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It shows exhausted Australian troops, draped in waterproof sheets, plodding through the rain and mud as they reach Montauban, a ruined village now containing temporary army huts and supply dumps several kilometres behind the frontline.

Curator's lens: Dyson's 'Coming out on the Somme'

Art, war and the human experience.

First World War 1914 - 1918

Kapyong: 75 years ago

How a small Commonwealth Brigade faced down a dragon.

By Michael Kelly

Korean War 1950 - 1953

The filthy business of war

Will Dyson captured the hardship and humanity of ordinary soldiers in the First World War.

By Claire Hunter

First World War 1914 - 1918

Group portrait of members of No 31 Squadron RAAF assembled on and in front of one of the unit's Bristol Beaufighter aircraft.

Per Ardua Ad Astra

105 Years of Service of the Royal Australian Air Force

By Michael Garside

The Navy Chiefs

Reviewed by Richard Dunley

William Dargie, Planes of 134 Squadron grounded by the ‘Chota’ monsoon (January 1945, oil on canvas on cardboard, 40 cm x 46 cm, ART23910)

Bearing Witness

Official war artists and Australia’s role in the Burma Campaign.

By Anthea Gunn

& Alex Torrens

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Australian clearance divers and a Gulf War missile

How Ian “Nosey” Parker and his team risked it all to recover a missile in Kuwait, 1991.

Gulf War 1990 - 1991

At sea from Fremantle - Pte George McCoullough 1st recovery section, 1st army field workshop with "Butch", the regimental dog that he and his pal Pte Archie Holmes brought from Sydney to Puckapunyal and then smuggled aboard.

A is for Animals

An A to Z of animals in war, from mascots and messengers to creepy-crawlies.

Harold Freedman in his studio, Melbourne 1946.

Harold Freedman’s Aircraft Hall Mural

Uncovered and bringing Australia’s aviation history back to light.

By Monica Lockwood

A pigeon takes poppies from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Winged Warriors

Pigeons have been in use in both war and civilian life for centuries.

By Claire Hunter

A life of integrity and honour

Nicholas William Hobson DFC AFC (1944-2025)

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975

A quiet victory

HMAS Diamantina’s role in the surrenders of Nauru and Ocean Island in 1945.

By Michael Kelly

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Private William Joseph Punch was one of more than 1,000 Indigenous men who volunteered for the First AIF.

Words of War: Defining War and Australian History

War can be surprisingly difficult to define

By Rachel Caines

& Duncan Beard

Frontier Wars

Inspiring stories - Expert insights

LEST WE FORGET

The cemetery near Hell Spit on the southern horn of ANZAC Cove. The grave on the left is that of Captain Bage.

A quiet hero

Already a hero of the Antarctic, a gifted man’s life was wasted at Gallipoli

By Peter Burness

First World War 1914 - 1918

Patriots Australia Military Motorcycle Club members at the memorial

Riding in memory

The Afghanistan Avenue of Honour: a refuge and a place of contemplation, sorrow and love.

By Terri-Anne Simmonds

Afghanistan 2001 - 2021

Remembering Australian UN Peacekeeper Ian Ward

On 12 Nov 1974, Australian peacekeeper Ian Ward was killed by a land mine in Cyprus.

Peacekeeping 1947 - today

Squadron Leader Raymond Thorold-Smith, DFC

Missing in action

An ace fighter pilot vanished while defending Darwin against the town’s 53rd Japanese air raid.

By Dr Kristen Alexander

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Australians cleaning off mud, France, December 1916

Somme Sort of Life

Mud and mortality on the Western Front.

By Stephanie Boyle

First World War 1914 - 1918

A collection of Tom Richards' honours: (L-R): 1908 Olympic gold medal, Military Cross, 1910 Lions cap, Wallabies cap (1908-1912) and his portrait

Two rugby legacies

Only two players have ever represented both the Wallabies and the British & Irish Lions.

First World War 1914 - 1918

Nurses and patients at the Anzac Hostel in Victoria c 1919.

Casualties of war

For those who survived the ordeal of combat, the medical legacies could last a lifetime.

By Craig Tibbitts

First World War 1914 - 1918

The filthy business of war

Will Dyson captured the hardship and humanity of ordinary soldiers in the First World War.

By Claire Hunter

First World War 1914 - 1918

Last updated: 21 April 2026