List of Australian military memorials facts for kids

Most Australian towns and cities have a World War I or ANZAC, and/or World War II memorial or Cenotaph.

Listing and photographs are by state and territory:

Australian Capital Territory

Memorial name	Location	Date established/ dedicated	Honours
ACT Memorial	London Circuit, Civic	10 August 2006 (2006-08-10)	Men and women associated with the Australian Capital Territory who served in a number of conflicts and peacekeeping missions throughout the world.
Australian Army Memorial, Canberra
Australian Merchant Navy Memorial	Kings Park, Canberra		Australian Merchant Navy
Australian Peacekeeping Memorial
Australian War Memorial	Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra	1941	Australia's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia, and some conflicts involving personnel from the Australian colonies prior to Federation. The memorial includes an extensive national military museum.
Boer War Memorial, Canberra
Korean War Memorial, Canberra
Royal Australian Air Force Memorial
Rats of Tobruk Memorial
Royal Australian Navy Memorial
Vietnam Forces National Memorial
Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) War Memorial		In negotiation for construction	A national memorial on the AWM grounds that reminds Australia of the service and sacrifice of the men and women who served in the Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) during the Malayan Emergency 1955-1960 and Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966.

New South Wales

Memorial name	Location	Date established/ dedicated	Honours	Notes
Batemans Bay Vietnam War Memorial	Batemans Bay	2005	Vietnam War (1962-1973)
Batlow War Memorial	Batlow			RSL garden and memorial with Bofors 40/60 anti-aircraft gun
Berrima War Memorial	Berrima
Braidwood Warm Memorial	Braidwood
Bungendore War Memorial	Bungendore
Bundarra War Memorial	Bundarra
Chatswood Memorial Garden	Chatswood
Chatswood Memorial Garden	Chatswood		World War II
Culcain War Memorial	Culcairn
Forbes Boer War Memorial	Forbes		Boer War
Forbes War Memorial	Forbes
Rolls of Honour	School of the Arts Hall, Glen Oak		World War I
	Greta
	Gundagai
	Gundaroo
	Jugiong
	Milton
	Mittagong
	Mittagong RSL
	Narrabri
	Nerriga
	Parkes
ANZAC War Memorial	Hyde Park, Sydney central business district
	Tarago
	Thornton	1978
War Memorial	Thornton
District Roll of Honour	Tumbarumba
District Volunteers South African War 1899-1902			Boer War
Memorial Hall
Union Jack Gold Mining Company Memorial	Approx. 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Tumbarumba		World War I
	Tweed Heads
	on the Clarence River, Ulmarra
Victory Memorial Gardens Arch	Wagga Wagga
	Wellington
	Wellington
Yininmadyemi - Thou didst let fall	Hyde Park, Sydney

Memorials for people

Person memorialised	Location	Date established/ dedicated	Image	Notes
Private Patrick Joseph Bugden VC	Alstonville

Northern Territory

Memorial name	Location	Date established/ dedicated	Image	Honours	Notes
Darwin Bombing Memorial	Darwin, Northern Territory			Commemorating the 1942 bombing of Darwin

Queensland

The Queensland War Memorial Register is maintained by the Queensland Government in collaboration with local government authorities in Queensland and the Returned and Services League of Australia. It was established in 2008 and, as at 14 November 2017, lists 1398 war memorials in Queensland.

The war memorials in Queensland take many forms but are predominantly either outdoor monuments, memorial buildings or memorial components within other structures. Notable war memorials include:

Brisbane

ANZAC Square

Shrine of Remembrance, ANZAC Square
Shrine of Remembrance ANZAC Square façade, showing the lower section which contains the crypt with the World War II Shrine of Memories
Second Boer War Memorial
World War I Memorial Sculpture on the external wall of the Shrine of Memories section of the Shrine of Remembrance
World War II Memorial
South West Pacific Campaign Memorial
Korea Malaya Borneo 1948-1966 Memorial
Vietnam War Memorial

Brisbane CBD

RAAF Memorial
at Queens Gardens
The Eagle on top of
the RAAF Memorial
at Queens Gardens
Statue of Major-General
Sir William Glasgow
at Post Office Square

Brisbane suburbs

Gair Park War Memorial, Dutton Park
Cameron Rocks War Memorial, Hamilton
Anning Monument, Hemmant
ISA War Memorial, Inala
Indooroopilly Fallen Sailors and Soldiers Monument, Indooroopilly
Oxley War Memorial
Ithaca War Memorial, Paddington
War Memorial,
South Brisbane
War Memorial, The Gap
War Memorial, Windsor

Monument to non-Australian forces

Monument to the United States forces for their help in World War II. The monument is in the grounds of Newstead House, Newstead

Regional Queensland

Queensland Korean War Memorial, Gold Coast Highway, Cascade Gardens, Broadbeach, 4218
Babinda
Cairns
Eacham
Esk
Boer War Memorial, Gatton
Goondiwindi
Innisfail
Millmerran
Port Douglas
Runaway Bay
Southport (from 2010) - gates and statue
Southport (from 2010) - statue
Southport (pre 2010)
Tiaro
Upper Coomera

South Australia

Memorial name	Location	Date established/ dedicated	Image	Honours	Notes
South African War Memorial	North Terrace, Adelaide	1904		Boer War	Designed by sculptor Adrian Jones
National War Memorial	Cnr. North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide	25 April 1931		World War I	Designed: Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne-Smith Sculptures: Rayner Hoff

Tasmania

Memorial name	Location	Date established/ dedicated	Image	Honours	Notes
Hobart Cenotaph	Hobart

Victoria

Memorial name	Location	Date established/ dedicated	Honours
	Bonnie Doon
	outside HMAS Cerberus, Crib Point
	Corryong
	Eildon
	Flinders
World War I memorial	Kalorama, Victoria		World War I
	Jamieson
	Mansfield
Shrine of Remembrance	Kings Domain, Melbourne	11 November 1934 (1934-11-11)	For the Australian soldiers of all wars post World War I
	General Post Office, Melbourne
	Merrijig
Montrose Memorial and Garden	Montrose
Sassafras Memorial and Garden	Sassafras
Seymour Vietnam Veterans memorial	Seymour		Vietnam War
Torquay War Memorials	Torquay
War Memorial garden	Wangaratta
Yarra Glen Memorial and Hall	Yarra Glen
Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial	Kings Domain, Melbourne		Commemorates WWI fallen soldiers and is a tribute to Australian-Turkish relations

Western Australia

As of 2015^[update] there are more than 900 "war memorials and related objects" in Western Australia.

Perth metropolitan

Axford Park memorial obelisk
North Fremantle Fallen Soldiers' Memorial
East Fremantle Roll of Honour

Kings Park

Kings Park in Perth includes several war memorials.

State War Memorial

Tobruk War Memorial
Vietnam War Memorial
Kings Park has several "honour avenues". These avenues are lined with trees, each tree having been planted in the memory of an individual who died in the war. A plaque in front of the tree identifies each person.

Monument Hill, Fremantle

The Monument Hill Memorial Reserve on High Street has several memorials.

Fremantle War Memorial or Fallen Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial

Merchant Navy Memorial
Royal Australian Navy in Vietnam Memorial
RAN Corvettes Memorial
United States Submariners' Memorial

Rockingham

HMAS Orion fin and HMAS Derwent gun turret at Naval Memorial Park

The Rockingham Naval Memorial Park, opened in 1996, is dedicated to the Royal Australian Navy and its activities during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The memorial consists of three main parts, a walk way with commemorative plaques, the HMAS Orion fin and the HMAS Derwent gun turret.

The Rockingham War Memorial, opened in 2005, commemorates Australian servicemen and women from the district who died in service or were killed in action in conflicts involving Australia.

Albany

Desert Mounted Corps Memorial on Mount Clarence

Albany has several memorials.

Albany War Memorial
ANZAC Peace Park
Apex Drive Honour Avenue
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk statue and Atatürk Entrance
The Desert Mounted Corps Memorial on Mount Clarence
RSL Nurses' Memorial Garden
The Gallipoli Pine, Mount Clarence
The South East Asia memorial in the Princess Royal Fortress
National Anzac Centre, including the "Still On Patrol" memorial and the Merchant Navy Memorial

Outside of Australia

Australian Memorial Park - France
Australian War Memorial - United Kingdom
Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial - France
V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial - France
Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial - France

Images for kids

Dutton Park War Memorial, Dutton Park
Oxley War Memorial
Ithaca War Memorial, Paddington
War Memorial, South Brisbane
Cooroy
Port Douglas
Warwick

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