Calendar of Events

Mr David Vines White, Somerset Herald, College of Arms, London, will discuss the representation of the First World War in the armorial bearings granted to various military and naval commanders, armament manufacturers and others.The lecture will be illustrated using records of the College of Arms with examples set in the context of older English heraldic […]

Victorians are invited to an informative evening of local and international military heritage news, as the Royal Historical Society of Victoria welcomes the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria, Tim Smith.To be held on Tuesday 19 May at 5.45pm, Tim will discuss the work being done to protect and celebrate military heritage sites, both here in […]

The John Duigan Memorial Lecture is held annually by the Aviation Historical Society of Australia to commemorate the first flight, by John Robertson Duigan on 16th July 1910, of an aeroplane designed and built in Australia, and to discuss other significant events in the history of Australian aviation. Steve Campbell-Wright is the author of the […]

The Blamey Oration perpetuates the memory of¬† Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, Australia‚Äôs highest ranking serviceman, who was commander-in-chief concurrently of the Australian Military Forces and the Allied Land Forces, South-West Pacific Area, from 1942 to 1945 when Australia‚Äôs security was directly threatened by Japan. The Royal United Services […]

The Victorian Symphony Orchestra joins forces with rock singer-songwriter Lachie Bryce in a Gallipoli-inspired charity concert to support Australians living with depression. Battlefronts will follow the journey of Australians in World War I through symphonic realisations of songs from Bryce's album¬†Rising Sons. The songs will be paired with orchestral classics that reflect the emotions experienced […]

This conference ‚ÄúADF Total Force ‚Äì Fact or Fiction?‚Äù will be held on Saturday 22 August 2015 at the Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach, Cnr Grand Parade and Princess Street, Brighton Le Sands NSW 2216. It is a tri-service all ranks Conference that will be opened by His Excellency, General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC […]

Servicemen with their Super 8 movie cameras captured moments of their tour of duty in the Vietnam War 1967/1968.¬† SBS compiled a fascinating documentary using this footage. Super 8 Soldiers Peter Stainthorpe along with Rowan Marsh were among those handful of veterans who captured images of their story. Peter will be presenting the story behind […]

Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VDJohn Monash, compassionate leader, cared in war and peace for his men who came from every state and territory of Australia. He planned and won the innovative Battle of Hamel and then in the highly successful Battle of Amiens on 8 Aug 1918 (0808), the Australians turned the tide of […]

Join Lambis Englezos AM and Tim Whitford as they introduce the Australian premiere of La guerre de Bill. A documentary using archival footage interwoven with coverage of the confirming dig of the mass burial pits at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles in 2008. This film has English subtitles. Film Screening introduced by Lambis Englezos AM and Tim […]

The Battle of Fromelles commemorative service is part of the annual pilgrimage by the Friends of the 15th Brigade commemorating the battle at Fromelles, fought on July 19, 1916. This was the first major action involving Australian troops on the Western Front. It was planned as a diversionary attack to prevent German troops moving from […]

Join Neil Sharkey, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at the Shrine of Remembrance, on a tour of the exhibition before it returns to Turkey. This exhibition presents over 100 items recovered from the Joint Historical and Archaeological Survey of the Gallipoli Battlefield (2010-14).   Western Gallery, Visitor Centre  

The National Vietnam Veterans Museum is proud to be hosting 4 performances of Minefields and Miniskirts ‚Äì A play by Terence O‚ÄôConnell adapted from the book of the same name by Siobhan McHugh. ¬†¬† Almost a thousand Australian women took part in the conflict in Vietnam ‚Äì the accounts of fifty women directly affected by […]