The war display is impressive with many photos, maps, ammunition displays and news articles that cover WW1, WW2 and also Vietnam.
The tablelands became the largest military base in Australia in the early 40’s with soldiers being posted to camps around the area, data suggests that as many as 100,000 soldiers spent time on the tablelands during WW2.
The largest Military hospital in the southern hemisphere was just up the road from the museum at Rocky Creek, the 3000 bed hospital treated over 60,000 patients during the war.