Memorials in Australian States
Every Australian state and territory has a principal memorial that serves as a permanent shrine and as the focal point for the major commemorative ceremonies in the capital cities.
The memorials represent the homage paid by the governments and the people to their fellow Australians who fought and died on their behalf.
The movement to develop public memorials at state and national level was born even before the end of WW1 as the death toll of citizens-turned-servicemen and -women climbed into the tens of thousands.
The monuments themselves, every one designed and built with much communal thought and planning, were completed and dedicated in the 1920s and 30s.
The losses and successes of WW2 and Australia's later wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations are recognised at the state level by amendments to, and more broadly worded rededications of the principal memorials, together with further specifically dedicated memorials.
Australian War Memorial
The national memorial, the Australian War Memorial serves as the centre for commemorations in Canberra. Dedicated 1941 |
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New South Wales
Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney First dedicated 1934 |
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Northern Territory
Darwin Cenotaph, Bicentennial Park, The Esplanade, Darwin Dedicated 1921 |
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Queensland
Queensland National Anzac Memorial, Anzac Square, Brisbane Dedicated 1930 |
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South Australia
South Australian National War Memorial, corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide Dedicated 1931 |
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Tasmania
Tasmanian War Memorial, Queen's Domain, Hobart Dedicated 1925 |
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Victoria
Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne Dedicated 1934
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Western Australia
State War Memorial, King's Park, Perth Dedicated 1929 |
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