Calendar of Events

The Soldiers' XI explores the conflicts in Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan from the unique perspective of cricket. Sergeant H has played cricket on 11 deployments with the Australian Army: to maintain team resilience, to build rapport with locals, and to de-stress after combat. Cricket once even brought together allies and enemy. Eleven bats each tell […]

Hon Richard Marles MP - Australia‚Äôs defence environment and ALP strategy for Australia‚Äôs defence.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 Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary […]

Craig Lapsley is Victoria‚Äôs first Emergency Management Commissioner (EMC). As Emergency Management Commissioner, Craig is responsible for the overall response to major emergencies including coordinating the management of the consequences of the emergency. This position was established under the Emergency Management Act 2013 Craig has enjoyed a career in the Australian emergency management sector for […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]