Learn more about Griffith’s military history

If you have never walked through the Griffith War Memorial Museum, you have missed out on a very interesting glimpse into our history.

Fortunately, the museum will be open this Sunday, directly following the main ANZAC service in Memorial Park.

Covid restrictions do apply but it is well worth a little patience to take a turn around the extensive collection of items and information connected to Australia’s military history and participation of Griffith residents in military campaigns.

Displays include:

• The Boer War.
• World War I.
• World War II.
• Korean War.
• Vietnam.
• The attack on Australia.
• Videos of interviews with local WWII veterans.
• An Indigenous perspective on the first Australians and their involvement in the military defence of Australia.
• Regional Aboriginal honour and nominal rolls.
• Rolls of honour and nominal rolls.
• East Timor and Afghanistan.
• The Australian Women’s Land Army. (Around 1100 Australian Land Army women worked in the Griffith region between 1942 and 1945. Of those, 35 returned to Griffith after World War II ended, married and raised families.)

If you are unable to get into the museum on Sunday, it is generally open on Fridays from 10am to 2pm and Saturdays from 11am to 2pm.

It is possible for groups to arrange alternate visit times by contacting Pat Cox on 0407 485 091.

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