BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//MHHV - ECPv6.2.2.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:MHHV
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MHHV
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE

END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:19700101T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20180109T210000
DTSTAMP:20261002T155330
CREATED:20190302T030409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T030409Z
UID:9567-36000-1515531600@www.mhhv.org.au
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:VIC
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160409T220000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160410T020000
DTSTAMP:20261002T155330
CREATED:20190302T023544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T023544Z
UID:9353-1460239200-1460253600@www.mhhv.org.au
SUMMARY:With Horse & Morse – Australian signallers in Mesopotamia\, Persia & Kurdistan 1918-1919 - Exhibition - Last Days
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition highlights the images of soldier photographer E K Burke\, who served with the 1st Australian Signals Squadron in 1918-1919.Burke was both a signaller and a photographer\, and the exhibition shows images of not only the operations of the signals squadron from training through embarkation to the deserts and mountains of the then Mesopotamia\, Persia and Kurdistan\, but also images of everyday life and places in those regions through his ‘military tourist’ eye.\nThe British and Indian Army offensive to capture Baghdad in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) ended in ignominious defeat at the hands of the Turks in 1916.  But with fresh resolve new forces were assembled which captured Baghdad in March 1917\, supporting the Palestine campaign and keeping pressure on the Turkish armies as they retreated.  With the collapse of the Russian Armies in the region because of the Russian Revolution\, a new mixed Imperial and colonial unit initially called Dunsterforce\, attempted to support and train local militias in Persia (now Iran) to keep the pressure on the Turks and their German allies in the theatre. With the end of the war\, Allied forces remained in place and also moved into northern Kurdistan to keep the peace. Throughout the campaign in Mesopotamia\, Persia and Kurdistan\, an Anzac signals squadron and later an all Australian signal squadron supported the far flung operations in these regions\, providing signals intelligence as well as strategic and tactical communications as they trekked using horses\, mules and Ford motor vans. The last troop of the 1st Australian Signal Squadron did not return home until November 1919\, the last AIF unit to do so. \n \nDr Andrew Kilsby is an independent historian.  He has convened numerous military history conferences and curated exhibitions\, as well as written several military history books\, including The Forgotten Cruiser (with Greg Swinden) and The Riflemen. \nHe was curator for the exhibition With Horse & Morse in Mesopotamia & Kurdistan 1918-1919 at the Highway Gallery\, which highlighted the images of signaller-photographer E K Burke. \nContact Dr Andrew Kilsby on 0408 342 795 for further details. \nWednesday 17th August – Sunday 11th September 2016 between 12 noon and 4 pm. The Gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday each week.
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/with-horse-morse-ai-australian-signallers-in-mesopotamia-persia-kurdistan-1918-1919-exhibition-last-days/
LOCATION:VIC
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR