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Remembrance Day 2018

Postcard sent by Private Daniel ‘Dan’ Cooper to his sister Sally Russell – ‘to my dear sister’, 1917, Jackomos Collection, JACKOMOS.A03.CS-000110193.

War Service Indigenous Australians: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Black Diggers Collection

11 Nov 2018 Rita Metzenrath

AIATSIS pays our respects to Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders who served and died in all wars.

Protecting Country, Serving Nation

Laying wreaths to commemorate those killed in Frontier Wars

War Service Ceremonies Frontier conflict New Zealand ANZAC Day Black Diggers

5 May 2017 Rita Metzenrath

AIATSIS reflects on the first ANZAC Day march led by Indigenous Australian veterans in 2017

AIATSIS acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, culture and community.

We pay our respects to elders past and present.