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Private Mohammed Abdur Rahman of 6RAR on border patrol as part of Operation Tanager

A life Interrupted

Rahman's journey from conflict to peacekeeping.

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Thbeng Mean Chey, Cambodia. 1993-02-18. Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Dave Hurrey (left), and L Cpl Paul Astbury, Australian Signals Corps, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)

Australians as peacekeepers

For more than 70 years Australia has been providing peacekeepers to the world and our region.

By David Horner

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Front side view of a Caribou aircraft on an airstrip with snow capped mountains in the background

Not your standard milk run

Super 8 footage of a peacekeeping operation in India and Pakistan during the mid 70s.

By Rebecca Forster-Osbourne

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Major Peter Clay crouches in a field with two men.

Mine clearance in Mozambique

In 1994, Major Peter Clay filmed this home movie while deployed to Mozambique.

By Ally Roche

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Land Rover Series 2A

UNTAG Land Rover

In the late 1950s the Army selected the British Land Rover as its light general service vehicle.

By Shane Casey

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Australian troops serving in INTERFET pass a group of East Timorese locals celebrating independence.

Exploring East Timor

The official history of Australia’s role in the East Timor crisis.

By Dr David Sutton

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Private Tammy Smithson provides medical assistance to a child in Suai's marketplace

Echoes of INTERFET

The lack of preparation and leadership in East Timor could have had disastrous consequences.

By Dr Craig Stockings

Peacekeeping 1947 - today