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AI and Family History: Unlocking the Past with Technology
PMI Victorian History Library 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, Victoria, AustraliaJoin Family History Connections for our Annual Seminar, a wonderful day event. Meet our keynote speaker, Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D., who is a professional genealogist specialising in DNA evidence and […]
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New Feller Master: Beyond the Trenches – Australia’s Neglected WW1 Story. Presented by Michael Piggott
Online via ZoomDeep into the shadows of empire acclaimed archivist Michael Piggott AM unearths a crucial yet overlooked story: the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) and its occupation of German […]
Warbirds over Scone
Scone Airport Bunnan Rd, Scone, NSW, AustraliaExperience the biggest display of warbirds and historic aircraft in the Southern Hemisphere – March 28-29, 2026! WARBIRDS AEROBATICS AMUSEMENT RIDES AVIATION MUSEUM SKYDIVING STREET FOOD LOCAL MARKETS DISPLAY CARS […]
HERstory
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaRemembering Australia’s Military Women In HERstory, artist Carla Edwards honours the women who have served in Australia’s military forces, past and present. What began in 2022 as a small portrait project […]
Taste of Combat – The evolution of military food
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaAs the saying goes, “An army marches on its stomach.” Yet the essential contributions of those who cook, research, and serve food to hundreds of hungry troops often go unrecognised. […]
Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow
Wanaka New Zealand Wanaka, New ZealandNew Zealand's Premier Airshow - Easter 2026 In 1988 aviation entrepreneur, the late Sir Tim Wallis, shared his passion for Warbirds and Classic Aircraft with the public by creating an […]
The Australian Railway Companies of the Western Front, 1916-1918
ANZAC Memorial - Hyde Park 126 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaA Public Lecture by Lt-Col David Deasey (retd) Charles Bean mentions Australia’s railway units in perhaps half a dozen places in his Official History of Australians in the Great War […]
BATTLING ON
Victorian Archives Centre 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, AustraliaVAFHO Presents "BATTLING ON" Saturday 11 th April 2026, 1- 4pm Victorian Archives Centre - 99 Shiel St, North Melbourne PROV Reading Room will be open for research l0am- 4:30pm […]
Spartans & ANZACs – 480 BC · 1941 – Exhibition – Opening Day
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaAustralia had its own Thermopylae. We’ve just forgotten it. 15 April 2026 - April 2027 In 480 BC, one of history’s most famous battles was fought in central Greece at […]
The Pipeclay ANZAC Day Luncheon
RACV City Club 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne, AustraliaThe Pipeclay ANZAC Day Luncheon honours the bravery and sacrifice of Australian soldiers who served in the First World War and later conflicts. This year, we reflect on the 1918 […]
Remembering the War – Exhibition – Last Days
National Library of Australia Parkes Place, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaThe Second World War represents the greatest loss of life in an armed conflict that the world has ever seen. On the 80th anniversary of the war ending, explore stories […]
Melbourne – Defence Estate Audit community information sessions
Yarra's Edge Community Space 100 Lorimer Street, Docklands, Victoria, AustraliaVictoria Barracks Melbourne, Carlton Training Depot, Defence Site Maribyrnong, Repatriation Clinic - 310 St Kilda Road, Sandringham Training Depot & St Kilda Training Depot Community information session Defence is holding […]
Queenscliff – Defence Estate Audit community information sessions
Queenscliff RSL Hall 9 King Street, Queenscliff, AustraliaFort Queenscliff&SwanIsland Community information session Defence is holding a community walk-in information session about the divestment. This is an opportunity for the community to speak with Australian Government representatives about […]
HERstory – Last days
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaRemembering Australia’s Military Women In HERstory, artist Carla Edwards honours the women who have served in Australia’s military forces, past and present. What began in 2022 as a small portrait project […]
Annual General Meeting – 58th/32nd Infantry Battalion Association Inc
Keilor East RSL 12-22 Hoffmans Rd, Essendon, Victoria, AustraliaThe Association’s annual general meeting will be held at the Keilor East RSL on Friday 1 May 2026 at 11:00am. All members are welcome. One of the agenda items will […]
The Making of Armoured Military Vehicles in Australia, 1915 to 1945
ANZAC Memorial - Hyde Park 126 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaThis presentation will provide an overview of the manufacturing of armoured vehicles by Australian industry as well as looking at the vehicle types produced by them. Part of the presentation […]
Fort Queenscliff Heritage Association Inc. Annual General Meeting
Queenscliff RSL Hall 9 King Street, Queenscliff, AustraliaNotice of the 2026 Annual General Meeting When: Saturday the 2nd May 2026 Time: 1.30pm for a 2.00 pm start Where: Queenscliff RSL, King Street, Queenscliff Agenda: Attached Nomination forms […]
85th Anniversary of the Battle of Kalamata
Australian Hellenic Memorial Birdwood Avenue & Government House Drive, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe Society of Kalamata ‘23 March’ cordially invite you to the commemoration of the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Kalamata at the Australian Hellenic Memorial, Domain Gardens, Corner Birdwood […]
The Forgotten Mission: SOE Force 133 in Yugoslavia
OnlineNick Ilić shares the story of SOE Force 133 in the Second World War and examines its role in changing the political landscape of Yugoslavia. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) […]
Book Launch – I’ll Walk Beside You by Peter Mitchell
Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A'beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe Royal Historical Society Victoria invites you to the launch of "I'll Walk Beside You!" with author Peter Mitchell, and Professor Joan Beaumont, internationally recognised historian of Australia in the […]
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VIETNAM 30/50 – Thirty Years of War/Fifty Years of Reflection – 1945-2025
Tobruk House 44 Victoria Ave, Albert Park, VIC, AustraliaThe 30 year war in Vietnam, from 1945-1975, was brutal and devastating. It killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of both soldiers and civilians on both sides and destroyed communities […]
RAAHC’s Firepower: The Defence of the Australian Continent (1941-1943) – Brisbane Event
The Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company presents: Save the date. More information to come. Firepower:Lessons from WWII Seminar Series
First to Serve and Sacrifice by Dr Daryl Moran
Caulfield Grammar School 217 Glen Eira Road, St Kilda East, Victoria, AustraliaJoin Dr Moran for an engaging talk exploring the earliest chapters of Caulfield Grammar School's history and the legacy of its first soldiers. ‘Suddenly, the Boer opened fire on us […]
Taste of Combat – The evolution of military food
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaAs the saying goes, “An army marches on its stomach.” Yet the essential contributions of those who cook, research, and serve food to hundreds of hungry troops often go unrecognised. […]
Australia’s Unknown Coastal and Anti-Submarine War of WW2 – A Public Lecture by Dr Tom Lewis OAM
ANZAC Memorial - Hyde Park 126 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, Australian World War II, there were 1,993 enemy attacks around Australia.Scores of submarine and ship fights, and many hundreds of individual enemy air actions, from Darwin to Hobart, from Townsville […]
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I’ll Walk Beside You Love, Loss, the Burma Railway and the Human Spirit - Presented by Peter Mitchell
Online via ZoomA vivid portrait of the most desperate chapter in our nation’s history, I’ll Walk Beside You has been written from never seen before, letters, diaries and oral histories and weaves […]
