Anzac Day

• Traditions and rituals on Anzac Day (April 2026)
• Military history online resources (April 2026)
• Commemorating military personnel killed in training (FlagPost, April 2026)
• Commemorating the service of animals in war (FlagPost, April 2026)

Anniversaries

• ANZUS at 70: from Cold War to a hot earth (October 2021)
• 100 years of the Royal Australian Air Force (April 2021)
• The 70th anniversary of the Malayan Emergency: a quick guide (May 2020)
• Anzac Day: The 70th anniversary of the Korean War: a quick guide (April 2020)
• Anzac Day: 30th anniversary of the Gulf War: a quick guide (April 2020)
• Remembrance Day 2018 - the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I (October 2018)
• 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba (October 2017)
• 70th anniversary of Australian Peacekeeping (September 2017)
• 100th anniversary of the Battle of Polygon Wood (September 2017)
• The 75th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin (February 2017)
• The 70th anniversary of the Second World War events of 1942 - 'Australia’s perilous year’: April to December (March 2012)
• The 70th anniversary of the Second World War events of 1942 - "Australia's perilous year': February and March (February 2012)

Thematic Issues

• Index of Victoria Cross recipients by electorate (April 2025)
• The extraordinary story of Ordinary Seaman Edward 'Teddy' Sheean VC (April 2021)
• Anzac Day: Gallipoli - frequently asked questions and general information: a quick guide (April 2020)
• Australian War Memorial development: a quick guide (September 2020)
• Victory in the Pacific Day: a quick guide (August 2020)
• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles (July 2019)
• Australia in the League of Nations: a centenary view (December 2018)
• The end of the First World War and the Armistice: a quick guide (November 2018)
• Political attitudes to conscription: 1914-1918 (October 2016)
• Commonwealth Members of Parliament who have served in war: the Second World War (September 2016)
• Australia and the Middle East conflict: the Rudd and Gillard Governments (2007-13) (June 2015)
• Statistical snapshot - Australian casualties at Gallipoli (March 2015)
• Members who served in the First World War (2015)
• An interpretive centre to commemorate Australia's war on the Western Front (September 2015)
• Defending Australia: a history of Australia's defence white papers (August 2015)
• Commonwealth Parliament from 1901 to World War I (May 2015)
• Commonwealth Members of Parliament who have served in war: Colonial wars and the First World War (September 2014)
• 'To the last man' - Australia's entry to war in 1914 (July 2014)
• Australia and the Middle East conflict: a history of key Government statements (1947-2007) (August 2012)
• The sinking of the Montevideo Maru (November 2010)

Library catalogue

The Parliamentary Library holds a variety of military history resources for Parliamentarians, on topics ranging from Anzac Day, both world wars and the home front to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and peacekeeping.

Book suggestions for children

The Australian War Memorial has a selection of storybooks that are appropriate for younger children for Anzac Day. Click here to see the selection.