The battle over the Australian War Memorial
It is a memorial, a museum, and a mausoleum. For more than 80 years, the Australian War Memorial has stood solemnly as a monument to those who gave their lives in service in conflicts around the world ...
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The Australian War Memorial needs to be removed from the influence of international arms companies
Last week the ABC Four Corners program “Sacrifice“ highlighted the harsh reality that we have lost control of the Australian ...
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Taking weapons makers' 'dirty money' not a problem for war memorial chairman Kim Beazley
The Australian War Memorial has dismissed calls to stop taking money from the world's largest weapons manufacturers, despite outrage from critics and historians that it defiles the commemoration of ...
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The War Memorial's spectacular copper roof will turn green, eventually ... but why the delay?
A new roof is sparkling under the sun at the Australian War Memorial, and unlike most roofs around the world made of copper, this is expected to stay like this for quite a while. The big crane that ...
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A Giant Oculus and Floating Glass Sculptures: What’s New at the Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is already one of the most recognisable buildings in the country, with its Byzantine-style green copper dome and solemn sandstone archways. But over the past ...
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Letters, flowers and photographs left at Australian War Memorial sculpture pay tribute to veterans and their families
These words are taken from letters left at the Australian War Memorial's For Every Drop Shed in Anguish sculpture. The sculpture, designed to represent the impact of service on families ...
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‘Hymn karaoke’: Veterans organisation and War Memorial told to modernise Dawn Services or face ‘irrelevance’
The RSL and the Australian War Memorial (AWM) have been warned they’re out of step on the Canberra Anzac Day Dawn Service that has been likened to church, after a complaint that the service ...
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Sneak peek of the shiny new copper roof of the Australian War Memorial
The new copper roof of the Anzac Hall at the back of the Australian War Memorial is now in place. Its shape mirrors that of the Rising Sun badge which every Australian soldier has worn on the ...
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Delivering the goods in hard places: the work of 3 Air Maintenance Company during the Second World War
Members of 3AMC at Nadzab base prepare supplies for delivery to forward areas on the ground in New Guinea, May 1944. The men ...
WWII 80: Younger generation rediscover the stories of the Japanese war brides
Despite the strong family opposition, about 650 Japanese women in their 20s decided to come to Australia, where the language ...
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The Australian Wars
The story of Australia's first wars, calling for the nation to acknowledge the First Peoples who died in these conflicts and for the Australian War Memorial to recognise them.
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The battle over the Australian War Memorial
The memorial's Roll of Honour has the names of more than 103,000 Australians.(Four Corners: Nick Wiggins) Hundreds of thousands visit the Australian War Memorial every year.(Four Corners ...