Calendar of Events

Women Work for Victory in World War II – Exhibition

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring St, East Melbourne, Australia

Women 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 […]

‘Australia’s Vietnam: Myth vs history’ Speaker – Dr Mark Dapin

Online

Zoom Webinar: Tuesday 08 December 2020 @ 07:00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time). When Mark Dapin first interviewed Vietnam veterans and wrote about the war, he swallowed (and regurgitated) every misconception. He wasn’t alone. In Australia's Vietnam, Dapin reveals that every stage of Australia’s commitment to the Vietnam War has been misunderstood, misinterpreted and shrouded in […]

For Gallantry – Museum At Home Webinar

Online

In this webinar we host the author of For Gallantry, Craig Blanch to find out more about the stories of 28 remarkable Australians. About this Event From the frozen wastes of Antarctica to the burning ruins of the Bali bombings, For Gallantry tells the stories of the 28 Australians awarded the nation's highest non-combat awards […]

Free

Trove for Beginners

Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia

Trove is a National Library of Australia website which provides access to historic newspapers, photographs, and much more. Come along to this session to learn what’s available on Trove, and some tips and tricks to find what you’re looking for. Recommended for beginners. Date: February 10 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Website:https://libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/categories/local-family-history/2784-trove-for-beginners  

Gulf War 30th Anniversary – Museum At Home Webinar

Online

In this Museum At Home webinar 30 years on from the Gulf War, we explore Australia's contribution and involvement in Operation Desert Storm. About this Event 17 January 2021 marks 30 years since the start of Operation Desert Storm, the military response by a US-led coalition of 35 nations against Iraq’s illegal occupation of neighbouring […]

Women Work for Victory in World War II – Exhibition

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring St, East Melbourne, Australia

Women 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 […]

‘The Dunera Boys – a Family Story’ – Speaker: Phil Dressing

Online

Zoom Webinar: Wednesday 17 February 2021 @ 7:00pm to 8:00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) During this presentation Phil Dressing will tell a very personal family story of the “Dunera Boys”. His father and his two brothers were brought up in a German orientated orphanage in London. They were interned in the UK in the mid-forties […]

Book Fair

The Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne, Australia

Every 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, Australia

Blood 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, Australia

Blood 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, Melbourne

Royal 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 […]

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