Category: Military Museum
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Australian War Memorial 1945 to Today
Australian War Memorial 1945 to Today During our previous trip to Canberra, the gallery “Conflicts 1945” to Today in the Australian War Memorial was closed because of the renovations. This time however, it was open, so we took the opportunity to look around. This gallery commemorates all the conflicts involving Australians from 1945 to today.… Read more
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Bare Island
Bare Island In the 1860s Britain removed its garrison troops from its Australian colonies, which resulted in a rapid examination of the colonies’ defenses. Britain’s war with Russia escalated fears of an invasion (not sure how Russia was going to send an invasion force all the way to Australia). As a result two Imperial Engineers… Read more
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Fighter World Williamtown NSW
Fighter World Williamtown Aviation Heritage Getting to Fighter World Fighter World located adjacent to the Williamtown RAAF base has an excellent display of jet fighters operated by the RAAF. Fighter world is very easy to find due to its location and parking is easy, because the museum has its own large car park. The Collection… Read more