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:
Memorial name | Location | Date established/ dedicated | Image | Honours | Notes | |
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London Circuit, | align=centre | Men and women associated with the Australian Capital Territory who served in a number of conflicts and peacekeeping missions throughout the world. | [1] | |||
Anzac Parade, Canberra | The two central figures represent two Australian soldiers facing the east and the rising sun, and represent the importance of support and comradeship represented in the Australian term, 'mates'. | |||||
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Southern end of Anzac Parade | ||||||
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. | ||||||
Anzac Parade, Canberra | Military history of Australia during the Second Boer War, 1899–1902. | |||||
Anzac Parade, Canberra | Australian individuals that served and died in the Korean War under the command of the United Nations. | |||||
Anzac Parade, Canberra | 50th anniversary of the formation of the RAAF (initially as the Australian Air Force, the "Royal" prefix being added in August 1921), and the service of members of the RAAF. | |||||
Anzac Parade, Canberra | The German siege of the Libyan Mediterranean Sea port town of Tobruk began on 10 April 1941. After desperate fighting, most of the Australian forces were relieved by October 1941. However, the town was continuously contested until the Allied victory at El Alamein in 1942. | |||||
Anzac Parade, Canberra | The sailors who have served to protect Australia. | |||||
Anzac Parade, Canberra | The 50,000 Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Australian Air Force and associated personnel who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. |
Memorial name | Location | Date established/ dedicated | Image | Honours | Notes | |
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Batemans Bay Vietnam War Memorial | Vietnam War (1962–1973) | |||||
Batlow War Memorial | RSL garden and memorial with Bofors 40/60 anti-aircraft gun | |||||
Berrima War Memorial | ||||||
Braidwood War Memorial | ||||||
Bundarra War Memorial | ||||||
Bungendore War Memorial | ||||||
Chatswood Memorial Garden | ||||||
Culcain War Memorial | ||||||
Forbes Boer War Memorial | ||||||
Forbes War Memorial | ||||||
Rolls of Honour | ||||||
1934 | Originally World War I, now all conflicts. | |||||
Martin Place Cenotaph | Martin Place, Sydney | 1929 | ||||
1978 | ||||||
War Memorial | ||||||
District Roll of Honour | ||||||
District Volunteers South African War 1899–1902 | ||||||
Memorial Hall | ||||||
Union Jack Gold Mining Company Memorial | ||||||
Yininmadyemi - Thou didst let fall | ||||||
The Queensland War Memorial Register is maintained by the Government of Queensland 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.[2] [3]
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:
Memorial name | Location | Date established/ dedicated | Image | Honours | Notes | |
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1904 | Designed by sculptor Adrian Jones | |||||
Cnr. North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide | 25 April 1931 | Designed: Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne-Smith Sculptures: Rayner Hoff |
Tasmania has over 1000 war memorials, including memorial plantings and honour rolls.
Memorial name | Location | Date established/ dedicated | Image | Honours | Notes | |
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13 December 1925 | ||||||
Ulverstone War Memorial | ||||||
West Ulverstone War Memorial | ||||||
Ross War Memorial | ||||||
Bicheno War Memorial | ||||||
Bicheno Memorial Gate | ||||||
Cygnet Soldiers Memorial | ||||||
Stanley War Memorial | ||||||
Burnie War Memorials | ||||||
Queenstown War Memorial | ||||||
New Norfolk War Memorial | ||||||
Railton War Memorial | ||||||
99th Regiment Memorial | ||||||
Hagley War Memorial and Recreation Park | ||||||
Launceston Boer War Memorial | ||||||
Launceston War Memorial | ||||||
15 October 1918 | ||||||
Ranelagh Soldiers Memorial Hall | ||||||
Sorell Memorial Hall | ||||||
Huonville War Memorial | ||||||
Primrose Sands War Memorial |
Memorial name | Location | Date established/ dedicated | Image | Honours | Notes | |
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World War I memorial | World War I | |||||
For the Australian soldiers of all wars post World War I | ||||||
Montrose Memorial and Garden | ||||||
Sassafras Memorial and Garden | ||||||
Seymour Vietnam Veterans Memorial | Vietnam War | |||||
Torquay War Memorials | ||||||
War Memorial garden | ||||||
Yarra Glen Memorial and Hall | ||||||
Commemorates WWI fallen soldiers and is a tribute to Australian-Turkish relations |
there are more than 900 "war memorials and related objects" in Western Australia.
Kings Park in Perth includes several war memorials.[4]
The Monument Hill Memorial Reserve on High Street has several memorials.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
Albany has several memorials.[4]