Calendar of Events

An exhibition of 10 content-rich panels from the Texas Tech University‚Äôs Vietnam Center & Archive , which gives the American perspective on a range of fascinating aspects to their helicopter war in Vietnam.¬† Enhanced with QR Codes (Hint: make sure your mobile phone has the QR code app), the embedded technology in the panels allows […]

A photographic story telling exhibition by Susan Gordon-Brown, based on Vietnam veteran stories associated with the Huey helicopter.¬† The companion exhibition to Behind the Wire, scheduled for the Shrine in 2014. Exhibition access included in your Museum entry ticket but gold coin donations are welcome. From 9 am to 5 pm most days , check […]

Professor David Horner is keynote speaker. Program available and registrations open 1 November on www.vietnamvetsmuseum.org Contact Andrew Kilsby Operations and Marketing Manager, NVVM 0408 342 795 or akilsby@vietnamvetsmuseum.org

This exhibition will focus on entertainers in Vietnam from the Museum’s own Dr Denis Gibbons AM Image collection, with other aspects of morale building entertainment for the diggers including Armed Forces Radio, film nights at ‘the Dat’, the R&R experience and PX store media from the 60s.

The lasy Military History Group/ Eastern regional libraries meeting will be held at the Croydon Library at 2pm on Friday 12th December

You are cordially invited to join the Fort Queenscliff Museum team for Christmas drinks on the lawn next to the black lighthouse. 5.30pm ‚Äì 8.30pm Friday 12th December $25.00 per person (Includes Beer, Wine, Soft drinks and light finger food) Dress: Smart Casual (with a hint of Christmas) RSVP by Tuesday 9th December Contact liz […]

Enjoy the rare opportunity to tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort. Fort Queenscliff is one of Victoria's most important heritage sites and one of the largest and best preserved forts in the country. Enjoy the rare opportunity to tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort (operating as an Australian Army Base) with over 150 […]

The WW1 Centenary Exhibition coming only to Melbourne Museum, opens in April 2015 to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War. This is the most historical and significant exhibition from IWM to ever leave Great Britain and visit our shores. 10am to 5pm 7 days a week, with entry to the last session closing […]

On Wednesday 1 July, a very special tribute event to General Sir John Monash will be held at Caulfield RSL. The event will feature a distinguished panel of speakers: ‚Ä¢ The Hon. Ted Baillieu, Victorian ANZAC Centenary Committee Chair ‚Ä¢ Renata Bernarde, CEO of the General Sir John Monash Foundation ‚Ä¢ Roland Perry OAM, Author […]

Jim Bridges is the man behind the Australian Cartoon Museum. For the last 33 years, he has been collecting cartoons in all their many shapes and sizes. He has over 5,000,000 cartoons in his collection. Our Social and Political History is intrinsically bound up in these sketches, which are also time capsules of our era. […]

Jim Claven MA, Secretary of the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee, will recount the often forgotten role that the Greek Island of Lemnos played in the Gallipoli campaign. Lemnos was the forward base for the campaign. There were 148 diggers buried amongst the over 1,200 other allied graves on the island. Lemnos is also the location […]

Through historical photographs and personal stories, this exhibition presents the chronology of the First World War (1914-19) and provides the opportunity to discover the fascinating stories with particular reference to the contribution of Victorians. Find out about the hardships that our men endured and the battles that they fought alongside Allied nations ‚Äì from the […]