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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26Jan, 2020
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Australia Day Salute
The Shrine of Remembrance, Birdwood AvenueJanuary 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Artillery Salute on the Forecourt.
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29Jan, 2020
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The Korean War 1950 – 53 – Exhibition
The Shrine of Remembrance, Birdwood AvenueJanuary 29 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Over 18,000 Australians fought in the Korean War (1950–53) a conflict which claimed three million lives, including those of 339 Australians.
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13Feb, 2020
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Heavy and Continuous Sacrifice’: New Zealand, its Allies and the Second World War – Conference
Massey University, Wallace StreetFebruary 13 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The war on which we are entering may be a long one, demanding from us heavy and continuous sacrifice.” – Prime Minister Michael Savage, 6 September 1939.
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18Feb, 2020
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Michael Veitch – ‘TURNING POINT: the battle for Milne Bay 1942’ – TUESDAY 18 February
Royal historical Society of Victoria, 239 A'Beckett StreetFebruary 18 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Michael Veitch, actor, presenter and critically acclaimed author, brings to life the incredible exploits and tragic sacrifices of the Australian heroes in the epic story of the Milne Bay campaign of 1942 – which saw Japanese land forces suffer their first defeat of the war – and has properly been called the RAAF’s forgotten finest […]
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The Memorial for Lieutenant Colonel Charles Umphelby
Lt Colonel Charles Umphelby died of wounds received in action at Driefontein on 12 March 1900.
Les Knight Australia’s Dambuster
Les Knight, a young man from Camberwell, Victoria was like many who joined to serve his country during the Second World War.
Aftermath: Australia after the Great War. MHHV Conference 6 April 2019
The conference of around 45 attendees was opened by convenor Lieutenant Colonel Michael Buckridge followed by the welcome by Major General Jim Barry.
Latest Articles
Codebreaking in Melbourne and Geelong during World War One
For several years the Monash Museum of Computing History has held walking tours of significant sites re the history of computing in central Melbourne.
ANZAC Sniper by Roland Perry – Book Review
This is an intriguing biography of a most unassuming, competent and compassionate self-made man whose contributions have lived on as a heritage for which Australians can be most grateful.
Mapmakers of Fortuna: a history of the Army Survey Regiment by Valerie Lovejoy – Book Review
This book is a history of the Army Survey Regiment from its creation in 1932 as the Drafting Sub-Section of the Australian Survey Corps until the Regiment’s closure in 1996.
