| Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney

Inaugural Veteran Artist in Residence Cory Rinaldi

Submitted by dsmith on Mon, 08/15/2022 - 15:08

War in the Pacific, 1942

Submitted by dsmith on Mon, 08/08/2022 - 13:50

Australians and the battles of El Alamein, 1942

Submitted by dsmith on Tue, 07/05/2022 - 12:20

1 July

Submitted by dsmith on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 10:02

1942 — Sinking of the MV Montevideo Maru off the coast of the Philippines, which saw the loss of over 1,000 lives including Australian POWs

7 June 1917; The Battle of Messines

Submitted by dsmith on Mon, 06/06/2022 - 14:27

Japanese submarines in Sydney Harbour

Submitted by dsmith on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 13:26

To End a War; the Treaty of Vereeniging, 31 May 1902

Submitted by dsmith on Fri, 05/27/2022 - 13:20

Mercury on Crete, May 1941

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/26/2022 - 10:53

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier; The Oswald Walter Moore Collection

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The 24 May Truce on Gallipoli

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On this day

9 May

— 1921

German New Guinea, which had been under Australian Military rule since its seizure in 1914, was transferred to Australian Civil Administration under a League of Nations Mandate.

— 1943

A Royal Australian Air Force base on Millingimbi Island, off the coast of the Northern Territory’s Arnhem Land, was bombed by Japanese aircraft.

— 1956

The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (III) arrived in Sydney Harbour to begin duties as flagship of the Australian fleet. Thousands turned out to welcome her.