Calendar of Events

Military Equitation Australia will be presenting a multi period skill at arms and mounted archery competition. Up to 15 horses and riders will compete in a number of disciplines, in accurate historical costumes. Normal entry prices apply.

To commemorate the raising of the Battalion at Ballarat on February 21st 1916. This is the ‚ÄúFather‚Äù Battalion of the between wars Militia, the WWll 39th Battalion and the current OSB. Location will be: Rangers Military Museum Ring Rd Ballarat West, 100 metres north of Sturt St behind 8/7RVR Barracks. Entrance is only via Ring […]

A mystic explorer, George Hubert Wilkins, was appointed the official photographer under Charles Bean at the Western Front during WWI. Author Jeff Maynard discovered Wilkins‚Äô lost records in the USA in 2014 and uses them to illustrate the remarkable story of the man who put a face to the Anzac legend. Date: Wednesday 24 February, […]

Drawing on five years of research and interviews with centenarian airmen, Cambridge scholar and author John Thompson-Gray will reveal untold stories of luck, love and grand larceny during the strafing at Broome in 1942. Discover the truth behind the disappearance of 30,000 Amsterdam diamonds from a plane shot down near Broome on 3 March 1942, […]

1966 was the year that Australia sent a Task Force to Vietnam, the year the first National Servicemen served in the war, and the year of the battle of Long Tan. Australia felt the heat of the Cold War and the throes of a youth revolution, in the year the first baby boomers came of […]

1966 was the year that Australia sent a Task Force to Vietnam, the year the first National Servicemen served in the war, and the year of the battle of Long Tan. Australia felt the heat of the Cold War and the throes of a youth revolution, in the year the first baby boomers came of […]

Royal United Services Institute of VictoriaLunchtime Address Thursday 17th March 12.30 pm: Defence Plaza Melbourne, 661 Bourke St, Melbourne, 3000 Major General Arthur Denaro ‚ÄúJust Fighting‚Äù Major General Arthur Denaro CBE DL, speaks with experience and great insight on how to motivate, inspire and lead others in testing times. Major General Denaro's distinguished career began […]

From the Boer War to Vietnam and beyond, Australians have long relied on war correspondents to bring home reports from the frontlines of conflict. Rediscover Victoria's war correspondents at a seminar with historians Fay Anderson, Garrie Hutchinson and Richard Trembath. Their presentations at this 'Making Public Histories' seminar complement the free inaugural exhibition celebrating the […]

Dr Mark Johnston, author (with Prof Peter Stanley) of Alamein: The Australian Story, and one of Australia’s leading experts on the Second World War, will explain the role of Australian forces in the great turning point battle of the war in July-November 1942. Why did General Montgomery, commander of the British Eighth Army, call the 9th Australian Division ‘magnificent’?

The battle of Fromelles remains the worst 24 hours in Australian history. Historian Ross McMullin will analyse how the disaster eventuated in July 1916, explain how it became for decades Australia‚Äôs little-known battle, and discuss the developments that have transformed perceptions of Fromelles in recent years. Ross McMullin is the author of an award-winning biography […]

Grief and Glory ‚Äî Victoria‚Äôs Unseen Anzac Photographic Treasures.   See more¬†here

The First World War was not just men's business. Thousands of Australian women responded to the demands of the war, and found themselves acting in an extraordinary range of dangerous situations and in diverse capacities. Join Dr Janet Butler and Dr Ruth Lee as they delve deep inside the experiences of two Geelong women at […]