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Military Museum Attractions In Australia

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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 25 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are M...
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Military Museum Attractions In Australia

  • 1. HMAS Sydney II Memorial Geraldton
    HMAS Sydney, named after the Australian city of Sydney, was one of three modified Leander-class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, the cruiser was purchased by the Australian government and renamed prior to her 1934 launch. During the early part of her operational history, Sydney helped enforce sanctions during the Abyssinian crisis, and at the start of World War II was assigned to convoy escort and patrol duties in Australian waters. In May 1940, Sydney joined the British Mediterranean Fleet for an eight-month deployment, during which she sank two Italian warships, participated in multiple shore bombardments, and provided support to the Malta Convoys, while receiving minimal damage and no casualties. On her return to Australia...
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  • 2. Ballina Naval & Maritime Museum Ballina
    Ballina is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, and the seat of the Ballina Shire local government area. Ballina's urban population at the 2016 census was almost 25,000. The town lies on the Richmond River and serves as a gateway to Byron Bay.
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  • 3. Burra Town Hall Burra
    Burra is a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. It lies east of the Clare Valley in the Bald Hills range, part of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, and on Burra Creek. The town began as a single company mining township that, by 1851, was a set of townships collectively known as The Burra. The Burra mines supplied 89% of South Australia's and 5% of the world's copper for 15 years, and the settlement has been credited with saving the economy of the struggling new colony of South Australia. The Burra Burra Copper Mine was established in 1848 mining the copper deposit discovered in 1845. Miners and townspeople migrated to Burra primarily from Cornwall, Wales, Scotland and Germany. The mine first closed in 1877, briefly opened again early in the 20th cen...
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  • 4. The Army Museum Bandiana Wodonga
    The Army Museum Bandiana is dedicated to collecting, housing, displaying military equipment, weapons and vehicles associated with the Australian Army. It is the largest and most diversifed military museum in Australia The museum is based within Australian Army base property, at the Gaza Ridge Barracks, near Wodonga South Bandiana, in the Australian state of Victoria. The museum houses over 50 military vehicles, as well as artillery, infantry weapons, uniforms, and militaria - including material brought back from war, as well as items retrieved from battlefields.
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  • 5. Shrine of Remembrance Melbourne
    The Shrine of Remembrance is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war. It is a site of annual observances of ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day and is one of the largest war memorials in Australia. Designed by architects Phillip Hudson and James Wardrop who were both World War I veterans, the Shrine is in a classical style, being based on the Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus and the Parthenon in Athens. The crowning element at the top of the memorial's ziggurat roof references the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. Built from Tynong granite, the Shrine originally consisted only of the central sanctuary s...
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  • 6. Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum Maryborough
    The Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum is a non-profit museum located at 106 Wharf Street, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. It was established and is operated by John and Else Meyers for the benefit of the Fraser Coast community.
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  • 9. Darwin Aviation Museum Darwin
    Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin is the largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, with a population of 145,916. It is the smallest and most northerly of the Australian capital cities, and acts as the Top End's regional centre. Darwin's proximity to South East Asia makes it a link between Australia and countries such as Indonesia and East Timor. The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin, extends southerly across central Australia through Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, concluding in Port Augusta in South Australia. The city itself is built upon a low bluff overlooking the harbour. Its suburbs spread out over some area, beginning at Lee Point in the north and stretching to Berrimah in the east. Past Berrimah, the...
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  • 11. Gippsland Armed Forces Museum Sale
    Gippsland Armed Forces Museum, is a military museum located at West Sale Airport, Victoria, Australia. It has over 1,500 items in its collection.
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  • 12. The Soldiers Memorial Hall Ipswich
    The March of the Dungarees was a snowball march in November 1915 in South-East Queensland, Australia, to recruit men into the Australian military during World War I at a time when enthusiasm to enlist had waned after the loss of life in the Gallipoli campaign. The march began at Warwick with 28 men and followed the Southern railway line through Toowoomba, Laidley, and Ipswich to its destination in Brisbane, gathering 125 recruits along the way.
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  • 13. World War II Memorial Lookout Portland
    H-hour H. A. Sinclair de Rochemont H. E. Bates H. Emory Widener, Jr. H. H. Kung H. Keith Thompson H. L. N. Salmon H. Montgomery Hyde H. Ryan Price H. Stuart Hughes H. W. Whillock Höcker Album Höfle Telegram Hôtel-Dieu de Paris Hôtel Biron Hôtel Carnavalet Hôtel Continental Hôtel Costes Hôtel d'Evreux Hôtel de Castries Hôtel de Cluny Hôtel de Crillon Hôtel de Lauzun Hôtel de Rambouillet Hôtel de Salm Hôtel de Sens Hôtel de Soubise Hôtel de Toulouse Hôtel de Ville Hôtel de Ville, Paris Hôtel des Invalides Hôtel Grimod de La Reynière Hôtel Lambert Hôtel Lutetia Hôtel Matignon Hôtel Méridien Montparnasse Hôtel particulier Hôtel Ritz Paris Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild H2S radar H2X radar Ha'avara Agreement HA. 19 Haakon Hansen Haakon VII of Norway Haane Manahi Haava...
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  • 14. RAAF Wagga Aviation Heritage Centre Wagga Wagga
    RAAF Base Wagga is a Royal Australian Air Force military air base located 5.8 nautical miles southeast of the town of Wagga Wagga, in the suburb of Forest Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The base is home to Headquarters RAAF College and to the No 1 Recruit Training Unit , the Air Force's basic recruit training school. It is the main ground training base for airforce personnel of the technical, administration and logistics trades, as well as the location for initial courses for Administration and Logistics officers. The main postgraduate promotion courses are also conducted at the base. In addition, Air Force, Army and Navy personnel undertake technical airworthiness training at the RAAF School of Technical Training . Also, 3 Wing Australian Air Force Cadets uses RAAF Base Wagga to hold i...
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