Royal United Services Institute of Victoria Lunchtime Address
ANZAC House 4, Collins St, MelbourneLand Domain Projects and how they are shaped by the 2020 Force Structure Plan with Major General Andrew Bottrell, CSC and Bar, DCM. Andrew Bottrell graduated from the Royal Military […]
‘Niche Wars – Australia in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001-2014’ Speaker: Professor John Blaxland
OnlineWednesday 5 May 2021 @ 7:00pm to 8:00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) The presentation Professor John Blaxland will examine Australia’s experience of military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq from 2001 […]
Battle of Crete veterans that played AFL with Barbara Cullen
Mezzanine Level Greek Centre 168 Lonsdale street, Melbourne, AustraliaOver 2500 AFL/VFL players served from 1897 until the end of National Service in 1972. Of these men, 22 players from various VFL/AFL football clubs served in Greece and Crete […]
Colonial Wars – Museum At Home Webinar
OnlineAustralia's military history predates Federation. Hear one of our historians speak about colonial Australian military commitments. In this month’s Museum At Home webinar we take a closer look at three […]
Women Work for Victory in World War II – Exhibition – LAST DAYS!
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring St, East Melbourne, AustraliaWomen Work for Victory in World War II tells the story of women on the home front during the Second World War. It is an online exhibition for now, while […]
Below the radar: The secret war in South-East Asia 1942-45 Presented by Kate Reid-Smith
The speed of Imperial Japan's occupation of British Malaya in 1941–42 caught the Allies off-guard and without substantial intelligence assets. The Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB) was formed to mitigate the […]
‘Special Missions in Persia and Russia, 1917-1919: Colonel Earnest Latchford MC MBE’ – Speaker: Mark Latchford
OnlineIn late 1918, thousands of Australian soldiers, exhausted and scarred from the conflict in Europe, began to head home to loved ones down under. However, one ANZAC headed the wrong […]
Semut: Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo – Speaker: Prof Christine Helliwell
OnlineWednesday 8 September 2021 @ 7:00pm to 8:00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) The presentation March 1945. A handful of young Allied operatives are parachuted into the remote jungled heart […]
He “assaulted me at the matrimonial home”: captivity trauma and domestic abuse
OnlineThis webinar explores the psychological, emotional, and moral dimensions of aggression, violence, and coercive behaviour in the post-war lives of former Australian airmen prisoners of war (POWs). It indicates that, […]
The Battle for Shaggy Ridge 19-31 January 1944
OnlineThe Military History Society of NSW presents: An online presentation by Phillip Bradley 11:00AM AEST Saturday 2 October 2021 via Google Meet Philip Bradley’s latest book tells the extraordinary story […]
MHHV AGM 2021
OnlineThe Military History & Heritage Victoria Annual General Meeting will be held online, via Zoom, on 13 October 2021. For AGM Documents, Committee Nomination Forms, Agenda and Zoom meeting link […]
RAAF Point Cook and its History
OnlineThe RAAF base at Point Cook has been the site of many of Australia’s aviation ‘firsts’. It was the birthplace our county’s military aviation in 1914 and the first operational […]