Calendar of Events

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 […]

A WW1 Play, "The Girls in Grey" Authors talk and display called¬† "Australian Women at War" is about the Australian nurses in world War OneThe display called the "Australian Women […]

Indigenous Australians have served Australia in all major conflicts from the Boer War to the present. The armed services would provide a first experience of equal opportunity, although sadly not […]

You are invited to call in over this long weekend, view the exhibition & changes, have a drink on us, visit the Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk & collect your commemorative […]

Join Pattie Wright, who from interviews with Ray together with first time access to his diaries and extensive archive, wrote his recently published biography, Ray Parkin‚Äôs Odyssey, as she speaks […]

In 2008 the finding of HMAS Sydney, sunk by the German Raider HSK Kormoran on 19 November 1941, touched the heart of the nation and brought a measure of peace […]

Reflects the debt of honour owed by Australia to the Timorese people. In 1942 two of Australia's first Commando units who trained at Wilsons Promontory fought a guerrilla war against […]

The School Paper was compulsory reading for decades of Victorian state school children. During the First World War, almost all articles either told teachers and children exactly what was expected […]

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 […]

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 […]

A photographic story telling exhibition by Susan Gordon-Brown, based on Vietnam veteran stories associated with the Huey helicopter.¬† The companion exhibition to Behind the Wire, scheduled for the Shrine in […]

An exhibition of 10 content-rich panels from the Texas Tech University‚Äôs Vietnam Center & Archive , which gives the American perspective on a range of fascinating aspects to their helicopter […]

Get up close to the action, equipment, and heritage sites that will bring history to life at the 2013 Military Heritage Weekend. Together with local and regional community groups, individuals […]

The Opening of Stage 2 is to be held at High Street, Seymour on Saturday 9th March 2013 at approx. 1pm. http://www.militaryheritageweekend.com.au/ For more information contact: Mitchell Shire Council, Tourism […]