Book Fair
The Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne, AustraliaEvery year the RHSV hosts a fabulous second-hand history book fair where we sell history books of every imaginable genre. Victorian and Australian history dominate but you’ll find biographies and memoirs, military history, art history, natural history, classics, children’s books, political and social history, literary history etc There wasn’t a book fair in 2020 so […]
Blood And Bone – WW2 Play about Australian & Greek friendship
Renaissance Theatre 826 High St, East Kew, Victoria, AustraliaBlood and Bone is a new play about friendship between Australians and Greeks that outlasted WW2 battles. Written by Meg McNena and directed by Demetra Giannakopoulos, it portrays the courage and sacrifice of Anzac, Greek and Cretan combatants and civilians, the women's struggles, and post-war Greek migration to Australia. Inspired by interviews with 2/7th veterans […]
Blood And Bone – WW2 Play about Australian & Greek friendship
Renaissance Theatre 826 High St, East Kew, Victoria, AustraliaBlood and Bone is a new play about friendship between Australians and Greeks that outlasted WW2 battles. Written by Meg McNena and directed by Demetra Giannakopoulos, it portrays the courage and sacrifice of Anzac, Greek and Cretan combatants and civilians, the women's struggles, and post-war Greek migration to Australia. Inspired by interviews with 2/7th veterans […]
The Coming War for the South China Sea – LTCOL Alistair Pope,(ret’d) psc, CM
ANZAC House 4, Collins St, MelbourneRoyal United Services Institute of Victoria - Lunchtime Address - Thursday 25th February 2019 at 1230 - ANZAC House , 4 Collins St, Melbourne. LTCOL Alistair Pope,(ret’d) psc, CM TOPIC: The Coming War for the South China Sea Coffee and Tea from 1130 am., Entrance fee: $10 Please note that the Annual General Meeting of […]
The International Conference on World War II – Free online
OnlineThe National WWII Museum in New Orleans has hosted The International Conference on World War II since 2006—bringing together the best and brightest scholars, authors, historians, and witnesses to history from around the globe to discuss key battles, personalities, strategies, issues, and controversies of the war that changed the world. In addition to the many […]
The International Conference on World War II – Day 2 – Free online
OnlineThe National WWII Museum in New Orleans has hosted The International Conference on World War II since 2006—bringing together the best and brightest scholars, authors, historians, and witnesses to history from around the globe to discuss key battles, personalities, strategies, issues, and controversies of the war that changed the world. In addition to the many […]
Vera Deakin in War and Peace With Carole Woods
Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A'beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe RHSV’s major lecture during Women’s History Month (March). The lecture will start at 6pm and we will be serving drinks prior to that from 5:30pm. The daughter of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, Vera Deakin studied music in the Habsburg Empire on the eve of the Great War. Driven by British imperial fervour on her […]
‘Secret & Special – Z Special Unit in WWII’ Speaker: Will Davies
OnlineZoom Webinar: Wednesday 31 March 2021 @ 7:00pm to 8:00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Secret and Special covers the untold story of Z Special Unit and Operations, the precursor to the elite SAS, and the extraordinary feats they undertook in the Pacific during the Second World War. The Z Special Unit was established as […]
Reviewing the Global terrorist threat
ANZAC House 4, Collins St, MelbourneRoyal United Services Institute of Victoria Lunchtime Address. Greg Barton is Professor of Global Islamic Politics at the Alfred Deakin Institute. Greg has been active for the past thirty years in inter-faith dialogue initiatives and has a deep commitment to building understanding of Islam and Muslim society. The central axis of his research interests is […]
Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete in Victoria
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaThe Battle of Crete & Greece Commemorative Council of Victoria, on behalf of the Cretan Brotherhood of Melbourne and Pancretan Association of Melbourne, are pleased to invite you to the following commemorative events on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Crete. Sunday 18th April 2021 11:30am Official Parade and Wreath Laying […]
The Role of the Church during the Battle of Crete in 1941 to 1945
Monday 19th April 2021 6:30pm. Lecture by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, titled “The Role of the Church during the Battle of Crete in 1941 to 1945”, to be held at the Church of the Holy Monastery Axion Estin, 7 Hartington St, Northcote. The events will also be attended by the Consul General for Greece in […]
Women Work for Victory in World War II – Exhibition
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 the Old Treasury Building is closed for the COVID 19 pandemic. But the exhibition is in place in the galleries and will be available just […]
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 College in 1987 to the Royal Australian Corps of Transport. He has held numerous appointments in Land/Forces Command, Training Command, and Joint Logistics Command, as […]
‘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 to 2014 (the Niche Wars). These operations saw over 40 Australian soldiers killed and hundreds wounded. But the toll since has been greater. For Afghanistan […]
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 during WW2 and sadly five of those players died on active service. Three in Greece or Crete and the other two in New Guinea and […]
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 wars that Australian troops participated in before the Australian colonies federated in 1901. In 1885, New South Wales sent a contingent to Sudan in support […]
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 the Old Treasury Building is closed for the COVID 19 pandemic. But the exhibition is in place in the galleries and will be available just […]
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 intelligence shortfalls. The Australian section of the AIB may also have been used by its MI6 representative to support Britain’s position in the region after […]
‘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 way, toward more conflict and risk in vast and frozen Siberia. This is the story of Ernest Latchford, told through his articulate, observant letters home […]
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 of the Japanese-occupied island of Borneo, east of Singapore, there to recruit the island’s indigenous Dayak peoples to fight the Japanese. Yet most have barely […]
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, in some cases, physical and emotional abuse were expressions of captivity trauma. Former POWs rarely articulated narratives of perpetration. Accordingly, this webinar also explores the […]
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 of the Australian campaign against the Japanese in New Guinea's Finisterre mountains in 1943-44. One of Australia’s leading battlefield historians, he has written an enlightening […]
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 please contact MHH Secretary, Jason McGregor, via info@mhhv.org.au or call on 0419 256 681. Election of Office Bearers and Ordinary Committee Members for 2021/22 […]
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 base of the Royal Australian Air Force when it was founded a century ago in 1921. Cultural historian Dr Steve Campbell-Wright will give us a […]
The Elements of military Hygiene: Australian Pacific Forces, 1945
OnlineMilitary hygiene is an essential component of any war effort. In the severe tropical climate of the Second World War’s Pacific theatre, disease disabled and killed more Australian troops than the enemy did. Dr Cecil Evelyn Aufrere Cook (1897-1985) CBE, MD, DTMH, DPH, RACGP, ACMA joined the Commonwealth’s Military Reserve as an honorary captain in […]
No regard for the truth: friendship and kindness. Tragedy and injustice. Rowville’s Italian prisoners of war.
OnlineIn March 1946, the war was over. The Italian prisoners of war who had been captured several years earlier in northern Africa were interned in camps around Australia and were waiting to be returned home. One Saturday evening, the commandant of the Rowville internment camp, Captain Waterston, shot and killed a prisoner, Rodolfo Bartoli, who […]
Bringing your Diggers back to life: a Defence service records seminar
In partnership with the National Archives of Australia and the Genealogical Society of Victoria, the RHSV presents a seminar on defence service records. Service photo of Private Albert Edward Kemp, who served in France + Belgium in World War 1 and was killed in action in 1917. Courtesy of Museums Victoria website. In this seminar, […]
AUKUS – So What?: Reconciling Australia’s Geography with its History, its Fear of Abandonment and Fear of Entrapment
OnlineIn light of the recent AUKUS pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, Professor John Blaxland from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU will explore the unreconciled dialectic in Australian consciousness between our geography, history and a lingering fear of entrapment. Professor Blaxland's talk will probe such issues as: - […]
‘Leadership in Crisis: Blamey at War.’ – Speaker: Brent Taylor
OnlineWednesday 10 November 2021 7:00PM-8:00PM (Australian Eastern Standard Time) The presentation General Blamey is a controversial figure in Australian military history. This presentation describes a consummate military leader at the top of his game fighting for his country in a time of deep crisis. ‘Never trust foreign generals with the Diggers’ was Blamey’s cast iron […]
Commemorate Remembrance Day with Mat McLachlan
OnlineIt’s been a difficult couple of years for everyone, and while this year we will commemorate Remembrance Day on Australian soil, I am delighted that with the return of international travel we will be able to walk the ground on battlefields around the world in 2022. This year for Remembrance Day, I would like to […]
Soldier settlement schemes seminar via zoom
OnlineA joint presentation with the Genealogical Society of Victoria and the RHSV. We are delighted that Dr Charles Fahey has agreed to deliver this seminar on Soldier Settlement Schemes. The Soldier Settlement Schemes encompassed thousands of World War One returned soldiers who occupied farming land on conditional purchase leases across Victoria between 1919 and the […]
Caen is coming to you
OnlineTransport yourself to the famous region of Normandy and visit picturesque Caen, a town enriched with history, nature and gastronomy. Following the success of the online event “Bordeaux vient à vous”, we are delighted to invite you to the next destination of our virtual tour of France: Caen. Embark on an exciting trip to Caen […]
The Bloody Beachheads: The Battles of Gona, Buna and Sanananda Sydney, One Day Conference
Great Southern Hotel 717 George St, Sydney, AustraliaAs the battle for Guadalcanal dragged on the Japanese advance on the Kokoda Track culminated and they were ordered to ‘advance to the rear’. Two delaying defensive positions at Eora Creek and Oivi-Gorari imposed a toll on the Australians’ pursuit, but allowed time for the Japanese to complete a labyrinth of bunkers and trenches around […]
Annual “Touch of Scotland” Luncheon
Malvern East RSL 59 Stanley Grose Drive, East Malvern, AustraliaEleven Bats: A Story of Combat, Cricket and the SAS – Speaker: Harry Moffitt
OnlineTuesday 15 February 2022 7:00PM-8:00PM (Australian Eastern Standard Time) At the end of the session, Harry will take questions on the book as well as any questions related to the SAS. The presentation Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt spent more than twenty years in the SAS. His decades of service and his multiple tours in East […]
Hard Fought: Australia in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1945 4th Biennial Two-Day Conference
Waverley RSL Sub-Branch Inc 161 Coleman Parade, Glen Waverly, Victoria, AustraliaThis conference will examine the contribution of Australia’s Army, Navy and Air Force to Allied operations and campaigns in the Mediterranean Theatre over 1940-1945. From Libya, Greece, Crete, Syria-Lebanon, Egypt, and Malta, in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, southern France and the Balkans, Australians in units or as individuals were active in the theatre. What were […]
Anzacs in Concert
Clocktower Centre 750 Mt Alexander Rd 750, Mt Alexander, AustraliaAnzacs & Veterans return with a new production containing the many hit songs, stories, and indeed laughter that came from WW2 and The Vietnam War all in front of a backdrop of incredible images on the big screen. With a stunning Cast led By Narrator CHRIS McKENNA, Star Tenor ROY BEST, Musical Theatre Star JAZ […]
From Korea to Vietnam
Old Quad, The University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria, Victoria, AustraliaYou are invited to join the Robert Menzies Institute on Wednesday 20 April 2022 at 6:30pm as we commemorate ANZAC Day by hosting renowned Military Historian Peter Edwards for a talk exploring the military conflicts of the Menzies era. Peter will reflect on the way the Menzies Government committed forces to the Korean War, the […]
Mutineers – Speaker: Robert Hadler
OnlineWednesday 27 April 2022 7:00PM-8:00PM (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Mutineers is a true story of the heroes and villains who sparked the biggest controversy in the annals of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) when they led a mutiny on the battlecruiser, HMAS Australia in 1919. Five young teenage boys from working class suburbs in Sydney […]
ASIS at 70
Old Quad, The University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria, Victoria, AustraliaYou are invited to join the Robert Menzies Institute on Thursday 5 May2022 at 6pm for a talk on ASIS at 70: Understanding Menzies’ Creation of Australia’s Secret Service by Visiting Fellow Dr William Stoltz. Dr Stoltz is a Senior Adviser for Public Policy at the National Security College at the Australian National University. Dr […]
Security Challenges Of Antarctica And The Southern Ocean – RUSI-Tasmania
Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, AustraliaThe Royal United Services Institute – Hobart, in conjunction with the Institute For Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania, and with the support of the Australian Institute of International Affairs – Tasmania, is conducting a major seminar to explore Australia’s security challenges in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The format of the […]
‘Courage and Compassion: A Stretcher-bearer’s Journey from No-man’s Land and Beyond’ – Speaker: Don Farrands QC
OnlineWednesday 22 June 2022 7:00PM-8:00PM (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Online via Zoom. The presentation Barrister Don Farrands QC became interested in the story of his grandfather Nelson Ferguson when his mother shared some old long-forgotten diaries of her father and his sketches and paintings during WWI, describing the daily life of a stretcher-bearer. Nelson Ferguson, […]
Eureka Arms and Militaria Fair
Ballarat Equestrian Centre 6 Rose Hill Rd, Invermay, Victoria, AustraliaWe're back bigger and better than ever at an enormous and spacious new venue!
RUSIV Lunchtime Speaker – HE Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia
ANZAC House 4, Collins St, MelbourneTuesday 19th July 2022, 1200 for 1230, Anzac House, 4 Collins St The 2022 Lunchtime address programme is about to restart, after a few problems with COVID-19 restrictions. These have now eased and we are looking at getting back to regular addresses. The first of the addresses, on TUESDSAY 19th July, will be by […]
Kokoda 80th Anniversary Exhibition – Launch
East Malvern RSL Stanley Grose Dr,, Malvern East, Victoria, AustraliaJoin us at the East Malvern RSL on Thursday 21 July at 6:30pm as we launch the 80th Anniversary of Kokoda-exhibition. The exhibition is curated by Neil Sharkey from the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne and follows on from his work during the seventieth anniversary of Kokoda in 2012. On display will be many artifacts and […]
Kokoda 80th Anniversary Exhibition
East Malvern RSL Stanley Grose Dr,, Malvern East, Victoria, AustraliaVisit East Malvern RSL on to view the 80th Anniversary of Kokoda-exhibition. The exhibition is curated by Neil Sharkey from the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne and follows on from his work during the seventieth anniversary of Kokoda in 2012. On display will be many artifacts and memorabilia from private collections including that of David Howell […]
2022 Monash Commemorative Service
The Legislative Assembly Chamber, Parliament House Spring Street, Melbourne, AustraliaMr. James Rosenberg, Chairman of The Spirit of Australia Foundation, invites you to attend the 2022 Monash Commemorative Service to be held in The Legislative Assembly Chamber, Parliament House, Spring Street, Melbourne on Friday 12th August 2022, 10.30 am to 11.45 am. Morning tea from 10 am. Dress: Lounge Suit or equivalent, Large Medals and […]
2022 Spirit of Australia Foundation Melbourne Luncheon
No35 Restaurant Level 35, 25 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMr. James Rosenberg, Chairman of The Spirit of Australia Foundation, invites you to a Luncheon, following the annual General Sir John Monash Commemorative Service, to be held in The No. 35 Restaurant, on the 35th floor of the Sofitel Hotel, 25 Collins Street, Melbourne, on Friday 12th August 2022, at 12.30pm for 1.00pm. A two […]
‘The Scrap Iron Flotilla’ – Speaker: Mike Carlton
OnlineWhen war broke out in the Northern Hemisphere in 1939, the British called upon their Australian allies for support. The Australian government responded by sending five navy destroyers - HMAS Stuart, Vendetta, Vampire, Voyager and Waterhen. These were old ships, built for battle in WWI and discharged from official duty in peacetime to see out […]
Royal United Services Institute of Victoria – Lunchtime Address
ANZAC House 4, Collins St, MelbourneThe War Game: Australian war leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq with David Horner. David Horner, AM graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1969. He served an eight-month tour in Vietnam as a platoon commander in the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. He was a visiting fellow with the Department of History at […]
Kokoda 80th Anniversary Exhibition
East Malvern RSL Stanley Grose Dr,, Malvern East, Victoria, AustraliaVisit East Malvern RSL on to view the 80th Anniversary of Kokoda-exhibition. The exhibition is curated by Neil Sharkey from the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne and follows on from his work during the seventieth anniversary of Kokoda in 2012. On display will be many artifacts and memorabilia from private collections including that of David Howell […]
2022 DRA Annual Conference – Melbourne
Hyatt Place Melbourne, Essendon Fields 1 English Street, Essendon Fields, Victoria, AustraliaCalling out the ADF Reserves - the need for balance and future sustainability. The DRA National Conference is a joint service all-ranks Conference that will be addressed by a panel of distinguished speakers including: • Government and Opposition Defence speakers • Senior Officers of the Australian Defence Force • Leading commentators on Defence matters Conference […]
August in Kabul: Andrew Quilty in conversation with Tracey Curro
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaGold Walkley winner Andrew Quilty sits down with journalist Tracey Curro to discuss his new book August in Kabul: America's last days in Afghanistan. As night fell on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. As cities and towns fell in rapid succession, Western troops and embassy staff scrambled to flee a […]
Memorial Service for the Hellenism of Asia Minor
Australian Hellenic Memorial Birdwood Avenue & Government House Drive, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe Australian Hellenic Memorial Foundation invites you to honor with your presence at the Memorial Service for the Hellenism of Asia Minor.Conducted by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the Australian Hellenic Memorial Domain Gardens Corner Birdwood Avenue & Government House Drive, Melbourne on Saturday 24th September 2022 at 10.00 am The event coincides […]
Medical fears of the malingering soldier: ‘Phony cronies’ & the Repat in 1960s Australia
Online via ZoomThe fear of the malingering soldier or veteran has existed in Australia since its first nationwide military venture in South Africa. The establishment of the Repatriation Department in 1917 saw the medical, military and political fields work collectively, to some extent, to support hundreds of thousands of men who returned from their military service wounded […]
For Kin and Country – Exhibition
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaThis special exhibition explores the extraordinary history of First Peoples’ service in the Australian Defence Force. In the early 20th century, defence service provided an escape for First Peoples from ongoing dispossession and discrimination and was for many their first experience of equal treatment. Most were paid the same rates as their European counterparts and […]
Royal United Services Institute of Victoria – Lunchtime Address
ANZAC House 4, Collins St, MelbourneProfessor Damien Kingsbury was the Director of the Master of International and Community Development Course, held a Personal Chair and was Professor of International Politics until he retired from Deakin at the end of 2020. TOPIC: Australia and East Timor. Damien is Deputy-Chair of the Balibo House Trust, a small NGO operating in Timor-Leste, where […]
Kokoda 80th Anniversary Exhibition
East Malvern RSL Stanley Grose Dr,, Malvern East, Victoria, AustraliaVisit East Malvern RSL on to view the 80th Anniversary of Kokoda-exhibition. The exhibition is curated by Neil Sharkey from the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne and follows on from his work during the seventieth anniversary of Kokoda in 2012. On display will be many artifacts and memorabilia from private collections including that of David Howell […]
Celebrate HMAS Castlemaine 80th Anniversary
HMAS Castlemaine Commonwealth Reserve, 120 Nelson Place, Williamstown, Victoria, AustraliaOriginally commissioned in 1942, HMAS Castlemaine is celebrating its 80th Anniversary on Sunday 9 October. This celebration will include a program of events taking place on the HMAS Castlemaine and on Commonwealth Reserve and Gem Pier, which will also mark Navy Week. The exciting program includes the opportunity to climb aboard the HMAS Castlemaine, performances […]
The Almost War: The Empire and the Chanak Crisis, 1922
Online via ZoomSeptember this year will be the centenary of the Chanak Crisis of 1922, when Lloyd George and Churchill almost took the Empire to war with Kemal Ataturk's Nationalists—Gallipoli 2.0 they'd probably be calling it today. The event was characterised in Australia particularly through the enthusiasm of the ex-Diggers, and how they were lining up in […]
ONLINE ONLY – MHHV AGM 2022
OnlineMembers of MHHV are invited to Join the MHHV Committee for the Annual General Meeting at Online Via Zoom at 1800hrs (6pm). Notice of Meeting Annual General Meeting 2022 Wednesday 12 October 2022 6pm Online Via Zoom AGENDA 1. Attendance 2. Apologies 3. Minutes of previous meeting 4. President’s Report – Colonel M Fielding (Rtd) […]
The War Game: Australian War Leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq’ – Speaker: David Horner
OnlineWednesday 19 October 2022 7:00PM-8:00PM (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Committing the nation to war is the gravest decision its leaders can make. The War Game examines why and how Australia went to war, and how it managed the nation's nine conflicts between the First World War and the Iraq War. It explores the relationships […]
Grecian Adventure – Book Launch
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaThe Pammessinian Brotherhood Papaflessas invites you to attend the launch at Melbourne’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance of historian and author Jim Claven’s latest book, Grecian Adventure: Greece 1941 – Anzac Trail Stories and Photographs. All interested in the Hellenic link to Australia’s Anzac tradition will not want to miss this important event. The book will […]
Defending with Pride – Exhibition
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaThis special exhibition is the first of its kind for an Australian war memorial. It reveals the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people in service. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have been proudly defending Australia through their military service since the formation of the armed forces. Today, anyone identifying […]
Lust Love Loss – Exhibition – Last Week
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaThe complex issues surrounding matters of love and sex profoundly affect people everywhere, every day. Wartime is no exception. Indeed, the disruptive nature of war and the extraordinary situations it brings about magnifies human experience in these areas. Service personnel are sent to distant, often exotic, locales. They interact romantically with people they would never […]