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 […]
Story Telling and Victorian Collections
Victorian Collections is a free, online cataloguing system especially created for small museums in Victoria. This workshop offers a full day of training, beginning with basic collection management. By the […]
The war on our doorstep Australians in New Guinea 1943-45
Australian success in Papua between July 1942 and January 1943 checked the Japanese southward advance but the victories at Kokoda, Milne Bay and the Beachheads did not remove the Japanese […]
World War One: A history in 100 stories
Join us for the launch of a significant social history book, and a lecture by Professor Jay Winter. This Remembrance Day, World War One: A history in 100 stories, written […]
Invasion: the Gallipoli campaign through Turkish eyes – Book Launch
Book launch - Invasion: the Gallipoli campaign through Turkish eyesDr John Basarin OAM and Mrs Hatice Basarin Authors Wednesday 11 November 6pm for 6.20pm - 7.30pm Dyason House
The war on our doorstep Australians in New Guinea 1943-45
Australian success in Papua between July 1942 and January 1943 checked the Japanese southward advance but the victories at Kokoda, Milne Bay and the Beachheads did not remove the Japanese […]
The Art of Survival: Drawings by Fred Ransome Smith, POW
Fred Ransome Smith, imprisoned by the Japanese during the Second World War, used art to document his captivity. Decades later he returned to this art to release and share wartime […]
Fort Queenscliff Museum School Holiday Tours
Fort Queenscliff Museum King Street, Queenscliff, AustraliaEnjoy 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 […]
Fort Queenscliff Museum School Holiday Tours
Fort Queenscliff Museum King Street, Queenscliff, AustraliaEnjoy 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 […]
Trees to Remember Them By: WWI Avenues of Honour in the Chisholm Electorate.
Monash Federation Centre 3 Atherton Road Oakleigh 3166, AustraliaIn this photographic exhibition of remembrance at the Monash Federation Centre (produced by MHHV member Dr Andrew Kilsby/Cooee History & Heritage), World War One Avenues of Honour in the modern […]
This Intimate War: Gallipoli/Çanakkale 1915
This Intimate War :Gallipoli/√áanakkale 1915 is a book of poems reflecting the experiences of both Australians and Turks during the Gallipoli/ √áanakkale campaigns. ¬† Join author Dr Robyn Rowland as […]
RSL Workshop: Exhibition Planning and Practical Skills
This workshop is for RSL staff and volunteers who work with military memorabilia collections.¬†Learn how to plan, theme and design effective and interesting exhibitions. We will cover new ways of […]