BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MHHV - ECPv6.2.2.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MHHV REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:19700101T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20180109T210000 DTSTAMP:20261011T102713 CREATED:20190302T030409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T030409Z UID:9567-36000-1515531600@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Mud and Blood - WWI play by Meg McNena directed by Alice Bishop - Special Performance DESCRIPTION: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. \n \nThe tenacity of Australian men and women is shown in battle and at home. Timing in 2018 with Anzac and Armistice centenaries adds impact. Set 1914-1921\, it shows how Pompey Elliott and a soldier’s mother deal with his vow to look after ‘his boys’ in war as if they were his own. This vow\, driving the play’s drama\, was made at a farewell to troops a century ago at Essendon Town Hall\, now the Clocktower Centre\, where Mud and Blood will be centre-stage on Fri 31 August. Women’s efforts and struggles are also pivotal . Please share in your networks and newsletter this opportunity to see a story about local heroes by a Moonee Ponds writer. \nA brilliant cast and skilled production team is powerfully directed by Alice Bishop\, who has been nominated for a Green Room Award for best director. Writer and producer\, Meg McNena\, has an Amnesty International Award and others for writing; this is her sixth play staged. Darren Mort\, a lawyer like Pompey\,plays his complex character masterfully. Humour and songs intone the era. \nMud and Blood‚Äôs Melbourne premiere is at the Clocktower Centre\, Moonee Ponds at 12 noon on Friday 31 August with a Q&A and talk by Ross McMullin\, awarded historian\, biographer and author of two books on Pompey Elliott (included in the matinee price) and opening night is 8pm 31 August. \nElliott trained youth in the Essendon Rifles militia; three units of his 7th Battalion came from the Northern suburbs and one from the Western suburbs; they trained at Broadmeadows and went with him to Gallipoli\, Lone Pine\, Fromelles and trenches of The Somme\, where Elliott turned the outcome of WWI in the Allies favour. Pompey inspires as husband\, father\, brother\, friend\, leader\, veteran and senator – the soldier before and after war; the stalwart wife keeps the family going; the cost for Pompey in making this heartfelt but impossible promise and returning to unveil honour boards and memorials. \nWe want to share this significant history of world-changing times for the newly declared nation of Australia and to increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder. \nHere is the vox pop from our successful preview in Charlton\, where Pompey was born. \nClick here for more information URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/mud-and-blood-wwi-play-by-meg-mcnena-directed-by-alice-bishop-special-performance/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131003T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131004T020000 DTSTAMP:20261011T102713 CREATED:20190302T020547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020547Z UID:8911-1380830400-1380852000@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Debt of Honour Photographic Exhibition - Bruce Butler - Last Week DESCRIPTION: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 Japanese in former Portuguese East Timor. The Commandos only survived through the support of the Timorese people who provided food and shelter\, warned of approaching danger and assisted with escapes after ambushes.\nAs a member of the Friends of East Timor group\, Bruce Butler has created this exhibition to show the Australian people the debt owed to both Australian soldiers and the East Timorese people whos supported them during world War II \nStockyard gallery \nwww.stockyardgallery.org.au URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/debt-of-honour-photographic-exhibition-bruce-butler-last-week/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131004T230000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131005T000000 DTSTAMP:20261011T102713 CREATED:20190302T020636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020636Z UID:8960-1380927600-1380931200@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Commemorating World War II at Museum Victoria: Stories From the Collections DESCRIPTION:Presented by Deborah Tout-Smith\, Liz Bramley & Nina Buchan\, Museum VictoriaNext year marks the centenary of the outbreak of World War I\, an event that profoundly influenced the development of our national identity and impacted on the lives of everyone living in Australia at the time. As part of a range of programs and activities to mark the centenary\, Museum Victoria is planning an exhibition at Melbourne Museum that will provide unique insights into the experience of war and the cost of the conflict on soldiers\, their families and the community. Drawing primarily on the Museum‚Äôs collection of World War I memorabilia\, the exhibition will focus on injury\, mourning and the remarkable fortitude shown by so many Australians during the war and over following decades.\nIn preparation for the centenary\, a curatorial research project has been underway since 2007 to document the Museum‚Äôs significant military history collections and make them more widely available through Collections Online. Deborah Tout-Smith and two of her volunteer researchers will talk about some of the unique stories and previously unknown images and first-hand accounts that have been discovered. Several stories will be profiled: Corporal S.W. Siddeley\, Australian Army Medical Corps; Captain Edward Albert McKenna\, 7th Battalion; Driver Cyril Rose\, 1st Australian Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company; and Corporal Alan Horner\, 6th Battalion. \nDeborah Tout-Smith is Senior Curator\, Home & Community Life\, at Museum Victoria\, and is jointly responsible for military history collections with Dr Charlotte Smith. She is lead curator for Museum Victoria‚Äôs new exhibition on World War I\, opening in 2014. \nLiz Bramley and Nina Buchan are alumni of Deakin University‚Äôs Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies and are voluntary curators at Museum Victoria. Liz is also extending her collection management experience\, while Nina is preparing to undertake a Masters of Cultural Heritage at Deakin University. \n \nFree entry. Please book to reserve a seat \nFor email bookings reply to: rsvphumanities@museum.vic.gov.au \nFor phone bookings\, inquiries or other information contact: \nMatthew Churchward\, Senior Curator\, Humanities Department \nPhone: 8341 7253 or 0407 096 586 \n ‚ÄòIcecream in the Desert‚Äô\, Egypt\, circa 1915 Source: Captain Edward Albert McKenna Album\, Museum Victoria URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/commemorating-world-war-ii-at-museum-victoria-stories-from-the-collections/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131005T060000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131005T080000 DTSTAMP:20261011T102713 CREATED:20190302T020600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020600Z UID:8928-1380952800-1380960000@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:The Girls in Grey DESCRIPTION:The Shift Theatre presents The Girls in Grey by Carolyn Bock and Helen Hopkins\nThe Girls in Grey is a powerful play for all Australians\, young and old\, that brings to dramatic life the story of Australian Army Nurses during the Great War. Elsie Grace and Alice leave our shores in 1914 determined to prove their worth and find adventure.¬† Spanning Egypt\, Lemnos Island and the Western Front\, they experience a time in our history that irrevocably changes the world. ¬†Commended by historians for its authenticity\, this inspirational play brings the voices of the nurses into the world of theatre and sweeps the audience into a vivid and candid retelling of life on active¬†service. \n \nThe Shift Theatre proudly bring you their new work ‚Äì The Girls in Grey. \nWith the centenary of The Great War on our doorstep\, this powerful story commemorates the service of the nurses who served during World War I. \nIn a story developed from eyewitness accounts\, The Girls in Grey brings the voices of three Australian Army Nurses to life in a vivid and candid retelling of life on active service. Leaving our shores in 1914\, Elsie Grace and Alice set out to prove their worth and find adventure. Spanning Egypt\, \nLemnos Island and then the Western Front\, their courage\, endurance and love rally against the tragedy of a war that irrevocably changes the world. \nAcclaimed by historians and featuring a fine ensemble cast\, The Girls in Grey is an important and accessible new play that reaches across the generations uniting young and old in a compelling fusion of theatre and history. \nThe Girls in Grey was shortlisted for the National Play Festival and on the 2012 VCE Drama curriculum. \nBookings: 5143 3200 or www.ebbwec.com.au \n \nSometimes it gets like that \nLike thousands of them \nCalling you at once \nOf course you do your best \nWorst are first \nAnd sometimes everything goes quiet \nAnd we all listen \nAnd we wait \nFor that drone \nThat whistling \nAnd then the thud \nAnd you wonder where it fell \nAnd who it got URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/the-girls-in-grey-3/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131006T050000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131006T060000 DTSTAMP:20261011T102713 CREATED:20190302T020639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020639Z UID:8966-1381035600-1381039200@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Requiem DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Reportage\, festival of documentary photography.\nBetween the height of the French Indochina War in the fifties and the fall of Phnom Penh and Saigon in 1975\, 135 photographers from all sides of the conflict are recorded as missing or having been killed. This exhibition is a memorial to those men and women. Tim Page\, renowned photographer who produced many of the iconic images taken during the Vietnam War\, has gathered thousands of pictures taken by those who were killed or went missing. The Requiem exhibition is a selection of those photos. \nCaptured by both Cambodian and foreign photographers\, Requiem documents Cambodia in its last death throws\, before the country fell to the Khmer Rouge on April 17th 1975. Once in power\, the Khmer Rouge had no need for publicity\, no call for the media who they targeted indiscriminately. Most were ambushed summarily\, executed or marched into captivity. Requiem is a collection of their photos\, the photos they sacrificed their lives to take. \nOPENING HOURS: 12pm‚Äì6:30pm weekdays\, 1pm‚Äì7pm weekends \nRequiem \nFri 10 May – Sun 19 May \nYarra Gallery\, Federation Square\, Ground Level Yarra Building \nOPENING: Friday 10 May\, 6pm‚Äì7pm\nEXHIBITION: Friday 10 May‚ÄìSunday 19 May\nviewing & floor talk with curator Tim Page: Sun 19 May\, 4pm URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/requiem/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131008T043000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131008T063000 DTSTAMP:20261011T102713 CREATED:20190302T020646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020646Z UID:8974-1381206600-1381213800@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:RACV's Wartime Contribution: WWI & WW2 DESCRIPTION:This illustrated talk will reveal some moving tales of the active involvement of the RACV in supporting the Australian military. Beginning in 1908 with the initiative of Automobile Club of Victoria Foundation Member\, Colonel Harley Tarrant\, the RACV‚Äôs involvement has included novel fundraising motor gymkhanas\, the promotion of alternative fuels during petrol rationing and since the 1920s\, valued contributions to ANZAC Day. Cost: Free\, gold coin donation welcome Wednesday 29 May – 5.30pm arrival for 6pm start. Light refreshments served between 5.30pm and 6pm. Talks begin promptly at 6pm. URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/racvs-wartime-contribution-wwi-ww2/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131008T210000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131009T030000 DTSTAMP:20261011T102713 CREATED:20190302T020713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020713Z UID:9005-1381266000-1381287600@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Great War Centenary Awareness Day DESCRIPTION:This event is planned to increase community awareness and focus attention on preparations for centenary commemorations 2014-18\, with particular attention on the centenary of the Bacchus Marsh Avenue of Honour. Contributors will include The Great War Centenary Committee\, the RSL\, the National Trust\, Historical Societies\, Monash University\, and local primary and secondary schools. Audio-visual and other presentations are planned\, along with school artwork and displays. \nThe Venue Is The RSL Hall\, Main Street Bacchus Marsh\, On Saturday August 10\, 10am-4pm. \nWe are actively looking for volunteers to assist with this event\, if you are interested please let us know. \n \n\n /* Style Definitions */\n table.MsoNormalTable\n {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;\n mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n mso-style-noshow:yes;\n mso-style-priority:99;\n mso-style-parent:””;\n mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\n mso-para-margin-top:0cm;\n mso-para-margin-right:0cm;\n mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;\n mso-para-margin-left:0cm;\n line-height:115%;\n mso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n font-size:11.0pt;\n font-family:”Calibri”\,”sans-serif”;\n mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} \nContact \nKatrina Bradfield 0412 114263 \nDamien Strangio 0417 339 795 URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/great-war-centenary-awareness-day/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131011T043000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20131011T063000 DTSTAMP:20261011T102713 CREATED:20190302T020706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020706Z UID:8995-1381465800-1381473000@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Writing on Anzac DESCRIPTION:In 2003\, David Cameron conducted an early archaeological survey of the 1915 Anzac Gallipoli battlefields. Exploring the histories of the battles and the individuals involved\, David is currently writing his seventh and final book on Anzac 1915. In this talk he will focus on his approach to writing military histories\, as well as discussing his understanding of the Gallipoli campaign\, which he considers was a doomed enterprise from its very inception.\nPresenter: David Cameron. \nCost: Free\, gold coin donation welcome. \nThursday 10 October – 5.30pm arrival for 6pm start. \nLight refreshments served between 5.30pm and 6pm. Talks begin promptly at 6pm. URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/writing-on-anzac/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR