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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:19700101T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20180109T210000
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SUMMARY:Mud and Blood - WWI play by Meg McNena directed by Alice Bishop - Special Performance
DESCRIPTION:Mud and Blood\, Meg McNena’s compelling 80-minute\, six-actor play\, is about distinguished Australian general\, Harold ‘Pompey’ Elliott\, who led the Essendon Rifles and took most of them to WWI. \n \nThe tenacity of Australian men and women is shown in battle and at home. Timing in 2018 with Anzac and Armistice centenaries adds impact. Set 1914-1921\, it shows how Pompey Elliott and a soldier’s mother deal with his vow to look after ‘his boys’ in war as if they were his own. This vow\, driving the play’s drama\, was made at a farewell to troops a century ago at Essendon Town Hall\, now the Clocktower Centre\, where Mud and Blood will be centre-stage on Fri 31 August. Women’s efforts and struggles are also pivotal . Please share in your networks and newsletter this opportunity to see a story about local heroes by a Moonee Ponds writer. \nA brilliant cast and skilled production team is powerfully directed by Alice Bishop\, who has been nominated for a Green Room Award for best director. Writer and producer\, Meg McNena\, has an Amnesty International Award and others for writing; this is her sixth play staged. Darren Mort\, a lawyer like Pompey\,plays his complex character masterfully. Humour and songs intone the era. \nMud and Blood‚Äôs Melbourne premiere is at the Clocktower Centre\, Moonee Ponds at 12 noon on Friday 31 August with a Q&A and talk by Ross McMullin\, awarded historian\, biographer and author of two books on Pompey Elliott (included in the matinee price) and opening night is 8pm 31 August. \nElliott trained youth in the Essendon Rifles militia; three units of his 7th Battalion came from the Northern suburbs and one from the Western suburbs; they trained at Broadmeadows and went with him to Gallipoli\, Lone Pine\, Fromelles and trenches of The Somme\, where Elliott turned the outcome of WWI in the Allies favour. Pompey inspires as husband\, father\, brother\, friend\, leader\, veteran and senator – the soldier before and after war; the stalwart wife keeps the family going; the cost for Pompey in making this heartfelt but impossible promise and returning to unveil honour boards and memorials. \nWe want to share this significant history of world-changing times for the newly declared nation of Australia and to increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder. \nHere is the vox pop from our successful preview in Charlton\, where Pompey was born. \nClick here for more information
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/mud-and-blood-wwi-play-by-meg-mcnena-directed-by-alice-bishop-special-performance/
LOCATION:Victoria
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140307T003000
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SUMMARY:The Changing Character of War
DESCRIPTION:The Royal United Services Institute of Victoria is pleased to present: Colonel (Rtd) Richard Iron\, CMG\, OBE Visiting Fellow at Oxford University\nEntrance fee: $10.00 \nColonel Richard Iron was originally commissioned in 1975\, with early service in Germany\, Kenya and the Falkland Islands.  He served three years in the Sultan of Oman‚Äôs Armed Forces and several tours in Northern Ireland.  He attended both the British and US Army staff colleges. \nHe subsequently commanded 1st Battalion of the King‚Äôs Own Royal Border Regiment\, a mechanised infantry battalion\, serving in Bosnia and Macedonia/Kosovo. During two years as an instructor at the UK‚Äôs joint staff college he was responsible for development of campaigning concepts. He was subsequently responsible for development of British Army doctrine\, including its capstone Army Doctrine Publication Land Operations.  In this latter post he also deployed to the Coalition Land Component HQ in Kuwait in 2002-03\, where he led a UK/US planning team for the invasion of Iraq.  He was also responsible for the British Army‚Äôs subsequent analysis of the preparation for and execution of that invasion. \nHe has since served as the UK‚Äôs National Liaison Representative to NATO‚Äôs Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk\, Virginia. For six years he led the development of land doctrine in NATO\, including counter-insurgency doctrine. In addition\, he was an expert military witness for the prosecution in the Sierra Leone War Crimes trials\, where he worked with members of various guerrilla groups and gained valuable insight to the internal dynamic of such groups. \nFrom December 2007 to November 2008 he served as the Chief Mentor to the Basra Operations Commander in Iraq\, and commander of the British Advisor Team to the Basra Operations Command. In this appointment he was largely responsible for development and implementation of the Iraqi counter-insurgency plan for Basra\, including Operation Charge of the Knights. He also developed the security plan for the Iraq/Iran border through engagement with the Marsh Arabs. \nHe contributed to and edited the book British Generals in Blair’s Wars (Ashgate\, 2013) and is currently working on a military history of the Sierra Leone War 1991-2002. \nRichard Iron is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Changing Character of War (CCW) Programme at the University of Oxford. \nThe Oxford CCW Programme is devoted to the interdisciplinary study of war and armed conflict. It conducts research on a wide range of issues pertaining to the history of war in the modern period\, and seeks to be ‚Äòpolicy-relevant‚Äô to more recent conflicts through elucidation\, explication and education. In 2013-14\, its research priorities are the changing relationship between war and the state\, war in a connected world\, conventional and unconventional warfare\, civilians in war\, the history of the laws of war and the moral dimensions of war. \nDefence security policy requires you to advise the RUSI Office of your attendance and the name of all your guests\, either by email to martin.holme@defence.gov.au or phone 9282 5918. These names are provided to Security to issue Access Passes. If your name is not on the list\, you will experience a delay in gaining access and thus the lecture. Please remember to bring a photo ID with you.
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/the-changing-character-of-war/
LOCATION:Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140306T230000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140307T010000
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SUMMARY:National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association Australia - Monthly Meeting & Lunch
DESCRIPTION:The National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association Australia Monthly meetings are held at the Batman Hotel in Spencer Street the first Tuesday of the month (except in December) followed by Lunch.\nWe encourage any Veteran of Malaya\, Malaysia to come along and join us for lunch and hopefully then join the Association.
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/national-malaya-borneo-veterans-association-australia-monthly-meeting-lunch/
LOCATION:Victoria
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