Rediscover the legacy of the Anzacs

From Darwin to Canberra and Phillip Island south of Melbourne, Australia has plenty of places to immerse in our military history.

Troops inspect the remains of a bombed building following a raid on Darwin in February 1942. State Library of the Northern Territory

Fiona CarruthersTravel editor

Apr 20, 2021 – 10.51am

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Be it a trip to the Top End to view relics of Darwin’s bombing, a sombre viewing of the moving collections held by the Australian War Memorial or a whirl around the Vietnam Veterans Museum on Phillip Island, there’s plenty of military tourism to be had at home.

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Fiona CarruthersTravel editorFiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller.