Most Australian towns and cities have a
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
or
ANZAC
The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was a First World War army corps of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. It was formed in Egypt in December 1914, and operated during the Gallipoli campaign. General William Birdwood comma ...
, and/or
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
memorial
A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of a ...
or
Cenotaph
A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenot ...
.
Listing and photographs are by state and territory:
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Memorials for people
Northern Territory
Queensland
The Queensland War Memorial Register is maintained by the
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended fr ...
in collaboration with
local government authorities in Queensland and the
Returned and Services League of Australia
The Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) is a support organisation for people who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force.
Mission
The RSL's mission is to ensure that programs are in place for the well-being, care ...
. It was established in 2008 and, as at 14 November 2017, lists 1398 war memorials in Queensland.
The war memorials in Queensland take many forms but are predominantly either outdoor monuments, memorial buildings or memorial components within other structures. Notable war memorials include:
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ANZAC Square, Brisbane
ANZAC Square is a heritage-listed town square and war memorial located between Ann Street and Adelaide Street (opposite Post Office Square), in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a state memorial to the men and women who participated ...
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Anning Monument
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Anzac Avenue Memorial Trees
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Anzac Memorial Park, Townsville
Anzac Memorial Park is a heritage-listed memorial and park at The Strand, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was first built in 1912. It is also known as The Strand Park and Townsville War Memorial. It was added to ...
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Apple Tree Creek War Memorial
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Aramac War Memorial
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Atherton War Memorial
Atherton War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Kennedy Highway, Atherton, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1924. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
The Atherton War ...
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Baralaba, Queensland
Baralaba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana in central Queensland, Australia. In the , Baralaba had a population of 314 people.
Geography
The Dawson River forms the western boundary of the locality. The town is located in the ...
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Barcaldine Shire Hall
Barcaldine Shire Hall is a heritage-listed town hall at Ash Street, Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Alfred Mowbray Hutton and built from 1911 to 1912 by Robinson & Freeman. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register ...
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Barcaldine War Memorial Clock
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Beaudesert War Memorial
Beaudesert War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at William Street, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1919 to 1921. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
The Beaudesert War Memo ...
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Berry and MacFarlane Monument
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Boer War Memorial, Allora
The Boer War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Warwick Street, Allora, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1904 to 1940s. It is also known as Queen's Park and War Memorial Park. It was added to the Queensland ...
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Boer War Memorial, Gatton
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Boer War Veterans Memorial Kiosk and Lissner Park
Boer War Veterans Memorial Kiosk and Lissner Park is a heritage-listed memorial at Bridge Street, Charters Towers City, Queensland, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Queensland, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australi ...
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Boonah War Memorial
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Booval War Memorial
Booval War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Green Street, Booval, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1919. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
The Booval War Memorial was ...
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Brooweena War Memorial
Brooweena War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Smith Crescent, Brooweena, Queensland, Brooweena, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1922 by F W Webb. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 Octob ...
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Bulimba Memorial Park
Bulimba Memorial Park is a heritage-listed park at 129 Oxford Street, Bulimba, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1919 to 1980s. It is also known as Bulimba Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Park and Jamieson Park. It was added to the Queenslan ...
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Bundaberg War Memorial
Bundaberg War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Bourbong Street, Bundaberg Central, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Frederic Herbert Faircloth and built from 1920 to 1921 by Anselm & Odling (Sydne ...
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Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial
Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Bourbong Street, Bundaberg West, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1949 by Zero Ziegler. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 O ...
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Cairns War Memorial
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Cardwell Divisional Board Hall
Cardwell Divisional Board Hall is a heritage-listed former town hall at 51 Victoria Street, Cardwell, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as the Cardwell Shire Chambers, Cardwell Shire Hall, JC Hubinger Memorial Mu ...
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Caskey Monument
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Charleville War Memorial
Charleville War Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial at Edward Street, Charleville, Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Brockwell Gill and built in 1924 by R C Ziegler and Son. It was added to the Queensland ...
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Chinchilla Digger Statue
Cleveland War Memorials*
Coorparoo School of Arts and RSL Memorial Hall
Coorparoo School of Arts and RSL Memorial Hall is a heritage-listed school of arts at 208 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1892 to 1953. It is also known as Coorparoo School of Arts and Co ...
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Cooyar War Memorial
Cooyar War Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial in Hack Menkins Park, McDougall Street, Cooyar, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The memorial was unveiled on Saturday 14 July 1923 by Arthur Edward Moore ( MLA for Aubigny). It wa ...
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Coronation Lamp War Memorial
Coronation Lamp is a heritage-listed war memorial at Morgan Street, Mount Morgan, Queensland, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Arthur Jenks (clerk of works), Arthur Jenks and built from 1902 to 1947. I ...
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Cunnamulla War Memorial Fountain
Cunnamulla War Memorial Fountain is a heritage-listed memorial at John Street, Cunnamulla, Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
It is not known by ...
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Dalby War Memorial and Gates
Dalby War Memorial and Gates is a heritage-listed memorial at Patrick Street, Dalby, Queensland, Dalby, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and built in 1922 by Harry Shill and British firms. It was added to the Queensl ...
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Enoggera Memorial Hall
The Enoggera Memorial Hall, formerly the Enoggera Memorial Hall and School of Arts, is World War I memorial hall at 349 Wardell Street, Enoggera, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It currently houses the historical collection of the Enogg ...
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Esk War Memorial
Esk War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Ipswich Street, Esk, Queensland, Esk, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Brockwell Gill and built in 1920 by Frank Williams & Co. It is also known as Esk Memorial ...
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Eumundi War Memorial Trees
The Eumundi War Memorial Trees is a heritage-listed memorial avenue of trees at Memorial Drive, Eumundi, Queensland, Eumundi, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1917 onwards. It is also known as Trees in Memorial Driv ...
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Evelyn Scrub War Memorial
Evelyn Scrub War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Jonsson Road, Evelyn, Queensland, Evelyn, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 February 2003.
History
The ...
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Finch Hatton War Memorial
Finch Hatton War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Anzac Parade, Finch Hatton, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Melrose & Fenwick and built in 1921 by Melrose & Fenwick. It was added to the Queensland Heritage ...
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First World War Honour Board, Lands Administration Building
The First World War Honour Board is a heritage-listed memorial at the Lands Administration Building, 142 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Alexander Robertson McKellar and built in 1917 ...
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Forest Hill War Memorial
Forest Hill War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Gordon Street, Forest Hill, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland. Australia. It was built in 1921. It is also known as Forest Hill Soldiers Memorial. It was added to the Queensland Heritag ...
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Gair Park
Gair Park is a heritage-listed park and memorial at 181 Annerley Road, Dutton Park, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1936 onwards. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 5 April 2004.
History
Gair Park ...
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Gayndah War Memorial
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Goombungee War Memorial
Goombungee War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Hartwig Street, Goombungee, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1920 by R C Ziegler and Son. The architect was Harry Marks. It was added to the Queensland Heritage R ...
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Goomeri Hall of Memory
Goomeri Hall of Memory is a heritage-listed Community centre, war memorial hall at Boonara Street, Goomeri, Queensland, Goomeri, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Philip Oliver Ellard Hawkes and built in 1926. It was adde ...
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Goomeri War Memorial Clock
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Goondiwindi War Memorial
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Graceville Memorial Park
Graceville Memorial Park is a heritage-listed park at 173 Oxley Road, Graceville, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1904. It is also known as Graceville Recreation Reserve and the Sherwood War Memorial. It was add ...
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Greenmount War Memorial
Greenmount War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Ramsay Street, Greenmount, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was unveiled 11 December 1922. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
The ...
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Gympie Memorial Park
Gympie Memorial Park is a heritage-listed memorial at River Road, Gympie, Queensland, Gympie, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Harry Moore (landscape architect), Harry Moore and Alfred Herbert Foster and built from 1919 ...
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Gympie and Widgee War Memorial Gates
Gympie and Widgee War Memorial Gates is a heritage-listed memorial at Mary Street, Gympie, Queensland, Gympie, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. The gates provide an entranceway on Mary Street (the main street of Gympie) through to the Gymp ...
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Herberton War Memorial
Herberton War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Myers Street, Herberton, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and built by Andrew Lang Petrie and Son in 1922. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 ...
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Howard War Memorial
Howard War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at William Street, Howard, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1921. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
The Howard War Memori ...
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Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial
Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at the North Ipswich Railway Workshops, North Street, North Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Vincent Price and built in 1919. It was added ...
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Isis District War Memorial and Shire Council Chambers
Isis District War Memorial and Shire Council Chambers is a heritage-listed memorial hall and former shire council chambers at 45 Churchill Street, Childers, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Jones and built ...
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Ithaca War Memorial
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Koumala War Memorial
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Linville War Memorial
Linville War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at George Street, Linville, Queensland, Linville, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Tom Cross (photographer), Tom Cross and built in 1921 by his brothers Frank and Jim ...
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Lt Thomas Armstrong Memorial
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Ma Ma Creek War Memorial
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Manly War Memorial
Manly War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at 184 Carlton Terrace, Manly, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1920 to 1921. It is also known as Ferguson Street Reserve, Manly Dam, and Soldiers Memorial Park. It wa ...
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Maroon War Memorial
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Mary Watson's Monument
Mary Watson's Monument is a heritage-listed memorial at Charlotte Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and built by Ernest Greenway in 1886. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 ...
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Miriam Vale War Memorial
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Mitchell War Memorial
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Montville Memorial Precinct
Montville Memorial Precinct is a heritage-listed memorial precinct at Razorback Road and Main Street (Montville-Mapleton Road), Montville, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 Aug ...
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Mowbray Park and East Brisbane War Memorial
Mowbray Park and East Brisbane War Memorial are a heritage-listed park and monument within the park on Lytton Road, East Brisbane, Queensland, East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1904 to 1974. It is also known as East Brisb ...
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Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church
Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic war memorial church at 29 Cintra Road, Bowen Hills, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hall & Prentice and built from 1919 to 1962. It is also k ...
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Oxley War Memorial
Oxley War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at 1218 Oxley Road, Oxley, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1920. It is also known as Oxley Memorial Park and Oxley Place. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 4 July 2006.
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Paroo Shire Honour Board
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Pilot Officer Geoffrey Lloyd Wells Memorial Seat
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Lloyd Wells Memorial Seat is a heritage-listed memorial at 103 Stanley Terrace, Taringa, Queensland, Taringa, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by the Wells Family in honour of their son Pilot Offic ...
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Pimpama & Ormeau War Memorial
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Pinkenba War Memorial
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Queens Gardens, Brisbane
Queens Gardens is a heritage-listed park located on a city block between George Street, Elizabeth Street and William Street in the Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from to 1990s. It is also known as Execu ...
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Queensland Korean War Memorial
The Queensland Korean War Memorial is situated at Cascade Gardens in Broadbeach, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
History
The Korean War commenced in 25 June 1950 and ended with an armistice signed 27 July 1953. It was a war between ...
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Rockhampton War Memorial
Rockhampton War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial in the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens at Penlington Street, The Range, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1924. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Re ...
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Roma War Memorial and Heroes Avenue
War Memorial and Heroes Avenue is a heritage-listed memorial at Bungil Street, Roma, Queensland, Roma, Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1920. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
...
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Sandgate War Memorial Park
Sandgate War Memorial Park is a heritage-listed memorial at 8 Seymour Street, Sandgate, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Gray Prentice and built from 1923 to 1924 by Lowther & Sons. It was added to the Queens ...
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Sarina War Memorial
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Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane
The Shrine of Remembrance is located in ANZAC Square, between Ann Street and Adelaide Street, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. With its 'Eternal Flame', the Shrine is a war memorial dedicated to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ( ...
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Sir William Glasgow Memorial
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Soldiers Memorial Hall, Toowoomba
Soldiers Memorial Hall is a heritage-listed memorial at 149 Herries Street, Toowoomba City, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hodgen & Hodgen (Toowoomba) and built from 1923 to 1959 by Smith Bros (Toowoomba). It was added to the Queen ...
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South African War Memorial, Brisbane
South African War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at ANZAC Square, 228 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was sculpted by James Laurence Watts from 1912 to 1919. It is also known as Boer War ...
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St Andrew's Presbyterian Memorial Church, Innisfail
St Andrew's Presbyterian Memorial Church is a heritage-listed former church at 114 Rankin Street, Innisfail, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Eddie Oribin and built in 1961 by Andrew George Pepper. It is also k ...
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St Monica's War Memorial Cathedral
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Stanthorpe Soldiers Memorial
Stanthorpe Soldiers Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial at Lock Street, Stanthorpe, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Dornbusch & Connolly and built from 1925 to 1926 by N J Thompson & Sons. It is also k ...
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Stanwell, Queensland
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Strathpine Honour Board
Strathpine Honour Board is a heritage-listed memorial at 1347 Anzac Avenue, Kallangur, Queensland, Kallangur, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was crafted in 1921 by Ernest Gunderson. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Registe ...
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Temple of Peace (Toowong Cemetery)
Temple of Peace is a heritage-listed memorial in the Toowong Cemetery at the corner of Frederick Street and Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and built in 1924 by Richard Paul Carl Ramo in memor ...
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Tieri War Memorial
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Tobruk Memorial Baths
The Tobruk Memorial Baths is a heritage-listed complex of outdoor swimming pools on The Strand, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1941 to 1950 by Townsville City Council as a World War II memorial. Th ...
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Toogoolawah War Memorial
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Toowong Memorial Park
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Townsville West State School
Townsville West State School is a heritage-listed former state school at 29 Ingham Road, West End, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1921 to 1939. It is also known as Townsville and District Education Centre and Memo ...
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Traveston Powder Magazine
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Trooper Cobb's Grave
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Victor Denton War Memorial
Victor Denton War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Nobby Cemetery, Nobby, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was made in 1915 by Bruce Brothers. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
T ...
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War Memorial Bridge, Brooweena
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Warwick War Memorial
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Weeping Mother Memorial
Weeping Mother Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Hickey Street, Gatton, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by F. Williams & Co and built in 1922 by the same company. The memorial was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 ...
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Westbrook War Memorial
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Windsor War Memorial Park
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Woody Point Memorial Hall
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World War I Cenotaph, Mackay
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World War I memorials in Queensland
War memorials were erected in many towns of Queensland, Australia, in commemoration of the service and death of many Queenslanders in World War I.
History
Queensland had few civic monuments before the First World War. The memorials erected in ...
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Yeppoon War Memorial
Yeppoon War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial avenue of trees in Normanby Street, James Street and Anzac Parade, Yeppoon, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1921 and 1984. It was added to the Queensland Heritage R ...
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Yeronga Memorial Park
Yeronga Memorial Park is a heritage-listed park at Ipswich Road, Yeronga, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The park has an area of and is one of the oldest in Brisbane, having been established in 1882, and has been a World War I memo ...
Brisbane
ANZAC Square
File:Shrine-of-Remembrance-Anzac-Day.jpg, Shrine of Remembrance
The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly referred to as The Shrine) is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but ...
, ANZAC Square
File:Shrine-of-Remembrance-Anzac-Square Brisbane.jpg, Shrine of Remembrance ANZAC Square façade, showing the lower section which contains the crypt
A crypt (from Latin ''crypta'' "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics.
Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a chur ...
with the World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
Shrine of Memories
File:Boer-War-Memorial-Statue-Amzac-Square-Brisbane.jpg, Second Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...
Memorial
File:World-War-I Memorial-sculptureANZAC-Square Brisbane.jpg, World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
Memorial Sculpture on the external wall of the Shrine of Memories section of the Shrine of Remembrance
File:World War II Memorial (8283297118).jpg, World War II Memorial
File:South West Pacific Campaign Memorial, Brisbane 04.jpg, South West Pacific Campaign Memorial
File:Korea - Malaya - Borneo - 1948 - 1966 Memorial (8282229911).jpg, Korea Malaya Borneo 1948-1966 Memorial
File:Vietnam War Memorial (8283354210).jpg, Vietnam War Memorial
Brisbane CBD
File:RAAF-memorial.jpg, RAAF Memorial
at Queens Gardens
File:RAAF-Memorial-Eagle.jpg, The Eagle on top of
the RAAF Memorial
at Queens Gardens
File:Major-General_Sir-William-Glasgow_Post-Office-Square.JPG, Statue of Major-General
Sir William Glasgow
at Post Office Square
Brisbane suburbs
File:Dutton Park War Memorial, Queensland 02.jpg, Dutton Park War Memorial, Dutton Park
Dutton Park is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dutton Park had a population of 2,024 people.
Geography
Dutton Park is located about south of the Brisbane CBD. It is bounded to the north-east ...
File:World War I Memorial, Hamilton, Queensland 08.jpg, Cameron Rocks War Memorial, Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
File:Anning Monument front.jpg, Anning Monument, Hemmant
File:Inala ISA War Memorial 02.JPG, ISA War Memorial, Inala
File:Indooroopilly War Memorial 02.JPG, Indooroopilly Fallen Sailors and Soldiers Monument, Indooroopilly
Indooroopilly is a riverside suburb 7km west of the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. In the , Indooroopilly had a population of 12,242 people.
Geography
Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane Riv ...
File:Oxley War Memorial 02.jpg, Oxley War Memorial
Oxley War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at 1218 Oxley Road, Oxley, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1920. It is also known as Oxley Memorial Park and Oxley Place. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 4 July 2006.
...
File:Ithaca War Memorial, Peddington, Queensland 04.jpg, Ithaca War Memorial, Paddington
File:Naval Memorial at the South Brisbane Memorial Park, South Brisbane, Queensland.jpg, War Memorial,
South Brisbane
South Brisbane is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , South Brisbane had a population of 7,196 people.
Geography
The suburb is on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, bounded to the north-west, ...
File:War_memorial_at_The_Gap,_Queensland_-_ANZAC_Day_2012.JPG, War Memorial, The Gap The Gap may refer to:
Places Australia
* The Gap, New South Wales, a locality near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
* The Gap, Northern Territory, a suburb of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
* The Gap, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland
...
File:Windsor War Memorial Queensland.gjm.JPG, War Memorial, Windsor
Windsor may refer to:
Places Australia
* Windsor, New South Wales
** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area
* Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland
**Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wi ...
=Monument to non-Australian forces
=
File:Monument-in-Newstead-House-grounds.jpg, Monument to the United States forces for their help in World War II. The monument is in the grounds of Newstead House
Newstead House is Brisbane's oldest surviving residence and is located on the Breakfast Creek, Queensland, Breakfast Creek bank of the Brisbane River, in the northern Brisbane suburb of Newstead, Queensland, Newstead, in Queensland, Australia.T ...
, Newstead
Regional Queensland
Image:Queensland Korean War Memorial.jpg, Queensland Korean War Memorial
The Queensland Korean War Memorial is situated at Cascade Gardens in Broadbeach, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
History
The Korean War commenced in 25 June 1950 and ended with an armistice signed 27 July 1953. It was a war between ...
, Gold Coast Highway, Cascade Gardens, Broadbeach
Broadbeach is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Broadbeach had a population of 5,514 people. Geography
Development in the area today mostly incorporates low rise structures, consisting of single bedroom house ...
, 4218
Image:WW1-Babinda.JPG, Babinda
Babinda is a rural town and locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Babinda had a population of 1,253 people.
Geography
Babinda is located south of Cairns.
The town is noted for its proximity to Queensla ...
Image:WW2-Cairns2.JPG, Cairns
Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
File:Cooroy War Memorial, Cooroy, Queensland, 2020, 02.jpg, Cooroy
Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cooroy had a population of 3,791 people.
Geography
Cooroy is inland from the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa H ...
Image:Eacham_warmemorial.JPG, Eacham
File:Esk War Memorial.jpg, Esk
Image:Gatton War Memorial.JPG, Boer War Memorial, Gatton
File:Goondiwindi - War Memorial Park Monument.jpg, Goondiwindi
Goondiwindi () is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Goondiwindi had a population of 6,355 people.
Geography
Goondiwindi is on the MacInt ...
Image:Innisfail_warmemorial.JPG, Innisfail
Image:ANZAC memorial, Millmerran QLD.jpg, Millmerran
Millmerran , known as Domville between 1 June 1889 and 16 November 1894, is a town and a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Millmerran had a population of 1,563 people.
Geography
The town is on the ...
File:Port Douglas War Memorial, Queensland, 2020, 01.jpg, Port Douglas
Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
File:Memorial, Runaway Bay QLD.jpg, Runaway Bay
File:Southport QLD ANZAC Park 20111107.jpg, Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England.
Southport lies on the Irish ...
(from 2010) - gates and statue
File:Southport QLD ANZAC Park 20111107-statue.jpg, Southport (from 2010) - statue
Image:Southport_QLD_ANZAC_Park_20091125.jpg, Southport (pre 2010)
File:Tiaro War Memorial.JPG, Tiaro
Tiaro is a rural town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Tiaro had a population of 758 people.
Geography
The town is on the Mary River. It is situated on the Bruce Highway south of Mar ...
File:Upper Coomera War Memorial 01.JPG, Upper Coomera
Upper Coomera is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Upper Coomera had a population of 25,276 people.
Geography
Upper Coomera is located on the northern side of the Gold Coast on the western side of the M1 Pa ...
File:Warwick War Memorial, 2019 Anzac Day parade, Warwick 06.jpg, Warwick
Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
South Australia
Tasmania
Tasmania has over 1000 war memorials, including memorial plantings and honour rolls.
Victoria
Western Australia
there are more than 900 "war memorials and related objects" in Western Australia.
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Perth metropolitan
* Axford Park memorial obelisk[
* North Fremantle Fallen Soldiers' Memorial][
* East Fremantle Roll of Honour][
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Kings Park
Kings Park in Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
includes several war memorials.
Image:Kings Park War Memorial.jpg, State War Memorial
* Tobruk War Memorial
* Vietnam War Memorial
* Kings Park has several " honour avenues". These avenues are lined with trees, each tree having been planted in the memory of an individual who died in the war. A plaque in front of the tree identifies each person.
Monument Hill, Fremantle
The Monument Hill Memorial Reserve on High Street
High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It implies that it is the focal point for business, especially shopping. It is also a metonym fo ...
has several memorials.[
Image:Monument hill fremantle.jpg, ]Fremantle War Memorial
The Fremantle War Memorial is a war memorial located on Monument Hill, an 11-acre (4.45-hectare) public reserve and hill in Fremantle, Western Australia. The memorial itself comprises a large obelisk, the Fallen Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial, s ...
or Fallen Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial
* Merchant Navy Memorial
* Royal Australian Navy in Vietnam Memorial
* RAN Corvettes Memorial
* United States Submariners' Memorial
Rockingham
The Rockingham Naval Memorial Park
Rockingham Naval Memorial Park is a List of Australian military memorials, military memorial in the City of Rockingham, Western Australia, dedicated to the Royal Australian Navy. It contains a number of commemorative plaques, a gun turret from ...
, opened in 1996, is dedicated to the Royal Australian Navy and its activities during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The memorial consists of three main parts, a walk way with commemorative plaques, the HMAS Orion
HMAS ''Orion'' (S 61) was an ''Oberon'' class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of six submarines ordered by the RAN during the 1960s, ''Orion'', named after the constellation in a break from ship-naming tradition, was built in S ...
fin and the HMAS Derwent
One ship and one shore base of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS ''Derwent'', after the Derwent River in Tasmania.
* , a naval base in Tasmania, renamed in 1942 to avoid confusion with .
* , a River-class destroyer escort which ent ...
gun turret.
The Rockingham War Memorial, opened in 2005, commemorates Australian servicemen and women from the district who died in service or were killed in action in conflicts involving Australia.
Albany
Albany has several memorials.[
* Albany War Memorial
* ]ANZAC Peace Park
ANZAC Peace Park is a park in Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is located at the foot of the hill where York Street meets Princess Royal Drive.
The park opened in 2010, and it is designated to commemorate the dep ...
* Apex Drive Honour Avenue
* Mustafa Kemal Atatürk statue and Atatürk Entrance
* The Desert Mounted Corps
The Desert Mounted Corps was an army corps of the British Army during the First World War, of three mounted divisions renamed in August 1917 by General Edmund Allenby, from Desert Column. These divisions which served in the Sinai and Palestine ...
Memorial on Mount Clarence
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Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
* RSL Nurses' Memorial Garden
* The Gallipoli Pine, Mount Clarence
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
* The South East Asia memorial in the Princess Royal Fortress
* National Anzac Centre, including the "Still On Patrol" memorial and the Merchant Navy Memorial
Outside of Australia
* Australian Memorial Park – France
* Australian War Memorial, London, Australian War Memorial – United Kingdom
* Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial – France
* V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial – France
* Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial – France
See also
* Military Memorials of National Significance in Australia
* Virtual War Memorial Australia
References
External links
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Queensland War Memorial Register
Australian Bunker & Military Museum
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Lists of monuments and memorials in Australia, Military memorials