BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MHHV - ECPv6.2.2.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:MHHV 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:20261010T223933 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:20140401T220000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140402T033000 DTSTAMP:20261010T223933 CREATED:20190302T020626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020626Z UID:8949-1396389600-1396409400@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Fort Queenscliff Museum School Holiday Tours DESCRIPTION:Enjoy the rare opportunity to tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort.\nFort Queenscliff is one of Victoria’s most important heritage sites and one of the largest and best preserved forts in the country. \nEnjoy the rare opportunity to tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort (operating as an Australian Army Base) with over 150 years of Australia’s heritage on display. \nTour times: 1.00pm & 3.00pm Sat\, Sun\, School & Public Holidays \nAdditional tour at 11.00am during September and December/January school holidays. \nGroup tours available any time upon request. \nClick here to Download a free Brochure \nClick Here for more information URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/fort-queenscliff-museum-school-holiday-tours-21/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140403T233000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140404T013000 DTSTAMP:20261010T223933 CREATED:20190302T020717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020717Z UID:9012-1396567800-1396575000@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:A Women's Perspective: The work of women in war DESCRIPTION:The involvement and role of Australian women in wartime is many and varied.\nCome and listen to two Australian women share their story. \nHelen was ten year‚Äôs old when the Second World War was declared and one after the other her four brothers enlisted to serve. Helen was one of the many who sent comfort packs and helped with raising funds for the war effort. \nAt the same time a young twenty year old Avis was learning many new jobs as part of the Australian Women‚Äôs Army Service (AWAS). \nPresenters: Helen Raw & Avis Quarrell \nDate: Tuesday 4 March\, 12.30pm start \nCost: Free of Charge\, gold coin donation welcome URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/a-womens-perspective-the-work-of-women-in-war/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140408T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140508T200000 DTSTAMP:20261010T223933 CREATED:20190302T020758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020758Z UID:9058-1396987200-1399579200@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Centenary of the First World War (1914-19) Travelling Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Through historical photographs and personal stories\, this exhibition will present the chronology of the First World War (1914-18). It will provide you with the opportunity to discover the fascinating stories of the 416\,809 Australian men\, 114\,000 of whom were from Victoria\, who enlisted\, as well as the Australian women who served overseas as nurses. URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/centenary-of-the-first-world-war-1914-19-travelling-exhibition/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140408T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140508T200000 DTSTAMP:20261010T223933 CREATED:20190302T020801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020801Z UID:9060-1396987200-1399579200@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:World War I exhibition ‚Äì focussing on the individual cost of conflict DESCRIPTION:The exhibition\, running from 4 August 2014 until 8 August 2016\, will explore the experience of World War I and its aftermath through the lives of ordinary people. It will focus on the physical and psychological damage caused by the war\, and the long-term impacts the of war on our society. URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/world-war-i-exhibition-ai-focussing-on-the-individual-cost-of-conflict/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140411T220000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140412T000000 DTSTAMP:20261010T223933 CREATED:20190302T020918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020918Z UID:9128-1397253600-1397260800@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association Australia - Monthly Meeting & Lunch DESCRIPTION:The National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association Australia Monthly meetings are held at the Batman Hotel in Spencer Street the first Tuesday of the month (except in December) followed by Lunch.\nWe encourage any Veteran of Malaya\, Malaysia to come along and join us for lunch and hopefully then join the Association. URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/national-malaya-borneo-veterans-association-australia-monthly-meeting-lunch-6/ LOCATION:Victoria END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140413T020000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20140413T040000 DTSTAMP:20261010T223933 CREATED:20190302T020430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190302T020430Z UID:8803-1397354400-1397361600@www.mhhv.org.au SUMMARY:Mark Dapin\, The Nashos' War: Australia's national servicemen and Vietnam DESCRIPTION:Royal United Services Institute Victoria – Book Launch\nMark Dapin\, The Nashos’ War: Australia’s national servicemen and Vietnam \nOn 10 March 1965\, the first nasho’s birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years\, a total of 63740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent to war. \nThe nashos came from all walks of life: plumbers and dentists\, footballers and musicians\, Christians and Jews\, willing and unwilling. Some spent their two years square-bashing in Singleton. Others went to Vietnam to fight ‚Äì and die ‚Äì in Australia’s bloodiest battles\, including the slaughter at Long Tan. \nBut our ideas of national service contain strange contradictions and inaccuracies: that the draft was unpopular but militarily necessary; that the nashos in Vietnam all volunteered to go to war; and that they were met by protesters and demonstrations on their return to Australia\, rather than the huge welcome-home parades reported at the time. \nHere\, Mark Dapin dramatically deconstructs the folklore of Vietnam and national service. Drawing on the accounts of over one hundred and fifty former national servicemen\, The Nashos’ War tells a vastly more personal and nuanced story of national service and Australia’s Vietnam War than that previously heard. Most powerfully\, it records with extraordinary intensity what it was like to be a bank clerk one day\, and fighting for your life in the jungles of Vietnam soon afterwards. \nAll welcome \nParking available at the venue \nDisabled access URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/mark-dapin-the-nashos-war-australias-national-servicemen-and-vietnam/ LOCATION:Camberwell City RSL\, 403 Camberwell Road\, Camberwell\, 3124\, Australia END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR