Australians at War 1901-2000
1974–1989
1 January 1975
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- Remembering at Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood, Sydney. [Department of Veterans’ Affairs photograph]
Establishment of the Office of Australian War Graves. The Office took over the duties of the Anzac Agency.
1 January 1976
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- An Australian United Nations military observer in the Middle East. [Department of Defence photograph]
The Repatriation Department became the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
1976 - 1979
RAAF personnel joined UN Emergency Force II (UNEF II) in the Sinai to monitor cease - fire between Israel and Egypt.
[For the purposes of this timeline, the first day of 1976 has been chosen as an indicative date only].
1 January 1979
1979 - 1980
An Australian Army contingent joined a British Commonwealth force to monitor the cease-fire in Rhodesia (now Republic of Zimbabwe).
[For the purposes of this timeline, the first day of 1979 has been chosen as an indicative date only].
1 January 1982
1982 - 1986, 1993 - Present
An Australian contingent, mainly from the RAAF, joined the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) to monitor the Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai.
[For the purposes of this timeline, the first day of 1982 has been chosen as an indicative date only].
13 April 1983
Dedication of the Rats of Tobruk Memorial on Anzac Parade by the Governor-General, the Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen. The memorial commemorates all those Australians and Allied servicemen who fought and died during the Siege of Tobruk in 1941.
25 April 1985
Seventy five years after Gallipoli, the Turkish government agreed to recognise the name 'Anzac Cove' for the place on the Gallipoli Peninsula where the first Australian and New Zealand troops landed on 25 April 1915.
The Australian Government established the Kemal Ataturk Memorial Garden on Anzac Parade.
3 March 1986
Dedication of the National Naval Memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to mark the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Navy.
1 January 1988
1988 - 1990
Australian military observers joined UN group monitoring Iran/Iraq truce (UNIIMOG).
[For the purposes of this timeline, the first day of 1988 has been chosen as an indicative date only].
21 May 1988
Dedication of the Australian-Hellenic Memorial on Anzac Parade by the Prime Minister, the Hon Bob Hawke, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece, Mr Yannis Haralambopoulos.
1 January 1989
1989 - 1993
Australian Army Field Engineers team assisted a UN mine clearance team training Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
1989 - 1990
Australians joined the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) overseeing Namibia's transition to independence from South Africa.
[For the purposes of this timeline, he first day of 1989 has been chosen as an indicative date only].
1 November 1989
Unveiling of the National Army Memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra, by the Governor-General, the Hon Bill Hayden.