debates around Empire, race and the past.
From the Guardian
Peter Cosgrove to unveil Gunnedah memorial for WWI nurse Annie Egan
WWI nurse Annie Egan will be honoured in Gunnedah more than a century after she contracted the Spanish flu and died while caring for returning Australian soldiers. Former Governor General of Australia General Sir Peter Cosgrove to unveil the memorial.
From northern daily leader
IWM and Science Museum creating holographic 3D exhibitions
The Science Museum Group and Imperial War Museums have teamed up with a deep tech AR company to create holographic exhibitions.
From Blooloop
Hold their voices in the palm of your hand
The Sydney Jewish Museum's free app, SJM Voices, offers the opportunity to listen to the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, perpetrators, witnesses and experts. Listen to the voices of history on your device as you move through the Museum.
From Sydney Jewish Museum
I weave what I have seen: War Rugs of Afghanistan
I weave what I have seen: The War Rugs of Afghanistan is a testimony to the creativity and resilience of Afghan weavers who have faced the devastating effects of war for more than forty years.
From the ABC
An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain
Vietnamese-American photographer, An-My Lê's work "On Contested Terrain" is on view at the Fort Worth Museum in the US through Aug 8
From NBC 5
New Berlin museum confronts fate of Germany's WWII refugees
An exhibition has opened in Berlin dedicated to the 14 million refugees who fled from Eastern Europe at the end of World War II.
From DW
Can you help restore Coopernook's War Memorial?
MidCoast Council is seeking community assistance to find the missing words on a plaque on Coopernook's War Memorial, as it begins restoration work.
From Manning River Times
Museum exhibits works by Polish artist confronting Holocaust
Warsaw’s Jewish history museum has opened an exhibition featuring the works of a renowned contemporary Polish artist that confront the pervasive presence of the Holocaust in Poland, where Germany carried out its destruction of Europe's Jews.
From ABC news
New Australian War Memorial sculpture to recognise trauma of war, veteran suicide
There is to be a new artwork for the grounds of the Australian War Memorial, a tribute to service personnel traumatised by their experience of war.
From Canberra Times
Commemorative Coin Minted to Mark 50th Anniversary of Battle of Long Khanh
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Khanh, one of Australia’s last battles during the Vietnam War, the Royal Australian Mint has released a new commemorative coin.
From Coin Week
The Vietnam Requiem (Australian War Memorial, The Flowers of War)
This monumental, unforgettable, deeply moving experience left the audience silent for a full minute before the roaring applause rang out.
From Limelight
Upgrades to three war memorials
Blue Mountains council recently finished repairing and restoring three local war memorials which had deteriorated because of wear and tear over time, and vandalism.
From Blue Mountains Gazette News
Launceston Vietnam veteran Ron Betts will be commemorated at the Australian War Memorial
They say nothing can inform your present and future as much as remembering the past, an act which Australians partake in regularly with the remembrance of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives.
From the Examiner
Forgotten Aboriginal Boer War veteran memorialised at Sydney grave
New research into the little-known participation of Indigenous Australians in the Boer War has prompted the official dedication of a memorial grave in Sydney to one Aboriginal veteran forgotten by history.
From the Guardian
A musical triumph over a contentious war
Army musician and sax player, Jaime Grech, joins classical saxophonist, Christina Leonard, in a musical triumph over one of our most contentious wars ever.
From Canberra city news
Fifty years on, Little Pattie hopes for a nuanced reflection on Vietnam
Australia’s withdrawal from the Vietnam War 50 years ago will be marked with two extraordinary concerts at Llewellyn Hall next month.
From Riot ACT