Military History & Heritage Victoria
Military history and heritage are an important part of Australia’s national story. MHHV aims to encourage interest in Australian military history and heritage in all of its forms; to develop and engage in activities related to its research, preservation, promotion, education and commemoration; promote cooperation within the military history and heritage community and advance the interests of its members in the community at large.
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Game of Dominoes: Australia’s Security and the Cold War 1947-1991
Australia’s involvement in Asia in particular, arising from its part in the ANZUS treaty of 1951 and in SEATO from 1954 was examined – its role in the Malayan Emergency, […]
Defenders of the Queen: Imperial and Colonial Defence 1850 – 1901
In this conference, historians and experts on the era presented on both the strategic and the tactical.
Call for Papers – Game of Dominoes: Australia’s Security and the Cold War 1947-1991
Call for Papers now closed
Latest Articles
Australia’s Tasman Wars Colonial Australia and Conflict in New Zealand, 1800 – 1850 by Craig Wilcox – Book Review
This is a very detailed account of the many incidents of warfare which took place in New Zealand in the first half of the nineteenth century.
How many unexploded WWII bombs lie near Darwin?
A story of an unexploded bomb from World War II always make national headlines, as was the case recently. But how many more are there out there?
Victoria and the Scottish Horse
On Saturday 28 October 1899 over 250,000 Melburnians, over half of the city’s then population, turned out to farewell the 1st Victorian Mounted Regiment and the 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry, […]
