CANBERRA:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance Ceremony
Saturday August 9th, 2025, at 10-11am. Canberra Rotary Peace Bell. Nara Peace Park.
Hosted by Rotaract Club of Canberra.
Featuring ICAN Australia board member Tara Gutman.

CANBERRA
Hiroshima Day Shared Lunch
Wednesday 6th Auust, 11:30am anberra Rotary Peace Bell. Nara Peace Park.
Hosted by Beyond Uranium Canberra.

SYDNEY:
Hiroshima Day Rally and March
Saturday 2 August at 12pm, Sydney Town Hall
Hosted by the Hiroshima Day Committee
Speakers include Gem Romuld, ICAN Australia Director, Jenny Leong – Greens MP for Newtown, Sara Haddad – Palestinian Writer.
More Information available here

KATOOMBA: 
Blue Mountains Peace Symposium
Saturday August 2, 10am-4pm, Planetary Health Centre, 33-39 Acacia St, Katoomba
Hosted by the Blue Mountains Peace Collective and the Planetary Health Initiative.
10:00AM Adavocating for Peace: Welcome to Country, Talks, Films, Conversations including Dharug man Chris Tobin, Japanese journalist Harumi Hayakawa, Jennifer Scott AM from Rotary, Rowe Morrow OAM, a Screening of Indonesia Calling documentary, and Youth Voices from the local communtiy.12.30PM Community Peace Picnic: The Bearded Ladies Community Choir, Food, Exhibition, Stalls, Badge and Origami crane making.
2.00pm Forum: Ban The Bomb, Sign the Treaty: Panel dicusssion featuring Blour Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill (Mayors for Peace), Susan Templeman MP, Indonesian Ambassador to Australia Siswo Pramono, Robert Tickner AO, and Nick Franklin (MC).
See full program and RSVP here

NEWCASTLE:
Hiroshima Day Choral Evensong
Sunday August 3, 6pm
Christ Church Anglican Cathedral.
Hosted by Christians for Peace Newcastle.

QUEANBEYAN:
Hiroshima Day Service
Wednesday, 06 August 2025 | 09:30 AM to 11:30 AM | Nellie Hamilton Centre forecourt, 257 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan.
Hosted by Queanbeyan-Palarang Regional Council
Please RSVP by Friday 1 August 2025 to events@qprc.nsw.gov.auto help us finalise arrangements.
More details here

SYDNEY
Lights for Peace
Wednesday 6 August, 6pm-8pm, Addison Rd Community Centre, 1 Addison Rd Marrickville.
Hosted by Addi Road & Marrickville Peace Group
More information here

SYDNEY
Peace in Pieces – An Exhibition – Launch
Thursday August 7,  6pm in the Atrium of the Trades Hall, 377 Sussex St (near the corner with Goulburn St)
Even will include light refreshements and speaches from Natasha Watts Vice President of the NSW Teachers Federation, Lux Eterna – artist, plus more TBA.
Hosted by the Hiroshima Day Committee
More informaiton here

SYDNEY – NORTHERN BEACHES
Candlelight Commemoration
Saturday August 9th, Sunset 4:45PM, Oxford Falls Peace Park, Dreadnought Rd, Oxford Falls NSW 2100.
Hosted by Greens Northern Beaches.
Join in remembrance of these tragic events with storytelling, music and pledges for peace. Light supper to follow.

NEWCASTLE:
Nagasaki Day Commemoration
Saturday August 9th, 11am – 2pm, Peace Park at Tighes Hill
Hosted by Hunter Peace Group.
Speakers, BBQ, and Peace Crane installation. Contact: hunterpeacegroup.2016@gmail.com

WOLLONGONG: 
Lantern Parade
Saturday 9th August, early evening
Part of the Wollongong Against War and Nukes (WAWAN) Activist Residency, at the Wollongong Art Gallery
25 July – 12 August
Program of workshops and events. More detail coming. See WAWAN on social media for details.

SYDNEY: 
80 Years of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 89 Seconds to Midnight
August 10th at 4-6pm, The Auditorium at the NSW Teachers Federation, 37 Reservoir St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Hosted by Muslim Collective and Hiroshima Day Committee, ICAN Australia
Panel discussion featuring Dr Ruth Mitchell, Chair of the Board of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), and Dr Vince Scappatura, Sessional Academic in the School of International Studies at Macquarie University.
More details and RSVP here.

SYDNEY:
Pass the Baton: Commemorating 80 Years Since the End of WWII: Testimony of Keiko Ogura
Saturday 16 August 1pm-3pm. The Auditorium at the NSW Teachers Federation, Surrey Hills
Register here

One of the few survivors who shares her story in English, Keiko will recount the moment the bomb hit Hiroshima, its aftermath, and the enduring consequences.A Q&A session will follow.

Reading Performance: The Face of Jizo『父と暮せば』An excerpt from the iconic Japanese play exploring grief and survivor’s guilt in post-war Hiroshima.While portraying the devastation of the atomic bomb and the survivors’ emotional burden, the piece also honours the wishes and voices of those who were lost

A panel exhibition exploring the reality of the atomic bombings, including their effects on health, society, and the lives of survivors.

Screening ofHiroshima Mother’s Prayer: A 30-minute documentary, featuring footage captured immediately after the atomic blast. The film presents a mother’s perspective on the horrors of war and advocates for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the pursuit of world peace.

SYDNEY:
VIP opportunity to meet Keiko Ogura, listen and learn
Sunday 17 August 5pm. Sydney CBD.
Invitation only

Keiko Ogura will recount the moment the bomb hit Hiroshima, its aftermath, and the enduring consequences. This session will bring together parliamentarians, councillors and civil society leaders from across Sydney.

Hosted by ICAN Australia and the Tom Uren Memorial Fund.

SYDNEY:
The Face of Jizo, Seymour Centre
21 August – 6 September – every night
Tickets available here

Theatre production in commemoration of 80 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The story takes place in Hiroshima some three years after the dropping of the atomic bomb on that city on 6 August 1945. Mitsue, a young librarian, arrives home to find her father Takezo there. She has not seen him for three years.

The Face of Jizo centres on a father and daughter in the aftermath of war. Tender, beautiful and seasoned with moments of familial humour, this acclaimed Japanese play made a sold-out season of its Australian premiere at the Old Fitz Theatre in Nov 2023.

“With its laughter and tears,” wrote leading cultural figure Saiichi Maruya, “The Face of Jizo is the greatest play of Japan’s postwar era.”

This is a tale of courage, first love, spirited fathers, and learning to embrace the ghosts of the past.

MPARNTWE / ALICE SPRINGS:

Remembrance Vigil
Wednesday August 6th, 8am-9am. Venue TBC.
Facebook event here.
1945 – 2025: 80 years ago the world entered the Nuclear Age.

Join in with a minute’s silence at 8:14am, paper cranes, readings.

Event being run under the auspices of the and the Alice Springs Peace Action Think Tank (ASPATT) and the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN)

Yami Lester Memorial Lecture – Remembering Maralinga, Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Saturday August 9th, afternoon. Details TBA.

For information about either of these events – contact Jonathan Pilbrow, Convenor Alice Springs Think Tank (ASPATT) E: aspatt2016@gmail.com M: 0403 611 815

BRISBANE
PACIFIC PEACE CONFERENCE:
Online and in person
Saturday 2 August at 9am-5pm, QNMU, 106 Victoria St, West End, Brisbane QLD
Featuring Dr Marianne Hanson (ICAN), Dr Amy McQuire, Senator David Shoebridge.
Details and registration here.

BRISBANE:
EXHIBITION: Hiroshima & Nagasaki Never Again
Monday 4 to Thursday 7 August at 9am-4pm daily, Hanly Room, Francis Rush Centre, 196 Charlotte St, Monday Monday 4 August:
10.30 – 12.00 Workshop for high school students.
1.30 – 3.00 Stories of victims of the nuclear bombing (hibakusha) – including second generation – from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. How the legacy of the bombing resonates in Japan 80 years on.
3.45 – 4.00 Silent vigil for peace/meditation/contemplation

Tuesday 5 August:
10.30 – 12.00 Workshop for high school students.
1.30 – 3.00 Open round-table discussion on peace and a world without nuclear weapons.
3.45 – 4.00 Silent vigil/ contemplation/ meditation for peace.

Wednesday 6 August HIROSHIMA MEMORIAL EVENT: Hiroshima & Nagasaki Never Again
8.45 – 9.50 Livestreaming from Hiroshima of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary, including a minute’s silence at 9.15.
10.00 – 11.30 Onsite commemoration, including a representative of the Japanese Consulate and short reflections on peace-building by local members of the sponsoring organisations.
1.30 – 3.00 Seminar: What does it mean to have a peace clause (Article 9) in a national Constitution, as Japan does?
3.45 – 4.00 Silent vigil/ contemplation/ meditation for peace.

Thursday 7 August
10.30 – 12.00 Workshop/s for high school students.
1.30 – 3.00 Viewing and discussion of a series of short recorded talks by people related to peace and opposition to nuclear weapons, including Dimity Hawkins (Nuclear Truth Program), Karina Lester (International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons), Catholic Church identity from a Hiroshima/Nagasaki Catholic parish.
3.45 – 4.00 Silent vigil/ contemplation/ meditation for peace.

ADELAIDE:
NEVER AGAIN – NO MORE HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI
NO MORE VICTIMS – ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS
August 6th, 8:00AM, Peace Park, Sir Edwin Smith Dve (opposite Memorial Hospital).

We stand together on the 6 August to:

• Honour the more than 210,000 killed, and the many more injured, by the U.S. nuclear attack on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August,1945
• Remember the victims of nuclear testing at Maralinga and Emu Plains in SA
• Call for Australia’s support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
• In support of Adelaide City Council’s adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by the United Nations in 2017, and the call on our national government to ratify it without delay (ICAN Campaign)
• Protest that schools must not be used by the nuclear industry to socialise students to accept warfare as inevitable and that the nuclear industry is always a force for good   
• Remember that toxic nuclear waste destroys our environments.

The danger of nuclear war is ever present and without a powerful grassroots movement dedicated to nuclear abolition, the unthinkable, another Hiroshima or Nagasaki, is possible.

This year’s Hiroshima-Nagasaki Memorial is presented by the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation and the Romero Community in association with the Adelaide Rotary Club, the Medical Association for the Prevention of War SA  and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.

More details here

HOBART:
Vigil
Saturday August 2nd, 11am-12pm. Parliamentary Lawns, Salamanca

Hosted by the Medical Association for Prevention of War, Tasmanian branch.

MELBOURNE:
Morning Vigil
Wednesday August 6th, 8am-9am. St Pauls Catherdral (corner of Swanston St and Flinders St)
RSVP  here.
Silent vigil from 8-9am (8.15 am was the time of the actual bombing on the day) for a time of commemoration.
Hosted by Friends of the Earth Melbourne Nuclear Free Collective, Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and friends.

MELBOURNE
Peace Choir and Procession
Wednesday August 6th, 12pm – 2pm. State Library of Victoria
RSVP to the Peace Chior and Procession here.
Hosted by Friends of the Earth Melbourne Nuclear Free Collective, Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and friends.
12-1 pm: The Peace Choir will be singing in front of the State Library Victoria.
1-1.15 pm: procession to Trades hall
1.15-1.30pm: Group photo in front of the huge ICAN banner at Trades Hall
1.30-2 pm: Tea and snacks at Trades Hall with a speaker from the Japanese community.
More details TBA

MELBOURNE
80th Commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Saturday 16th August, 3.00 – 5.30 pm. Democritus Workers League 583 High Street Northcote, VIC, 3070
Featuring Nic Maclellan, Pacific islands correspondent and author of three books on nuclear testing in the region.
Hosted by Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD), and the Greek Democritus Workers League.

MELBOURNE
Michael Kirby Oration: Human rights, justice and turning back the Doomsday Clock: Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Wednesday 24 September 2025, VU City Tower, Ground Floor Foyer 370 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Refreshments: 5:00pm – 5:30pm
Oration: 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Hosted by the Victoria University Law School and the the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre.
More details here and TBA.

PERTH
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Vigil
Friday 8th August, 5pm, Corner of Hay and William Street, Perth.
Hosted by Nuclear Free WA, Socialist Alliance, Communinist Party of Australia, Stop AUKUS WA, Medical Associaiton for the Prevention of War, The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, and the Greens.

ALBANY
Great Southern Gathering for Peace
Sat, 9 Aug, 12:30pm – 1:30pm, Albany Town Square, Albany WA.
This will be a family-friendly peaceful event, with guest Speakers and Children’s Activities.
More information here

MARGARET RIVER
Gathering: Active hope for a more peaceful world
Sunday 10 August at 1-5:30pm, Fair Harvest: 426 Carters Rd, Margaret River
Short talks on nuclear bombs and testing, current global events, with Q&A and discussion, afternoon tea and singing with Anu Grace.
Hosted by Medical Association for Prevention of War WA and Transition Margaret River.

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PERTH:

Never Again: The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition
Holmes à Court Gallery

Start Date: 10 May, 2025
End Date: 21 June, 2025

This exhibition commemorates 80 years since the dropping of the atomic bomb on populated human cities. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the first cities in human history to experience the atomic bombing. In an instant, the cities were completely devastated and many lives were lost. The spirits and bodies of those who barely survived were wounded deeply, and the pain continues today, more than three quarters of a century later. Based on this tragic experience, we continue to appeal our wish to the world that such an event may never again occur on this planet.

More information here