HMAS Goorangai
The first ship of the Royal Australian Navy lost in the Second World War.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Michael "Mick" Jones
After leaving the Navy in 2001, Michael Jones found photography.
The Dominion of Fear
Morale and combat motivation of Commonwealth soldiers in the two World Wars.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Tenacious trailblazers: 7 female war reporters
7 incredible female war reporters.
Behind the Cover: Siege of Tobruk
One of George Silk’s most striking photographs of Australian soldiers during the siege of Tobruk
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Visiting battle grounds: Tarawa
A remote atoll in the Pacific was taken in 1943 at immense cost.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Something happened here last night
On 16 October 1975, five Australian journalists were killed by Indonesian military forces.
Nurse at Bergen-Belsen
After the war, an Australian nurse served with the United Nations at the infamous camp.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Thunderboxes & Flies
Poor sanitation on Gallipoli was a silent killer on the battlefield.
First World War 1914 - 1918
Definitely Not Cooks
In the modern era, women have forged outstanding Army careers as photographers too.
Afghanistan 2001 - 2021
Artist in the Trenches
Napier Waller served with the artillery in the First World War.
First World War 1914 - 1918
The First WRANS
Women trained as wireless telegraphists to free men for war, leading to the WRANS formation.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
A Face to Remember: The story of Astrid Wagstaff
Letters to a model reveal wartime longing, connection and a life cut tragically short.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Wartime love story: Colin and Irene Simper
Letters reveal Colin and Irene Simper’s wartime love story.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
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
Intelligence on the Somme
British intelligence systems played an influential role in the conduct of the fighting in 1916.
First World War 1914 - 1918
Assault by Fire
Flame-throwers aroused terror and revulsion, but they came to be used by all sides in warfare.
First World War 1914 - 1918
The Real ‘Good Morning Vietnam’
A 1970 Dawn Buster broadcast reveals the real sounds behind Good Morning, Vietnam.
Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
Skin in the Game
Australia’s long defence relationship with Papua New Guinea is based in shared history.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
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