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Major General Arthur Denaro “Just Fighting”
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 […]
‘Magnificent’: Australians at Alamein 1942
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’?
Australia’s Worst 24 Hours: The Centenary of Fromelles with Ross McMullin
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 […]
First drafts of History: Rediscovering Victoria’s war correspondents
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 […]
Grief and Glory – Last Week
Grief and Glory — Victoria’s Unseen Anzac Photographic Treasures. See more here
Geelong Women and the First World War
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 […]
Boer War Day Commemoration
The march starts at lower end of the Shrine Forecourt to the Eternal Flame.
Victorian Aboriginal Remembrance Service
Honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander¬†Service Men and Women. The Remembrance Service is a family friendly event and includes: Speeches from the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and a special guest Didgeridoo Performance and Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place Choir Services Band The Ode, rouse and last post Flying of the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and […]
Return of the Catalina – Documentary Screening
In 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese and with it the vital air¬†route that delivered top secret communications between Britain¬†and Australia. A group of aviators from Australia re-established the¬†route flying unarmed PBY Catalina flying boats for up to 32 hours¬†across enemy territory. In order to recognise these unsung heroes,¬†a museum in Outback Australia devised an […]
Australia’s Worst 24 Hours: The Disaster of Fromelles
The battle of Fromelles in July 1916 remains the worst 24 hours in Australian history. How could such a calamity occur? With the centenary of the disaster imminent, historian Ross McMullin will analyse how the fiasco eventuated, explain how it became for decades Australia‚Äôs little-known battle, and discuss the developments at the battlefield in more […]
With Horse & Morse – Australian signallers in Mesopotamia, Persia & Kurdistan 1918-1919 РExhibition
This exhibition highlights the images of soldier photographer E K Burke, who served with the 1st Australian Signals Squadron in 1918-1919.Burke was both a signaller and a photographer, and the exhibition shows images of not only the operations of the signals squadron from training through embarkation to the deserts and mountains of the then Mesopotamia, […]
With Horse & Morse – Australian signallers in Mesopotamia, Persia & Kurdistan 1918-1919
Dr Andrew Kilsby presents the¬†images of soldier photographer E K Burke, who served with the 1st Australian Signals Squadron in 1918-1919.Burke was both a signaller and a photographer, and the exhibition shows images of not only the operations of the signals squadron from training through embarkation to the deserts and mountains of the then Mesopotamia, […]
