The battle over the Australian War Memorial
It is a memorial, a museum, and a mausoleum. For more than 80 years, the Australian War Memorial has stood solemnly as a ...
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Untold Stories From Australian WW1 Memorials
thousands of young Australians from regional towns left their normal lives for war. These are the untold stories of those honoured on memorial cenotaphs across the nation. ABC iview Home Watch all ...
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A Giant Oculus and Floating Glass Sculptures: What’s New at the Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is already one of the most recognisable buildings in the country, with its Byzantine-style green copper dome and solemn sandstone archways. But over the past ...
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Australian War Memorial faces calls to remove 'Chinese' garment from Korean War display
Korean Australian community members want the Australian War Memorial to remove a piece resembling traditional Chinese clothing in a display cabinet about the Korean War. More than 900 people have ...
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‘Hymn karaoke’: Veterans organisation and War Memorial told to modernise Dawn Services or face ‘irrelevance’
The RSL and the Australian War Memorial (AWM) have been warned they’re out of step on the Canberra Anzac Day Dawn Service that has been likened to church, after a complaint that the service ...
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AUDIO: War memorial's close relationship with weapons manufacturers
The leadership of the Australian War Memorial says it'll continue to accept funding from multi-national weapons makers, despite former insiders describing it as "dirty money" from "merchants of ...
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The battle over the Australian War Memorial
The memorial's Roll of Honour has the names of more than 103,000 Australians.(Four Corners: Nick Wiggins) Hundreds of thousands visit the Australian War Memorial every year.(Four Corners ...