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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:

Australian Capital Territory - Canberra

New South Wales

Memorials for people

Northern Territory

Queensland

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.

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

Brisbane CBD

Brisbane suburbs

Monument to non-Australian forces

Regional Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Tasmania has over 1000 war memorials, including memorial plantings and honour rolls.

Victoria

Western Australia

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.

  • 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.

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

Rockingham

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

Albany has several memorials.

Outside of Australia

See also

References

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