Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be joined by thousands of people at Anzac Day ceremonies at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Anzac Day is a significant day for all Australians as we remember the ideals of courage, mateship, and sacrifice embodied by our service men and women, past and present.

A record crowd of 35,000 people attended the Anzac Day Dawn Service and a further 17,000 attended the National Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial last year.

This year Anzac Day commemorates the 99th anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Commemorations will begin at 9pm on 24 April with images of Australian servicemen and women, drawn from the Memorial's rich photographic collection, projected onto the Memorial building. 

As people arrive at the Memorial on 25 April ahead of the service they will be greeted with excerpts read from letters and diaries of Australians from 4.30am. From 5.15am all will be quiet before the Dawn Service commences in darkness at 5.30am. Following the service the Memorial's Commemorative area will be open to the public until 8am giving visitors the opportunity to lay a poppy on the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commemorative Ceremony will be held after the Dawn Service at the Aboriginal Memorial plaque on the side of Mount Ainslie.

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend the Anzac Day National Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial from 10.15am, which will include a march by Australian veterans of wars and peacekeeping deployments. The march will be led by the four living Australian Victoria Cross recipients: Mr Keith Payne VC OAM (Ret'd), Corporal Mark Donaldson VC, Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, and Corporal Daniel Keighran VC. The march will conclude with a fly-past of RAAF aircraft.

After the National Ceremony, families often take a moment to place red poppies beside the names of relatives on the Memorial's Roll of Honour. This year they can also discover treasures from the Memorial's archives in the ANZAC Voices exhibition. From the compelling pages of soldiers' letters and diaries come personal stories that reveal the realities of war for the Anzacs.

Following Anzac Day commemorations, discover more about the Australian story in the capital's national attractions. Visit the National Gallery of Australia, home to more than 165,000 works including Australia's largest collection of Indigenous Australian artwork; celebrate the spirit of democracy at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House through collections, events, exhibitions and special programs; or discover Australia in film at the National Film and Sound Archive.

Explore the National Museum of Australia, a social history museum with a focus on Indigenous histories and cultures, and histories of European settlement. Come face to face with the famous, the infamous and the sometimes forgotten icons of Australian history at the National Portrait Gallery. Visit Parliament House to see national treasures and one of Australia's best art collections, including works by the likes of Arthur Boyd, Michael Nelson Jagamara and Sidney Nolan.

For more information on Anzac Day at the Australian War Memorial, visit www.awm.gov.au

For more information about what's on in Canberra this autumn and to book accommodation, go to www.visitcanberra.com.au or download a free iPad edition of the Canberra Region Visitor Guide from the App Store.