Explore past Anzac Memorial exhibitions through our digital galleries below.
SERVING THE WHITE ENSIGN: 110 YEARS OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLEET
Marking 110 years of the Royal Australian Navy, the exhibition recognise the generations of Australians who have gone to war on great waters, featuring rarely seen artefacts from defining moments in the Navy's colourful history including the stern section of Lieutenant Matsuo's Japanese midget submarine, lifted from Sydney Harbour in June 1942, the whimsical personal souvenirs and mess deck art, made by a young sailor steaming to the battle of Lingayen Gulf in HMAS 𝘈𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢, the tattered white ensign that fluttered defiantly on the doomed HMAS 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘯, and the smart black coat worn by a WRAN telegraphist in 1945, one of the first women to serve in Australia’s navy.
REMEMBERING AUSTRALIA'S WAR IN VIETNAM, 1962–72
Marking 50 years since the end of Australia’s war in Vietnam, the exhibition showcasesthe lived experiences of veterans of Australia’s war in Vietnam through the personal stories of four Australians – the last Australian engineer officer to leave Vietnam, one of the first RAAF gunship pilots to deploy, an Australian entertainer and a nurse working in a military hospital in Sydney.
View the 'Remembering Australia's War in Vietnam' virtual gallery
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA; RAAF 1921-2021
An exhibition marking the centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Per Ardua Ad Astra is the RAAF's motto and a literal translation, from the Latin, is: ‘through adversity to the stars’. The exhibition will span the century using personal stories of individuals to reveal the broader lived experience of RAAF personnel.
Visit the 'Per Ardua Ad Astra' virtual gallery
1945: FROM HOT WAR TO COLD WAR
Marking 75 years since the Second World War ended the exhibition showcases stories of NSW men and women who served as well as what life had been like for those left behind at home. The political, economic and social repercussions of the war were felt long after Germany and Japan surrendered; and the post war world would bring new challenges and conflicts in the guise of what became known as the Cold War.
