Calendar of Events

Presented in partnership with Reportage, festival of documentary photography. Between the height of the French Indochina War in the fifties and the fall of Phnom Penh and Saigon in 1975, 135 photographers from all sides of the conflict are recorded as missing or having been killed. This exhibition is a memorial to those men and […]

This illustrated talk will reveal some moving tales of the active involvement of the RACV in supporting the Australian military. Beginning in 1908 with the initiative of Automobile Club of Victoria Foundation Member, Colonel Harley Tarrant, the RACV‚Äôs involvement has included novel fundraising motor gymkhanas, the promotion of alternative fuels during petrol rationing and since […]

This event is planned to increase community awareness and focus attention on preparations for centenary commemorations 2014-18, with particular attention on the centenary of the Bacchus Marsh Avenue of Honour. Contributors will include The Great War Centenary Committee, the RSL, the National Trust, Historical Societies, Monash University, and local primary and secondary schools. Audio-visual and […]

In 2003, David Cameron conducted an early archaeological survey of the 1915 Anzac Gallipoli battlefields. Exploring the histories of the battles and the individuals involved, David is currently writing his seventh and final book on Anzac 1915. In this talk he will focus on his approach to writing military histories, as well as discussing his […]

MHHV and its supporter, the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV), will hold a major Exhibition at the RHSV The Exhibition is to commemorate the centenary of the arrival of Australia‚Äôs first light cruiser, HMAS Melbourne, in Port Phillip Bay, on 26 March 1913, as part of the new Royal Australian Navy.¬† HMAS Melbourne took […]

A one day conference at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Victoria. Incorporating a special Remembrance Day Service. Monday 11 November 2013 Since the last AWM conference on the subject in 2003, much new material has been revealed about Australia‚Äôs air war in Europe.¬† This one day conference will bring together some of the best historians, […]

As an investigative reporter for the Seven Network's Sunday Night program, Ross Coulthart was part of a team that discovered a massive collection of thousands of First World War glass plate photographic negatives, which had lain hidden in a French farmhouse attic for nearly 100 years. The stories behind some of these pictures formed the […]

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 Shift Theatre presents The Girls in Grey by Carolyn Bock and Helen Hopkins The Girls in Grey is a powerful play for all Australians, young and old, that brings to dramatic life the story of Australian Army Nurses during the Great War. Elsie Grace and Alice leave our shores in 1914 determined to prove […]

Join us for this compelling lecture recounting the lives of eight remarkable nurses whose resilience, courage and skill took them from Australia to Gallipoli, Lemnos and the Western Front. These women, represented in Susanna de Vries‚Äô latest publication, Australian Heroines of World War One, had the courage and strength for which the Anzacs are renowned […]

Fort Queenscliff Museum Friends of the Fort Annual Black Tie Dinner The Fort Queenscliff Museum Annual Black Tie Dinner is to be held at the Queenscliff & Point Lonsdale RSL, Saturday 12th October 2013 at 6.30pm for 7pm. A short meeting regarding the revised constitution will be held at 6.45pm If you would like further […]

The Centenary of Military Aviation 2014 Air Show is proudly presented by the Royal Australian Air Force at RAAF Williams, Point Cook, Victoria over the weekend of 1st and 2nd March 2014. Point Cook is the birthplace of military aviation in Australia and the oldest continually operating military airfield in the world. Encompassing a spectacular […]