Related Links

Here is a list of other relevant websites that may be of interest. Use the bookmark links immediately below to jump to the appropriate section.

Related Army websites:

Department of Defence - Australian Army
This site provides an overview of the Australian Army, including information on its current structure and activities. It also provides some details on army history and traditions with links to other sites including unit associations and army museums.

Army History Unit
The Army History Unit is responsible for developing policy and programs for the collection, conservation, interpretation and promotion of Army history. It also manages the Army's museum network. This site includes a section that provides overviews of the various battles in which the Australian Army has been involved in its more than 100 year history and an image library which includes images from throughout the history of the Australian Army to the present day.

Army Museum of South Australia
The Army Museum of South Australia collects, restores, maintains, interprets and displays items of significance to the military history of South Australia. It is part of the Army Museums network managed through the Army History Unit.

Army Museum Bandiana
Located at Gaza Ridge Barracks, South Bandiana, Victoria, this museum is the largest and most diversified military museum in Australia. It houses a number of corps collections focussing on the history of the Army's logistic corps and is part of the Army Museums network managed through the Army History Unit.

Army Museum of New South Wales
Located at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, the museum's display includes a wide range of weapons, uniforms, medals and other items associated with the Army in New South Wales, from the British colonial units which arrived with the First Fleet in 1788 to the current New South Wales Regiments of the Australian Army.

Other useful sources for military history research and war service records:

(See also under Research Enquiries below)

Australian War Memorial
Includes collection databases, nominal rolls, overview of Australian military history, profiles of Australian military units, military encyclopaedia and photos. Also provides family history research information.

National Archives of Australia - Defence Service Records
Provides details of the records held by the National Archives of Australian servicemen and women who served in the Defence forces from the Boer War through to Post-World War Two and how to access these. Army World War One service records are now all available through their on-line RecordSearch service.

World War Two Nominal Roll
This site provides a 'snapshot' of individual service details of all those who served in the Australian forces during World War II, by displaying a range of information on each person, gathered from the detailed service records held by National Archives of Australia. This is an excellent family history and research resource.

Korean War Nominal Roll
The Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War honours and commemorates the men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force in Korea, or in the waters adjacent to Korea, during the conflict and after the ceasefire, between 27 June 1950 and 19 April 1956. This site contains information from the service records of more than 17,000 individuals who served during the Korean War.

Vietnam Nominal Roll
The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans honours and commemorates the men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam, or in the waters adjacent to Vietnam, during the conflict between 23 May 1962 and 29 April 1975. The roll contains information from the Service records of more than 60,000 military members who served during the Vietnam War. You can seek information on these members using the Search function.

Related Museum websites:

CAN - Collections Australia Network
CAN provides online services to professional and volunteer workers involved with public access collecting institutions. Our services are particularly beneficial to small to medium-sized collecting institutions in regional Australia.

Western Australian Museum
The Western Australian Museum was established in 1891 (as the ‘Perth Museum’) and its initial collections were of geological, ethnological and biological specimens. Indeed, it can claim to be one of the oldest scientific institutions in the state. In 1959, its botanical collection was transferred to the new Herbarium and it continued to concentrate on earth sciences and zoology. The 1960s and 1970s saw the addition of responsibility for developing and maintaining the state’s anthropological, archaeological, maritime, social and cultural history collections

The museum has the following branches:
Western Australian Museum–Science and Culture (Perth site; Samson House)
Western Australian Maritime Museum (based at Cliff Street, Fremantle)
Western Australian Museum–Albany
Western Australian Museum–Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Western Australian Museum–Geraldton

Archives and Museum Informatics
Archives & Museum Informatics is a partnership of David Bearman and Jennifer Trant, both respected researchers and theorists in museum informatics specifically, and cultural informatics more broadly. It provides conferences, consulting, publishing and training for cultural heritage professionals

MuseumSpot.com
MuseumSpot.com is a free information resource centre that simplifies the search for the very best and most useful museum information on the Web. Sites featured on MuseumSpot.com are hand-selected and reviewed by our editorial team for their quality, content and utility. From the site, quickly and easily locate museums by city, state, country, name and topic; explore museums by type, search for exhibits by artist, access educational and industry resources, and much more

Museumland.com: Portal to online museums and Cultural Heritage
Museumland.com is a portal to provide visibility to museums, cultural heritage and cultural destinations worldwide.

Museum Computer Network: Museum Sites Online
MCN supports museum information professionals and the greater community by providing opportunities to explore and disseminate new technologies and best practices in the field. With an annual conference, special interest groups, listserv, and project registry, MCN is here to help you seek out and share knowledge about technology trends and issues you face every day.

Virtual Library museums page
A comprehensive directory of on-line museums and museum-related resources

Other places of interest in Fremantle:

Fremantle Focus
The City of Fremantle, the local government authority for Fremantle, provides Fremantle Focus. Fremantle is a special place renowned for its easy yet vibrant lifestyle. The aim of Fremantle Focus is to provides an opportunity to explore the city of culture, including a guide to galleries, museums, arts and more.

The Western Australian Maritime Museum
The Western Australian Museum - Maritime provides exhibitions on shipwrecks discovered off the Western Australian coast and Western Australia's Maritime endeavours. The museum has 3 main sites in Fremantle that bring together Western Australia's Maritime heritage.

Fremantle Arts Centre
The centre runs a cultural program which includes exhibitions of contemporary visual art and craft, creative arts courses and free music concerts on Sunday afternoons, as well as major concerts from Australian and international acts. The centre participates in local arts festivals and hosts the biennial Perth Writer's Festival

The Fremantle Arts Centre is located in an historic landmark building in Fremantle, Western Australia. It was built using convict labour between 1861 and 1868 as a psychiatric hospital, initially called the Fremantle Lunatic Asylum, and later known as the Asylum for the Criminally Insane

Research Enquiries:

As the museum does not have full-time staff, then it can only provide limited assistance to individuals wishing to carry out research. If you are researching army service records of family members or others then you should first try these external sources for guidelines on searching and for access to records:-

Army History Unit - Family History
The Army History Unit website provides a Family History page which includes a useful summary of how and where to search for information relating to army service from the Boer War period (1899-1902) through to post-World War Two conflicts. It provides direct links to many record sources and also advises where you can obtain service records of those who enlisted in the Australian Regular Army from 1948, including those who did not see active service.

Australian War Memorial - Research and Family History
The Family History section of the AWM website provides useful information on researching family history records and links to a number of record sources.

Last updated on: 19/10/09