Calendar of Events

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

In True Jews and Patriots ‚Äì Australian Jews and World War One, Sir John Monash is used as an exemplar of the extraordinary situation for Jews in Australia during the nineteenth century up until WW1.Join exhibition curator Dr Deborah Rechter as she chairs a conversation between Dr Clare Wright - historian, author and broadcaster and […]

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 […]

With Major Mike Wells ED (Retd) - A Member of the "Australian Army Training Team Vietnam" 1966/67 Join us to celebrate the 2015 Vietnam Veterans‚Äô Lunch with special guest speaker Major Mike Wells ED (Retd). Major Wells served with 1¬†Commando Company from 1956 through to 1971. During that period he¬†volunteered for service with the AATTV […]

Mr. James Rosenberg, Chairman of The Spirit of Australia Foundation, invites you to attend the¬†2015 Monash Commemorative Service Luncheon following the annual General Sir John Monash Commemorative Service to be held in The Grand Ballroom of The Windsor Hotel Spring Street, Melbourne on Friday 14th August 2015 at 12.00 noon for 12.30pm A two course […]