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Some of the first 22 WRANS on parade at HMAS Harman, August 1941.

The First WRANS

Women trained as wireless telegraphists to free men for war, leading to the WRANS formation.

By Jennifer Selby

Second World War 1939 - 1945
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
Japanese soldier points gun during military training video

Captured Japanese Film

Reels of Japanese film, captured by Australian forces post WWII

By Daniel Eisenberg

Second World War 1939 - 1945
General Douglas Haig

Intelligence on the Somme

British intelligence systems played an influential role in the conduct of the fighting in 1916.

By Jim Beach

First World War 1914 - 1918