Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial is a national war memorial, museum and archive dedicated to all Australians who died as a result of war, including peacekeeping duties.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: national war memorial and museum in Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Australian War Memorial and the Memorial Parade” and “AWM”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kemal Atatürk Memorial and Royal Australian Navy Memorial.
Kemal Atatürk Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Peter Ellis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kemal Atatürk Memorial is a memorial directly opposite the Australian War Memorial on Anzac Parade, the principal memorial and ceremonial parade in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Kemal Atatürk Memorial is situated 220 metres south of Australian War Memorial.
Royal Australian Navy Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Peter Ellis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Australian Navy Memorial on Anzac Parade in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, honours the sailors who have served to protect the nation. Royal Australian Navy Memorial is situated 440 metres southwest of Australian War Memorial.
Campbell High School
School
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Campbell High School is a school in Campbell, an inner suburb of Canberra, Australia, for students in years 7–10 in the Australian Capital Territory's education system. Campbell High School is situated 400 metres north of Australian War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Civic and Parliamentary Triangle.
Civic
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canberra's downtown area, Civic is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Civic Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of North Canberra, Acton and Lake Burley Griffin.
Parliamentary Triangle
Neighborhood
The National Triangle, also known as the Parliamentary Triangle, is the ceremonial precinct of Canberra, containing some of Australia's most significant buildings.
Russell Offices
Neighborhood
Photo: Nick Dowling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Russell Offices, also referred to as Russell or RO, is a complex of office buildings located in Russell, a suburb of Canberra, constituting the seat of the Australian Department of Defence and part of the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force.
Australian War Memorial
Latitude
-35.28096° or 35° 16′ 51″ southLongitude
149.14863° or 149° 8′ 55″ eastElevation
593 metres (1,946 feet)Open location code
4RPFP49X+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 11332230379OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Australian War Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النصب الأسترالي التذكاري للحرب”
- Armenian: “AWM”
- Armenian: “Ավստրալիական ռազմական հուշամատյան”
- Azerbaijani: “Avstraliya Müharibə Memorialı”
- Azerbaijani: “AWM”
- Belarusian: “AWM”
- Belarusian: “Аўстралійскі ваенны мэмарыял”
- Catalan: “Australian War Memorial”
- Catalan: “AWM”
- Catalan: “Memorial de Guerra Australià”
- Chinese: “AWM”
- Chinese: “澳大利亚战争纪念馆”
- Chinese: “澳大利亞戰爭紀念館”
- Chinese: “澳洲戰爭紀念館”
- Dutch: “Australian War Memorial”
- Dutch: “AWM”
- Egyptian Arabic: “النصب الاسترالي التذكارى للحرب”
- Esperanto: “Aŭstralia Milita Monumento”
- Esperanto: “AWM”
- French: “Australian War Memorial”
- French: “mémorial australien de la guerre”
- French: “Mémorial australien de la guerre”
- German: “Australian War Memorial”
- German: “AWM”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת המלחמה של אוסטרליה”
- Hungarian: “Ausztrál Háborús Emlékhely”
- Hungarian: “AWM”
- Indonesian: “AWM”
- Irish: “AWM”
- Irish: “Ionad Cuimhneacháin Cogaidh na hAstráile”
- Italian: “Australian War Memorial”
- Italian: “AWM”
- Japanese: “オーストラリア戦争博物館”
- Japanese: “オーストラリア戦争祈念館”
- Japanese: “オーストラリア戦争記念博物館”
- Japanese: “オーストラリア戦争記念館”
- Korean: “오스트레일리아 전쟁기념관”
- Macedonian: “AWM”
- Macedonian: “Австралиски воен паметник”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Australian War Memorial”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “AWM”
- Norwegian: “Australian War Memorial”
- Persian: “یادمان جنگ استرالیا”
- Polish: “Australian War Memorial”
- Polish: “AWM”
- Portuguese: “Australian War Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Memorial de Guerra Australiano”
- Russian: “AWM”
- Russian: “Австралийский военный мемориал”
- Serbian: “Australian War Memorial”
- Serbian: “AWM”
- Serbian: “Аустралијски ратни меморијал и Меморијална парада”
- Spanish: “AWM”
- Spanish: “Memorial de Guerra Australiano”
- Turkish: “Avustralya Savaş Anıtı”
- Turkish: “AWM”
- Ukrainian: “Australian War Memorial”
- Ukrainian: “AWM”
- Ukrainian: “Австралійський військовий меморіал”
- Yue Chinese: “AWM”
- Yue Chinese: “澳洲戰爭紀念館”
- “AWM”
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