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Why this portrait of Mountbatten matters
The Burma Campaign remembered through wartime art.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
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The filthy business of war
Will Dyson captured the hardship and humanity of ordinary soldiers in the First World War.
First World War 1914 - 1918
Per Ardua Ad Astra
105 Years of Service of the Royal Australian Air Force
Bearing Witness
Official war artists and Australia’s role in the Burma Campaign.
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
A is for Animals
An A to Z of animals in war, from mascots and messengers to creepy-crawlies.
Harold Freedman’s Aircraft Hall Mural
Uncovered and bringing Australia’s aviation history back to light.
Winged Warriors
Pigeons have been in use in both war and civilian life for centuries.
A quiet victory
HMAS Diamantina’s role in the surrenders of Nauru and Ocean Island in 1945.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Words of War: Defining War and Australian History
War can be surprisingly difficult to define
Frontier Wars
Undercover Hero
A local merchant from Thailand who helped prisoners of war on the Thai–Burma Railway.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Inspiring stories - Expert insights
105 YEARS OF RAAF
Operation Babylift, 50 years on
In early April 1975, the RAAF joined a daring US-led mission — Operation Babylift
Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
Missing in action
An ace fighter pilot vanished while defending Darwin against the town’s 53rd Japanese air raid.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Not your standard milk run
Super 8 footage of a peacekeeping operation in India and Pakistan during the mid 70s.
Peacekeeping 1947 - today
WOMEN'S STORIES
Tenacious trailblazers: 7 female war reporters
7 incredible female war reporters.
The First WRANS
Women trained as wireless telegraphists to free men for war, leading to the WRANS formation.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
The battlefield brushstrokes of Evelyn Chapman
The first Australian female artist to portray the aftermath on the Western Front.
First World War 1914 - 1918
Behind Enemy Lines
In the Second World War, a number of women served as agents amid the dangers of occupied Europe.
Second World War 1939 - 1945