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Creswell Oration 2016
Australian Navy Foundation Day, 16th Annual “Creswell Oration”.“The conduct of Current and Future Joint Operations' will be presented by VICE ADMIRAL David Johnston AM RAN. VENUE: William Angliss TAFE Institute Restaurant 550 Little Lonsdale Street, between King & Spencer Sts. DATE: TUESDAY 1st. Mar 2016. TIME: 1200 for 1230 LOCATION: William Angliss Institute Restaurant, 550 Little Lonsdale […]
4 events,
The war on our doorstep Australians in New Guinea 1943-45 – Last days
The war on our doorstep Australians in New Guinea 1943-45 – Last days
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 presence in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea to Papua’s north. From early 1943, Australian troops embarked upon a series of campaigns in the Mandate–at […]
1966 – The year that changed the world
1966 – The year that changed the world
1966 was the year that Australia sent a Task Force to Vietnam, the year the first National Servicemen served in the war, and the year of the battle of Long Tan. Australia felt the heat of the Cold War and the throes of a youth revolution, in the year the first baby boomers came of […]
4 events,
The war on our doorstep Australians in New Guinea 1943-45 – Last days
The war on our doorstep Australians in New Guinea 1943-45 – Last days
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 presence in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea to Papua’s north. From early 1943, Australian troops embarked upon a series of campaigns in the Mandate–at […]
1966 – The year that changed the world
1966 – The year that changed the world
1966 was the year that Australia sent a Task Force to Vietnam, the year the first National Servicemen served in the war, and the year of the battle of Long Tan. Australia felt the heat of the Cold War and the throes of a youth revolution, in the year the first baby boomers came of […]
3 events,
Lunch with Annabelle Brayley
Lunch with Annabelle Brayley
“I have said in the past that I never planned to be a writer, and I didn’t, but Our Vietnam Nurses has convinced me that this is why I ended up one. I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to meet these amazing people and share their stories. They are ordinary Australians who, one […]
3 events,
Lunch with Annabelle Brayley
Lunch with Annabelle Brayley
“I have said in the past that I never planned to be a writer, and I didn’t, but Our Vietnam Nurses has convinced me that this is why I ended up one. I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to meet these amazing people and share their stories. They are ordinary Australians who, one […]