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Toys, Tales & Tenacity – Exhibition
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia11 August 2023 to July 2024 From cherished toy soldiers and adventure comics to immersive cadet training and captivating computer games, children have long engaged in war-like activities that ignite […]
Battle for Beersheba & The Ottoman III Corps – presented by Professor Mesut Uyar
ANZAC Memorial - Hyde Park 126 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaAlthough the centenary passed years ago, public interest in the Beersheba Battle (31 October 1917) is high in Australia. New titles appear frequently, and library shelves are moaning under the […]
Melbourne University Rifles Association Annual Dinner
University House 112 Professors Walk, university of Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaGuest of Honour and Speaker - Keith Wolahan MP, Federal Member for Menzies, MUR graduate/MURA Member All former and serving members of the Melbourne University Regiment, their partners and guests […]
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From Books and Blackboards to Battlefields- Victoria’s State School Teacher-Soldiers in the Great War – Speaker: Rosalie Triolo
Online via ZoomAll of us have memories of our schooldays, but few Victorians have paused to contemplate the experiences of Victoria’s male State school teachers, mainly ‘primary’ but with some from the […]
A Boer War Day Commemoration Service Shrine of Remembrance
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaOn Sunday 26 May will be our fourteenth annual Boer War Day Commemoration Service at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance. This year we will be Commemorating the 122nd Anniversary Signing […]
Royal United Services Institute of Victoria Lunchtime Address
ANZAC House 4, Collins St, MelbourneThe ADF Reserves Strategic Review - the perspective of the Defence Reserves Association . Royal United Services Institute of Victoria Lunchtime Address Thursday 30th May 2024 at 1200 for 1230 […]
Toys, Tales & Tenacity – Exhibition
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia11 August 2023 to July 2024 From cherished toy soldiers and adventure comics to immersive cadet training and captivating computer games, children have long engaged in war-like activities that ignite […]
Trenches to Runway – Military influences on popular fashion
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaAt first glance, the world of fashion and the gravity of military service may appear distant, even disparate. Yet, they share a tapestry of connections that reveal themselves in profound […]
Faces of Peace
Bendigo Military Museum 37-39 Pall Mall, Bendigo, Victoria, AustraliaFaces of Peace showcases the stories of 30 local peacekeepers from regional Australia that have dedicated their lives to promoting peace in vastly different parts of the world. Each of […]
The Value of Local History – Into the Future 2024 Conference
Lilydale Lakeside Conference Centre 1 Jarlo Drive, Lilydale,, Victoria, AustraliaThe Association of Eastern Historical Societies presents - The Value of Local History – Into the Future 2024 Conference Saturday 29 June 2024 9am-5pm Lilydale Lakeside Conference Centre 1 Jarlo […]
Recovering the Past
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaThis unique photographic exhibition unites two distinct groups of men separated by a century, connected by conflict and the art of photo montage. The first group comprises the men of […]
Last days – Toys, Tales & Tenacity – Exhibition
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia11 August 2023 to July 2024 From cherished toy soldiers and adventure comics to immersive cadet training and captivating computer games, children have long engaged in war-like activities that ignite […]
Book Launch – Kokoda Legend-Captain Sam Templeton by David Howell
East Malvern RSL Stanley Grose Dr,, Malvern East, Victoria, AustraliaKeynote Speaker-Historian Carl Johnson author of Mud Over Blood-Stories of the 39th Battalion-1941-1943. Click here to order your copy If you have trekked Kokoda, then the campsite of Templeton’s Crossing […]
An Australian Country Town at War: Armidale 1914-1918
ANZAC Memorial - Hyde Park 126 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaAustralian society of the early 20th Century had many potential fault lines. But upon the outbreak of war in August 1914, most of these disappeared from sight, as much of […]
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Killer Bees the story of the Australian Independent Companies and Commandos 1942-1945 – Dr. Gregory Blake
Online via ZoomIn the heart of wartime jungles, ‘The Killer Bees’, Australia’s elite soldiers, redefined warfare, shaping history in unconventional ways. In the throes of World War II, Australia’s Independent Companies and […]
The Lost Diggers of Fromelles screening
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaJoin us for this compelling documentary that uncovers a thrilling detective trail across Australia and Europe as experts connect families with the fallen of Fromelles. Almost 2000 Australian soldiers were […]
Sectarian Riot? Coverup?
Tonic House 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe literature of the Battle of Fromelles 1916 Speaker: Major General (Ret’d) Michael O’Brien CSC, MDA, BSc (Mil) Australia’s disastrous Battle of Fromelles has generated a large volume of literature […]
Australian Olympians during the First World War.
The Sir John Monash Centre Route de Villers Bretonneux, 80800 Fouilloy, Somme, FranceDuring the Summer Olympics, the Sir John Monash Centre invites you to attend a presentation on Sunday 28 July 2024, dedicated to the history of Australian Olympic athletes who served […]
The Miracle of D-Day, 6 June 1944
ANZAC Memorial - Hyde Park 126 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaA Public Lecture by Noel Phelan. This year we commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944. Operation Overlord was the greatest amphibious […]
2024 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 the annual General Sir John Monash Commemorative Service, to be held Thursday 8th August 2024, at 9.45 […]
Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial Commemorative Service – Lemnos Square
Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial Foote St, Albert Park, Victoria, AustraliaAnnual Commemorative Event at Lemnos Square. We have had many services over the years since the official unveiling in 2015. Many dignitaries from here and abroad have visited our […]
Commemoration of 110 years since the 4th Light Horse Regiment was first formed
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia4th Light Horse Regiment Memorial Association Including 4th Light Horse Regiment Association 1914 - 1919 In conjunction with the 4/19 Prince of Wales’s Light Horse Regiment Association Inc. Sunday 11th […]
Designing Remembrance – Alternate visions for Victoria’s war memorial
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaStep back into history and witness a lively debate of the 1920s come to life. Our latest exhibition commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Shrine of Remembrance, offering a nostalgic […]
Recovering the Past
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaThis unique photographic exhibition unites two distinct groups of men separated by a century, connected by conflict and the art of photo montage. The first group comprises the men of […]
