Military History & Heritage Victoria
Military history and heritage is an important part of Australia’s national story. MHHV Inc. aims to encourage interest in Australian and especially Victorian military history and heritage in all of its forms; to develop and engage in activities related to its research, preservation, promotion, education and commemoration. MHHV also aims to promote the interests of its member organisations in the community at large and to promote communication and cooperation within the military history and heritage community.
What’s Coming Up
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09Jul, 2022
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Eureka Arms and Militaria Fair
Ballarat Equestrian Centre, 6 Rose Hill RdJuly 9 @ 9:00 am - July 10 @ 3:00 pm
We’re back bigger and better than ever at an enormous and spacious new venue!
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19Jul, 2022
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RUSIV Lunchtime Speaker – HE Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia
ANZAC House, 4, Collins StJuly 19 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Tuesday 19th July 2022, 1200 for 1230, Anzac House, 4 Collins St
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03Sep, 2022
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2022 DRA Annual Conference – Melbourne
Hyatt Place Melbourne, Essendon Fields, 1 English StreetSeptember 3 @ 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Calling out the ADF Reserves – the need for balance and future sustainability.
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12Nov, 2022
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The Bloody Beachheads: The Battles of Gona, Buna and Sanananda – One Day Conference
East Malvern RSL, Stanley Grose Dr,November 12 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
As the battle for Guadalcanal dragged on the Japanese advance on the Kokoda Track culminated and they were ordered to ‘advance to the rear’.
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Latest News
How Wars End – Virtual Conference
Hosted by Professor Damien Kingsbury & Richard Iron CMG OBE.
Greek Campaign Honoured at Major Military History Conference in Melbourne
The Greek campaign of 1941 recently featured in a major military history conference held in Melbourne.
Call for Papers – Hard Fought: Australia in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1945
Military History & Heritage Victoria Inc. 4th Biennial Two-Day Conference – Hard Fought: Australia in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1945 9-10 April 2022, Waverley RSL, Melbourne.
Latest Articles
Mutineers: Presented by Robert Hadler – Video
Mutineers is a true story of the heroes and villains who sparked the biggest controversy in the annals of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) when they led a mutiny on the battlecruiser, HMAS Australia in 1919.
Video – Eleven Bats: A Story of Combat, Cricket and the SAS – Speaker: Harry Moffitt
Anthony ‘Harry’ Moffitt spent more than twenty years in the SAS. His decades of service and his multiple tours in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan made him one of the regiment’s most experienced and recognised figures.
How Wars End – Virtual Conference
Hosted by Professor Damien Kingsbury & Richard Iron CMG OBE.
