Calendar of Events

In 1917, Robert Grieve was awarded the highest military honour, the Victoria Cross (VC) medal, for knocking out a concealed machine gun post during the Battle of Messines. Philip Powell will discuss his research on Grieve and the broader implications of the Battle of Messines on Major-General Monash‚Äôs 3rd Division. Stop by the Galleries after […]

Oswald Watt ended the First World War as the senior officer of the Australian Flying Corps, commanding the AFC‚Äôs largest single formation: No 1 Training Wing based in England. A greatly admired and respected figure, his chance to make a lasting impression on Australia‚Äôs post-war history was cut short by a drowning accident in May […]

Australia's experience of war, especially in the First and Second World Wars, helped shape our sense of ourselves as a nation and as a community with a distinctive ethos and way of life. To provide opportunities for future generations to understand, investigate and value these experiences, we must ensure that siginificant material relating to Australia's […]

Australia's experience of war, especially in the First and Second World Wars, helped shape our sense of ourselves as a nation and as a community with a distinctive ethos and way of life. To provide opportunities for future generations to understand, investigate and value these experiences, we must ensure that siginificant material relating to Australia's […]

Australia's experience of war, especially in the First and Second World Wars, helped shape our sense of ourselves as a nation and as a community with a distinctive ethos and way of life. To provide opportunities for future generations to understand, investigate and value these experiences, we must ensure that siginificant material relating to Australia's […]

Free expert consultations 10am - 1pm,¬†bookings are essential.Expert specialising in paper based wartime memorabilia (photos, prints, documents and diaries); Expert specialising in 3D artefacts (uniforms, military kit and equipment, medals and textiles); Military curator who will assist with general and historical information. Memorabilia brought in for these sessions will be photographed as a documentary record […]

Australia's experience of war, especially in the First and Second World Wars, helped shape our sense of ourselves as a nation and as a community with a distinctive ethos and way of life. To provide opportunities for future generations to understand, investigate and value these experiences, we must ensure that siginificant material relating to Australia's […]

Free expert consultations 10am - 1pm,¬†bookings are essential.Expert specialising in paper based wartime memorabilia (photos, prints, documents and diaries); Expert specialising in 3D artefacts (uniforms, military kit and equipment, medals and textiles); Military curator who will assist with general and historical information. Memorabilia brought in for these sessions will be photographed as a documentary record […]

Free expert consultations 10am - 1pm,¬†bookings are essential.Expert specialising in paper based wartime memorabilia (photos, prints, documents and diaries); Expert specialising in 3D artefacts (uniforms, military kit and equipment, medals and textiles); Military curator who will assist with general and historical information. Memorabilia brought in for these sessions will be photographed as a documentary record […]

Free expert consultations 10am - 1pm,¬†bookings are essential.Expert specialising in paper based wartime memorabilia (photos, prints, documents and diaries); Expert specialising in 3D artefacts (uniforms, military kit and equipment, medals and textiles); Military curator who will assist with general and historical information. Memorabilia brought in for these sessions will be photographed as a documentary record […]

Shake off those Winter blues with a lively hour of jazz showcasing swing music from the period of the Second World War.Also featuring original compositions dedicated to events of the time. The Air Force Band, of which the six piece Jazz Group is an integral part, is recognised as a world-class military ensemble. Toe-tapping fun […]

The Thessaloniki Association ‚ÄúWhite Tower‚Äù in conjunction with the Battle of Crete and Greece Commemorative Council are hosting a Presentation Forum by Historian Jim Claven highlighting the Liberation of Thessaloniki in 1944 and to specifically acknowledge the Allied Danish soldier Major Anders Lassen by presenting an award to Melbourne‚Äôs Danish Community. The event will take […]