Military museums and sites in Australia
Photo: Frank Hurley, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Many Australians have an interest in military history, and there are many military museums and preserved historic sites scattered around the country. While few of the sites of the fighting between European settlers and Indigenous Australians have been marked, much less preserved, there are still a number of former fortifications and airfields.
UnderstandThe only large scale war to have taken place in Australia was the fighting between Indigenous Australians and European settlers which began shortly after white settlement in 1788 and continued until the early 1930s.
PrepareA huge number of books have been written on Australia's military history. Jeffrey Grey's A Military History of Australia is a well-regarded overview, and The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History is invaluable.
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RespectWhile Australians are generally relaxed about their history and many acknowledge its more unsavoury aspects, some people may react badly to criticism of the military or individual soldiers (especially suggestions that…
Stay safeIt is illegal to take photographs of active Australian Defence Force bases and other "prohibited" areas.
Go nextAustralians often visit the battlefields where Australian military forces fought overseas.
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- Photo: Frank Hurley, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons