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Bomb found in Albany Harbour

The Albany Port Authority has called in the army to remove an unexploded bomb from the city's harbour.

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Mornings at the museum

South Coast and Great Southern Mornings from the WA Museum in Albany

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Tales of danger, hardship and adventure in war

Peter Kennedy is a 90-year-old veteran of the Second World War, still fighting fit and keen to share his life story with younger generations.

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Soldier's wallet stirs WWII memories

Kaye Moran is 78 now, but she was just 11 years old and living with her large family at the family pub in Wagin when she got the news that her elder brother Jim had been killed in action during WWII.

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Pingelly veteran marks the fall of Singapore 70th Anniversary

Seventy years ago the island of Singapore, which had been a British fortress, fell to the Japanese. Seventeen hundred Australians were killed defending the island and 15,000 were taken prisoner.

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Grand to humble: war memorials around Australia

For as long as Australians have gone to war, we have built war memorials to recognise service, and remember those who didn't come home. From the 1850s to today, we commemorate those who served.

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Survival against all odds: simple handkerchief a symbol of East Timorese...

A new exhibition at the WA Museum tells the incredible tale of survival and kinship behind a humble pink handkerchief given during the Second World War.

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