Australia and the Vietnam War: 50 years on
The period from the Tet offensive of early 1968 to the Moratorium demonstration of May 1970 was the turning point in the most important battlefield of the Vietnam War—the battle […]
Our Great Hearted Men: The Australian Corps and the 100 Days by Peter Brune – Book Review
There have been several books that have focussed on the final First World War battles of the Australian Corps.
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.
William ‘Billy’ Watson
William Thornton Watson was born on 10 November 1887 at Nelson, New Zealand, son of Tasmanian-born Robert Watson, blacksmith, and his Victorian wife Annie, née Harford.
Defending Australia and its Interests: Continuity and Change.
MHHV Seminar 18 October 2019 ANZAC House Collins St Melbourne.
Collins of the Sydney: a life of Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins by Anthony Macdougall – Book Review
Tony MacDougall has taken on the necessary but difficult task of researching and writing a biography of the first Australian officer to command the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Vice-Admiral John […]
