Calendar of Events

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 […]

Mr. James Rosenberg, Chairman of The Spirit of Australia Foundation, invites you to attend the¬†2015 Monash Commemorative Service to be held in The Legislative Assembly Chamber, Parliament House Spring Street, Melbourne on Friday 14th August 2015 10.30am to 11.30am Morning tea from 10am Dress: Lounge Suit or equivalentLarge Medals and Decorations RSVP: before 7th August […]

The Fort Queenscliff Museum Friends of the Fort Annual Black Tie Dinner is to be held at the Geelong Club on 22 August 2015 6:30pm for 7pm Guest Speaker Colonel Marcus Fielding, President, Military History and Heritage Victoria will discuss the 100th anniversary of the August Offensive at Gallipoli including the Battle of Lone Pine. […]

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Shrine Guard, join Anthony McAleer as he recounts the heroic life of an original Shrine Guard. George Ingram VC, MM served in the First World War at Rabaul manning the guns and then faced the horrors of the Western Front with the 24th Battalion. He survived the killing […]

The Rum Rebellion was one of many episodes in a neglected saga of British Imperial Governance at the turn of the nineteenth century ‚Äì the insistent muddying of civil and military order in the colonies after 1783. Placing the controversy about Governor Bligh in the context of contemporary scandals about Colonel Picton of Trinidad, Joseph […]

The 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Pacific Day will be commemorated at the Shrine of Remembrance on Saturday 15th August 2015.   The service will commence at 12 noon. The commemoration will take the form of an address by Her Excellency the Governor of Victoria, the Hon. Linda Dessau AM, followed by a wreath […]

Michael Veitch talks about the remarkable men whose memories he captured for his new book Heroes of the Skies. What was meeting these WWII airmen like? What were their thoughts looking back on the war ‚Äì and what can we learn from them?   Ticket purchase includes a $3 donation to the Shrine of Remembrance. […]

What‚Äôs in the history books depends on who writes them. In war, the experiences of women, Indigenous Australians and carers of the wounded on the homefront are relegated to the margins. Liz Byrski and¬†Clare Wright remember what we‚Äôve chosen to forget.   Hosted by Christina Twomey.   Ticket purchase includes a $3 donation to the […]

While Gallipoli dominates the national conversation about nation-making, esteemed historian Stuart Macintyre argues that actually, the 1940s were more pivotal to our identity. He‚Äôll talk about how post-war reconstruction shaped Australia against a background of wartime sacrifice and austerity.   Hosted by Christina Twomey.   Ticket purchase includes a $3 donation to the Shrine of […]

Join Lambis as he discusses the search for the missing men of the Battle of Fromelles. A team‚Äôs tireless search and advocacy over many years led to the discovery of a mass burial site for 250 soldiers lost since First World War. This search has led to the creation of the first new Commonwealth War […]