Wominjeka! Yumalundi!*
We pay respect to First Nations people and to their Elders past, present and emerging. This website was developed in Kamberri (Ngambri and Ngunnawal people) and Naarm (Kulin Nation) on land that always was and always will be Aboriginal and has never been ceded. The website contains information and images (including images of people who have died) that may cause distress to First Nations people.
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Honest History website: more than eleven years on and we have wound back a bit; but, for the Australian War Memorial and the Australian Frontier Wars, see our sister site, defendingcountry.au
‘The Australian War Memorial must properly recognise and commemorate the Australian Frontier Wars as an essential part of Truth-telling and as a first step to reframing Australian national commemoration.’
Action Plan for Frontier Wars recognition, commemoration
The Big Build at the Australian War Memorial: total $548m (and counting)
Wings over Campbell. This recent photo (6 June 2025, from our resident snapper) from down Anzac Parade to the south of the Memorial, shows the roof of the new Glazed Link protruding on either side of the iconic dome. This new view will startle visitors to Canberra and even people who live there. (Another view: the video at mark 1.42.) More commentary and pictures.
Looking back
Top recent posts
Honest History Book
AWM Alt Guide
Highlights & Archives
Australia 1916-18
Centenary Watch
Australia is more than Anzac – and always has been
* Wominjeka means ‘welcome’ or ‘come with purpose’ in the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Yumalundi means ‘Hello’ in the Ngunnawal language of the Canberra traditional owners.
[Broken links on this site: Broken links are inevitable in a more than ten-year old site, due to other sites’ redesigns and deletions and to effluxion of time. Please notify us at admin@honesthistory.net.au of any broken links encountered.]