By following the instructions below, you can contribute to the Register of War Memorials in New South Wales.
Use the Location Search (at left) to see if the war memorial you have located is already in the Register. If you cannot find a record for the particular memorial, you will need to prepare some content for it to be included.
A war memorial is a commemoration of the dead of war that has been officially dedicated to those people who have served in wars, campaigns, peace keeping missions, and as prisoners of war.
A war memorial may be a statue, obelisk, arch, column, gate, memorial hall, cenotaph, honour roll (including names) and/ or memorial plaque.
You must send at least one photograph of the war memorial with your submission.
This photograph can be a good quality digital image or professionally printed photograph and should show the full view of the memorial. For more details on photographing war memorials, see the Photographing Memorials FAQ and Tips for Photographing War Memorials.
Please note all war memorial submissions must be accompanied by at least one photograph in order to be included in the Register. Low quality printouts of digital photographs are not acceptable.
Download the War Memorials Spreadsheet (Excel) and fill out all applicable
sections of the War Memorials details sheet.
For information on downloading and using the spreadsheet, see Using the spreadsheet.
If this war memorial lists any veterans, use the name entry sheet to record them. Make sure you record all available details accurately.
For an explanation of the various veteran fields in the Name Entry sheet, see Using the spreadsheet.
You can submit the photographs and spreadsheet by email, post or a combination of both.
Send the completed war memorial spreadsheet as an attachment (.xls file) and digital image/s (in JPEG or TIFF format) to: warmemorials@sl.nsw.gov.au
Please note we can not receive email with attachments that are larger than 5MB. If your email and photograph attachments are larger than this, you will have to attach images to separate emails (using the war memorial name as the subject line) or send the photographs by post.
You can send electronic copies of the spreadsheet and digital photographs on a CD-ROM or other storage media or you can post the electronic spreadsheet with professionally printed photographs.
We do prefer to receive an electronic copy of the spreadsheet, however if for some reason you are unable to attach it to an email message or save it to CD-ROM, we will accept printed versions of the spreadsheet. Please be advised however that if we receive only a printed version of the spreadsheet it will take longer to process.
Be sure to include the name of the war memorial on the back of the envelope and indicate in the spreadsheet that the photograph/s will be sent by post.
| Email: | warmemorials@sl.nsw.gov.au |
| Address: |
War Memorial Register State Library of NSW Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 |
| Telephone: | (02) 9273 1554 |
