Anzac Day 2023: Services across Top End and Central Australia
Thousands are expected at Dawn Services and parades to pay their respects to Australia’s troops this Anzac Day. Here is a full list of where services will take place.
Northern Territory
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Thousands of Territorians will rise before dawn to attend one of several Anzac Day memorials next week.
Tuesday, April 25 marks the 108th commemoration of Anzac Day.
In 1915, 16,000 Australian and New Zealand troops landed at what is now known as Anzac Cove as part of the campaign to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula.
The campaigned went on for eight months for the allied forces were evacuated at the end of the year.
There were 26,000 casualties among the 60,000 Australians who fought during the campaign.
Anzac Day became a day of remembrance for those troops, and has since been extended to include the Australian and New Zealand people who continue to serve in military operations.
Darwin
6am – Dawn service at the Cenotaph on the Esplanade
9am – Anzac Day march through Knuckey St
Palmerston
6am – Dawn service at Memorial Park
9am – Anzac Day march on the Boulevard
Dundee Beach
6am – Dawn service at the Lodge of Dundee
8.30am – Military flyover at Dundee Beach
Adelaide River
5am – Dawn service at the Adelaide River War Cemetary
7.30am – Gunfire breakfast at the Adelaide River Show Society
Katherine
6am – Dawn service at the Katherine Cenotaph on Railway Tce
9.30am – Anzac Day march down Katherine Tce
Gove
5.45am – Dawn service at the Gove Boat Club
10am – Anzac Day memorial service at the Gove Country Golf Club
Tennant Creek
6am – Dawn service at the Tennant Creek RSL
9.30am – Anzac Day march at the Transit Centre
10am – Anzac Day service at the Tennant Creek RSL
Alice Springs
6am – Dawn service at the Garden Cemetary War Memorial
9.30am Anzac Day march at the Alice Springs Town Council
10am – Anzac Day service on Anzac Oval
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