Military Memorials of National Significance meet a set of ten criteria laid down in the ''Military Memorials of National Significance Act of 2008'' which received assent in the

Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster-style systems of government, the Australian Government i ...

on 12 Jul 2008. All such memorials are on public land within a State or the Northern Territory but outside the

Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. ...

. The Act allowed memorials outside Canberra to be recognised as National Memorials and the first to receive such recognition was the

Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial was dedicated on Friday, 6 February 2004. It is located on the southern approaches to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, on Wendouree Parade and adjacent to Lake Wendouree. Purpose Now recognised nationa ...

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. The Member for Ballarat, Catherine King was instrumental in passing this legislation. there are eight memorials declared as Military Memorials of National Significance: *

, 2008 * HMAS Sydney II, 21 May 2009 *

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 ...

, 4 November 2009 *

ANZAC War Memorial The Anzac Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial, museum and monument located in Hyde Park South near Liverpool Street in the CBD of Sydney, Australia. The Art Deco monument was designed by C. Bruce Dellit, with the exterior adorned wi ...

, 23 April 2013 * Korean War Memorial in Moore Park, Sydney, 23 April 2013 *

Sydney Cenotaph The Sydney Cenotaph is a heritage-listed monument located in Martin Place, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Bertram Mackennal and built from 1927 to 1929 by Dorman Long & Co. It is also known as Martin Place Memorial ...

, 23 April 2013 *

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 ...

, 25 August 2015 * Desert Mounted Corps Memorial, July 2015

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{{Reflist Australian military memorials

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