Australia’s Worst 24 Hours: The Centenary of Fromelles with Dr Ross McMullin
The Battle of Fromelles is the worst 24 hours in Australian history claimed historian Dr Ross McMullin.
Memoirs of an Anzac by John Charles Barrie – Book Review
J. C. Barrie was a militia officer who went to war as a Lieutenant with the AIF’s 8th Infantry Battalion and served later with 15 Bde.
In All Respects Ready, Australia’s Navy in World War One by David Steven – Book Review
Popular Australian history of the First World War is primarily about the Army at Gallipoli and then on the Western Front. The RAN is seldom mentioned apart from Sydney’s defeat […]
Kokoda and Beyond: Papua and New Guinea 1942-1945
In early 1942 the Japanese set their sights on capturing Papua and New Guinea.
Australia 1942: In the Shadow of War – Peter Dean (Ed) – Book Review
This is the first of three books edited by Peter Dean that examine Australia and its situation from 1942 to 1945.
Australia and the Great War Identity, Memory and Mythology – Book Review
This is a valuable collection of chapters written by established and emerging authors seeking to present a range of material on complex issues arising from the Great War.
Soldier On: WWI Soldier Settler Stories
On 11th May 2016 Kate Luciano was MHHV’s monthly Military History Speaker. In it she summarised the post WW1 Victorian Soldier Settlement Scheme helped settle some 11,639 out of the […]
National Boer War Day Speech – Melbourne 2016
From October 1899 to the end of May 1902 a bitter conflict raged across the South African veldt between Britain and her Empire and the two largely self-governing Boer Republics […]
