List of Australian military memorials

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:

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Australian Capital Territory
Memorial nameLocationDate established/
dedicated		ImageHonoursNotes
ACT MemorialLondon Circuit, Civic10 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.[1]
Australian Army Memorial, Canberra
Australian Merchant Navy MemorialKings Park, CanberraAustralian Merchant Navy
Australian Peacekeeping Memorial
Australian War MemorialTreloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra1941Australia'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 MemorialIn 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.[2]

New South Wales
Memorial nameLocationDate established/
dedicated		ImageHonoursNotes
Batemans Bay Vietnam War MemorialBatemans Bay2005Vietnam War (1962-1973)
Batlow War MemorialBatlowRSL garden and memorial with Bofors 40/60 anti-aircraft gun
Berrima War MemorialBerrima
Braidwood Warm MemorialBraidwood
Bungendore War MemorialBungendore
Bundarra War MemorialBundarra
Chatswood Memorial GardenChatswood
World War II
Culcain War MemorialCulcairn
Forbes Boer War MemorialForbesBoer War
Forbes War MemorialForbes
Rolls of HonourSchool of the Arts Hall, Glen OakWorld War I
Greta
Gundagai
Gundaroo
Jugiong
Milton
Mittagong
Mittagong RSL
Narrabri
Nerriga
Parkes
ANZAC War MemorialHyde Park,
Sydney central business district
Tarago
Thornton1978
War MemorialThornton
District Roll of HonourTumbarumba
District Volunteers South African War 1899-1902Boer War
Memorial Hall
Union Jack Gold Mining Company MemorialApprox. 5 km (3.1 mi) north of TumbarumbaWorld War I
Tweed Heads
on the Clarence River, Ulmarra
Victory Memorial Gardens ArchWagga Wagga
Wellington
Yininmadyemi - Thou didst let fallHyde Park, Sydney

Memorials for people
Person memorialisedLocationDate established/
dedicated		ImageNotes
Private Patrick Joseph Bugden VCAlstonville

Northern Territory
Memorial nameLocationDate established/
dedicated		ImageHonoursNotes
Darwin Bombing MemorialDarwin, Northern TerritoryCommemorating 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.[3][4]

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:

ANZAC Square

Brisbane CBD

Brisbane suburbs
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

South Australia
Memorial nameLocationDate established/
dedicated		ImageHonoursNotes
South African War MemorialNorth Terrace, Adelaide1904Boer WarDesigned by sculptor Adrian Jones
National War MemorialCnr. North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide25 April 1931World War IDesigned: Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne-Smith
Sculptures: Rayner Hoff

Tasmania
Memorial nameLocationDate established/
dedicated		ImageHonoursNotes
Hobart CenotaphHobart

Victoria
Memorial nameLocationDate established/
dedicated		ImageHonoursNotes
Bonnie Doon
outside HMAS Cerberus, Crib Point
Corryong
Eildon
Flinders
World War I memorialKalorama, VictoriaWorld War I
Jamieson
Mansfield
Shrine of RemembranceKings Domain, Melbourne11 November 1934 (1934-11-11)For the Australian soldiers of all wars post World War I
General Post Office, Melbourne
Merrijig
Montrose Memorial and GardenMontrose
Sassafras Memorial and GardenSassafras
Seymour Vietnam Veterans memorialSeymourVietnam War
Torquay War MemorialsTorquay
War Memorial gardenWangaratta
Yarra Glen Memorial and HallYarra Glen
Australian Turkish Friendship MemorialKings Domain, MelbourneCommemorates WWI fallen soldiers and is a
tribute to Australian-Turkish relations

Western Australia

As of 2015 there are more than 900 "war memorials and related objects" in Western Australia.[5]

Perth metropolitan
  • Axford Park memorial obelisk[5]
  • North Fremantle Fallen Soldiers' Memorial[5]
  • East Fremantle Roll of Honour[5]

Kings Park

Kings Park in Perth includes several war memorials.[5]

  • 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.[5]

  • 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.[6] 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.[7]

Albany
Desert Mounted Corps Memorial on Mount Clarence

Albany has several memorials.[5]

Outside of Australia

See also

References
  1. "ACT Veterans' Memorial Officially Dedicated" (Press release). ACT Government. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  2. "Home". Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) War Memorial Foundation Inc. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  3. "Queensland War Memorial Register". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. "Development of the Register". Queensland War Memorial Register. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. Stephens, John; Seal, Graham (2015). Remembering the Wars: Commemoration in Western Australian Communities. Black Swan Press. ISBN 9780987567079.
  6. "Naval Memorial Park". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. "City of Rockingham War Memorial". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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