In the Shadow of War – Australia 1942
In 1942 Australia lay in the shadow of war, a shadow on its very doorstep. The victorious Japanese forces had swept right up to Australian territory and the very lifeline […]
Lieutenant Colonel James Ernest Newland VC
James Ernest Newland was born in the Geelong suburb of Highton, Victoria, on 22nd August 1881, the son of labourer and railway worker William Newland and his wife Louisa Jane […]
Some Facts about Indonesian Confrontation
There seems to be a growing tide of commemoration of the involvement of Australian forces in the conflict which became known as Indonesian Confrontation. This is right and proper, because […]
Choppers: Helicopters and the Vietnam War
Military History and Heritage Victoria Inc.’s one day Conference held on 20 April 2013 – in partnership with MHHV member the National Vietnam Veterans Museum at Phillip Island – brought […]
Perspectives on Eureka
The Eureka Rebellion holds an interesting place in Victorian history depending on who you talk to, or, who happens to be writing about it. For an event that took less […]
The Forgotten Cruiser HMAS Melbourne 1913-1928 (Book review)
Andrew Kilsby and Greg Swinden, Longueville Media, Woollahra, NSW, 2013. On 26 March 1913, HMAS Melbourne, Australia’s first light armoured, ‘Chatham Class’, cruiser, commissioned at Birkenhead on 18 January 1913, […]
Midshipman Cymbeline Alonso Edric Huddart, CSC, RN (1881 – 1899)
Cymbeline Alonso Edric Huddart was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn on 6 January 1881, the youngest child of James and Lois Elizabeth Huddart (nee Ingham). His father was […]
Gellibrand Point Battery, Williamstown – 1854-1860
Independence from New South Wales and the right to separate governance was granted to Victoria in July 1851.
