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Mud and Blood – WWI play by Meg McNena directed by Alice Bishop – Special Performance
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. The […]
Melbourne Arms & Military Fair
Melbourne Showgrounds Epsom Road, Ascot Vale, AustraliaDate: 7 & 8 JulyVenue: Expo Hall - Building 03 Opening Times: Sat 9:00am - 5:00pm Sun, 9:00am - 3:00pm Tickets: Adults $12, Seniors $10. Available at the door ATM […]
Kokoda, Milne Bay, Beachheads: Australians in Papua, July 1942 – January 1943
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaBetween July 1942 and January 1943, Australia fought three costly campaigns against Japanese forces in Papua, New Guinea: at Kokoda, Milne Bay and the Beachheads. The Kokoda Track, winding through […]
Red Zone Baghdad: My War in Iraq
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaColonel Marcus Fielding will provide a unique and fascinating insight into the significant contribution by the Australian soldiers embedded in¬†various Coalition headquarters. In telling his own story, Fielding provides interesting […]
Australia’s Gifted Lost Generation of World War I
The Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne, AustraliaPresented by Dr Ross McMullin Ross McMullin‚Äôs latest book, Farewell, Dear People: Biographies of Australia‚Äôs Lost Generation, contains extended biographies of ten extraordinary but long forgotten men whose loss was […]
War in the Air. Sir Ross Smith, No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps
AIGS Library 1/41 Railway Road, Blackburn, VIC, AustraliaPresentation by Rob SteinbergVisitor donation appreciated - $3. Includes refreshments (tea/coffee/bisuits). Contact Noel Clark nhclark@ozemail.com.au War in the Air. Sir Ross Smith, No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps ‚Äì Rob […]
Between Fact and Fiction, History and Mythology: the Writing of a Gallipoli Story
Monash University Museum of Art 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East, AustraliaJoin one of the world's leading Gallipoli scholars Bruce Scates for a discussion of his ‚Äòimagined history‚Äô of the Anzac Landing and beyond. This talk will explore the research underpinning […]
Remembrance Day Walk
Brighton General Cemetery 261 North Rd, Caulfield South, AustraliaOn this walk we honour those who served their Country as being part of the Army, Navy and Air Force not only during the First and Second World Wars but […]
The last Lighthorseman
Mt Evelyn RSL 49 Birmingham Rd, Mt Evelyn, AustraliaThe Mt Evelyn RSL is proud to invite you to the launch of the book "The last Lighthorseman" A year and a half after his older brother had been killed […]
By the Seat of their Pants – Australian Airmen and their Machines 1915-1918
The Great War saw the emergence of an Australian Flying Corps (AFC), which by 1918 was making a tangible contribution to Allied air operations in the Middle East and on […]
Creswell Oration
William Angliss TAFE restaurant 550 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, AustraliaVice Admiral P. ¬†Jones AO DSC RAN will present the Creswell Oration for 2013. Rex William, President of Naval Historical Society Vic and an Executive Committee member of the Navy […]
Fear God and Honour the King: HMAS Melbourne (1912-1928) Exhibition at the RHSV
MHHV and its supporter, the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV), will hold a major Exhibition at the RHSV The Exhibition is to commemorate the centenary of the arrival of […]
Fort Queenscliff Museum School Holiday Tours
Enjoy the rare opportunity to tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort. Fort Queenscliff is one of Victoria's most important heritage sites and one of the largest and best preserved […]
The Enemy Within Internment and Prisoner of War Camps in Victoria 1939-47
Learn about the experiences of prisoners of war and civilian internees in Victoria during the Second World War (1939-45) and discover a little known aspect of Australia's history. This exhibition […]
