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
The books that shaped our historians
Historians share the books that first inspired their passion for history.
Dear John: Letters from home
A moving collection of letters written to an Australian prisoner of war
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Two rugby legacies
Only two players have ever represented both the Wallabies and the British & Irish Lions.
First World War 1914 - 1918
Papua New Guinean experiences of the Pacific War
Australian war artists captured striking portraits of Papua New Guineans who served in WWII.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Rugby Heroes: Remembering Swannell and Richards
Families unite at the Memorial to honour rugby greats who served at Gallipoli.
First World War 1914 - 1918
The Beer They Never Shared
One of Australia’s oldest unopened bottles of beer has been donated to the National Collection.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
From the East and the West
Enemy weapons encountered by the Australian Army in South Vietnam.
Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
Danger Close
Actor Travis Fimmel talks portraying Vietnam War veteran Major Harry Smith in Danger Close.
Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
The Real ‘Good Morning Vietnam’
A 1970 Dawn Buster broadcast reveals the real sounds behind Good Morning, Vietnam.
Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
The Other Side of the Lens
A PR photographer’s perilous patrol on the Saigon River, Vietnam, 1969.
Vietnam War 1962 - 1975