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Bomber Command to Resistance
Join Michael Veitch and discover the extraordinary story of young Australian airman Barney Greatrex. Shot down during his 20th mission over occupied France and rescued by the resistance, Barney seized the opportunity to continue fighting. Presenter: Michael Veitch Date: Wednesday 10 October, midday Location: Auditorium, Shrine of Remembrance Cost: $5.00, free for Shrine Friends
Annual Major General Pompey Elliott Luncheon 2018.
We are simply delighted that AFL/VFL Legend Kevin Sheedy, has honoured us by accepting to be Guest Speaker for our Annual Maj. Gen. Pompey Elliott Luncheon 2018. In the steam and the heat of the jungle, a bloke knew there was only one thing he could rely upon for survival. Not a gun, nor a […]
Armistice Centenary Luncheon
Military History and Heritage Victoria in association with the Athenaeum Club are pleased to host an Armistice Centenary Luncheon where Professor Geoffrey Blainey, AC will be the guest speaker. Geoffrey Blainey is an Australian historian, academic and commentator with a wide international audience. He has been described as a living national treasure. Professor Blainey has […]
Till they all come home: Concert to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice
The Melbourne Welsh Male Choir will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice with Till They All Come Home, a concert expected to pack out Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday 11 November, 3pm. The choir hopes that veterans and their families (and others) will make a day of it and come to the concert after […]
Rock Away on Labour Day 2018
Do you love Rock n Roll? Save this date to your diary ‚Äì Monday 12 March 2018. Come along to the National Vietnam Veterans Museum and Rock Away on Labour Day with popular local bands Rockhouse and The Laing Brothers from 11.30am until 4.30pm. Local Rock & Roll dance groups will give some lively displays […]
Dome at dusk: Will Dyson, Australia’s first war artist
See the drawings of Will Dyson, appointed Australia‚Äôs first official war artist in 1917 in the Changing face of Victoria exhibition. Dyson called war a ‚Äòfilthy business‚Äô ‚Äì learn about his intention to accurately capture the experience of being a soldier in World War I. Join us under the Dome at dusk for a series […]
Dinkum Assorted
Probably the only play in the world written for a cast of fifteen women and a nanny goat, Dinkum Assorted by Linda Aronson is a wild comedy with music and tap dancing, set alongside some thought-provoking stories about women striving for personal and professional freedom. Set during the wartime spring of 1942 in the remote […]
Resistance Australians and the European Underground 1939–45
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaGreece has a centuries-old tradition of armed resistance. The Greek word for partisan is Andartes and these fighters fiercely resisted German, Italian and Bulgarian occupation from 1941 until 1944. Rival groups then turned on each other.
For Humanity Medicine in war and peacekeeping since 1945 – Exhibition
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaThis exhibition tells the story of medical care in war and peacekeeping since 1945. Victorian men and women have helped the sick and wounded across the world, including in Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Rwanda, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. They have braved sometimes dire conditions and desperate circumstances, often coming under direct threat of death and […]
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Mark Johnston – “An Australian Band of Brothers”
Pompey Elliott Memorial Hall Camberwell RSL, 403 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria, AustraliaIn what promises to be a riveting presentation, Dr Johnston follows a small group of front-line soldiers from their enlistment in the dark days of 1940 to the end of World War II. No ordinary soldiers, they are members of Don Company and part of the famous 9th Australian Division which, during their campaigns, sustained […]
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Mark Johnston – “An Australian Band of Brothers”
Pompey Elliott Memorial Hall Camberwell RSL, 403 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria, AustraliaMark Johnston – “An Australian Band of Brothers” In what promises to be a riveting presentation, Dr Johnston follows a small group of front-line soldiers from their enlistment in the dark days of 1940 to the end of World War II. No ordinary soldiers, they are members of Don Company and part of the famous […]
