Australian War Museum
1919 – 1925
Renamed Australian War Memorial in 1925.
National museum of the First World War, holding the records, relics and art collected by the Australian War Records Section and exhibiting them in Melbourne and then Sydney pending a permanent memorial in Canberra.
Names over time
- Australian War Museum1919–1925
- Australian War Memorial1925–present
How it came into existence
Formed in 1919 by Commonwealth decision to take custody of the Australian War Records Section collections, managed by a committee with John Treloar as director; its first public exhibition opened in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, in 1922.
- custody of AIF records, relics and art
How it ended
Constituted as the Australian War Memorial under the Australian War Memorial Act 1925.
Reconstituted under the Australian War Memorial Act 1925.
Main functions
- custody of First World War records and relics
- public exhibition of the war collection
- planning for a national war memorial in Canberra
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Home and Territories.
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Sources
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