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The Last Fifty Miles
There were fifty miles to victory and defeat, fifty miles to collapse and renewal, and fifty miles to a new place for Australia among the nations of the world. They were among the most significant fifty miles in our history. Join Adam Wakeling as he explores the final battles for the Australian troops in the […]
Curator Talk: For Humanity
What does it mean to preserve life when those around you are taking it? Victorian service men and women since 1945 have helped the sick and wounded in war and peacekeeping across the world, sometimes in dire conditions and desperate circumstances. Join curator Dr Ian Jackson on a tour of this exhibition and discover how […]
North Korea – Capabilities, Trajectory
Royal United Services Institute of Victoria Lunchtime Address - Dr Aiden WarrenDr Aiden Warren is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies. Dr Aiden Warren is the 2018 Fulbright Scholar in Australia-United States Alliance Studies, sponsored by the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT). Dr […]
“CANCELLED” – Australia‚Äôs defence environment and ALP strategy for Australia‚Äôs defence – “CANCELLED”
This event has been cancelled by RUSIV due to the guest being¬†no longer available. Royal United Services Institute of Victoria Lunchtime Address -¬†Richard Marles is currently the Shadow Minister for Defence and the Federal Member for Corio. Richard‚Äôs previous appointments include Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Minister of Trade, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign […]
National Vietnam Veterans Day Commemoration March & Service
The Garrison Towns Of Queenscliff/Point Lonsdale.An invitation is extended to Families & Friends to join us in a March & Service of Mateship, Unity & Remembrance ‚Äì Lead by Police Mounted, Schools Flag Party, the Geelong Highland Pipe Band MARCH ‚Äì Post Office Step-Off at 10.30am ‚Äì SERVICE - RSL Hall at 11.00am ALL WELCOME […]
Vietnam Veterans Luncheon
Speaker: Terry O‚ÄôFarrell OAMTerry O‚ÄôFarrell is a former deputy commander of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment where he gained invaluable experience in counter insurgency warfare through combat deployments to South Vietnam, the Sinai, East Timor and Afghanistan. On leaving the Australian Army in November 2004 he took up an advisory position with the United […]
The Weary Dunlop Dinner
St Andrew's First Aid Australia in conjunction with The Weary Dunlop Foundation and Kokoda Historical invite you to join us for: The Weary Dunlop Dinner. A fundraiser in support of bringing first aid to the people of Kokoda. Be in the company of Kila & Ben from the Green Masin (Kokoda Historical guides) with Squadron […]
The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Augustus Wolskel Lecture 2018 Presented by Dr Peter Edwards AM
As 2018 marks the half-centenary of the most tumultuous year of the Vietnam War, when much of the world seemed on the verge of revolution, it is an appropriate time to revisit some of the major themes of the debates that divided Australian politics and society. As Melbourne was the epicentre of Australia‚Äôs political earthquake, […]
Navy Lunch at the Heroes Club, Toorak RSL.
Rear Admiral Peter Briggs AO CSC RAN (Rtd) was the Expedition leader of solving one of Australia's great Naval mysteries. The former Royal Australian Navy senior officer who has made finding HMAS AE1 his life's work says he will remember the moment the submarine was finally found, after 103 years, off PNG with mixed emotions.
1968 From the Vietnam War to Vietnamese Immigration: Melbourne’s Long “Sixties”
The significance and meanings of notable dates, eras and events are both highly historically-contested and geographically-specific. They are also often intensely personal. While the focus of most of the papers in this symposium is political - the ‚Äòevents‚Äô of 1968 and the legacies of the protest movements of the 1960s in Australia and elsewhere - […]
Seizing Damascus
In the last months of the First World War the light horsemen of the Australian Mounted Division took part in a remarkable advance that started in Central Palestine, near modern Tel Aviv, and finished at Aleppo in northern Syria. On the way the city of Damascus fell to the advancing Australian horsemen. This lecture will […]
The Tokyo Tribunal: 70th Anniversary of the Judgment on Japan’s War Leaders
At the post-war Tokyo Tribunal, the Allied powers charged Japanese leaders with waging aggressive war and committing war crimes against prisoners-ofwar and civilians. This trial, presided over by the Australian judge, William Webb was criticised at the time (and still to this day) for its retrospective charges and procedural shortcomings. After its conclusion with the […]
