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The Australian Army has always had rules about who is allowed to fight for their country. But during the First World War those rules were sidestepped by thousands of underage boys desperate to enlist....

1 Okt 202122min

Women now comprise more than 25 per cent of service personnel in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and there are no restrictions on what they're allowed to do. But it wasn't always like this. In E...

12 Aug 202129min

The V2 rocket developed by the Germans in World War Two was the world's first strategic ballistic missile and a forerunner of the rocket that took humans to the moon. In Episode 30 of Collected, Louis...

20 Jun 202128min

Jewellery given and received in war is a symbol of love, pride and support. It comes in many forms, from expensive, commercially manufactured pieces in precious metals to hand-made objects crafted fro...

11 Mai 202126min

The Lone Pine The magnificent Lone Pine planted at the Memorial is 1934 is a living symbol of the sacrifice of war. It was grown by a bereaved mother from the seeds from pine cones gathered by her son...

6 Apr 202128min

The history of military aviation is told in the stories of the Memorial's oldest and newest aircraft. Built 70 years apart, these two planes demonstrate the huge and rapid shifts in design and technol...

15 Mar 202123min

HMAS Brisbane was one of the first three major Australian war ships designed and built in the United States and the last steam powered ship in the Royal Australian Navy. After the destroyer was retire...

18 Feb 202124min

The Australian tail gunners who served in World War Two had a particularly dangerous job. They spent hours in cramped, freezing conditions, perched in Perspex turrets at the rear of bomber planes, vul...

12 Jan 202128min