Calendar of Events

Tim Whitford and John Gribben take their presentation on the road to visit the community of Shepparton.¬† During the Second World War thousands of Prisoners of War, ‚Äòenemy aliens‚Äô and Australians of German, Japanese and Italian descent found themselves imprisoned inside a huge POW/Internment Camp complex in farmland in Victoria‚Äôs Goulburn Valley. In the years […]

Dr Rosalind Hearder will reflect on the work of the 106 Australian medical officers in Japanese captivity during the Second World War.Caring for their fellow 22,000 prisoners, one-third of whom died in captivity, this small group of men fought incredible odds to save so many. Dr Hearder will examine the unique challenges faced by these […]

Talk by historian Ian Frazer, former Lecturer at Otago Univesity and co-author of ‚ÄòOn the run - Anzac escape and evasion in enemy-occupied Crete‚Äô.In the Battle of Crete in May 1941, the 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion, fought with much honour, including a last-ditch stand at ‚Äò42nd Street‚Äô in the final days of the battle. Fighting […]

Peter Burness, a Senior Historian at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, will discuss bravery in battle, with a special look at Australians’ experiences in the First World War.  He will also discuss the various honours and awards that have recognised special acts of bravery.

Dr David Holloway, author of Endure and Fight, an History of the 4th Light Horse Regiment, will speak about the regiment, unique in the AIF as the only unit to fight on each of the three major fronts involving Australian troops. In describing how this came about, Dr Holloway follows the regiment from Melbourne to […]

Presented by Catherine McCullagh On Friday 14 May 1943, while the east coast of Australia lay in the darkness of the wartime blackout, a brightly lit vessel cruised north, a floating beacon against the blackened sea. The 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was 40 miles east of Brisbane, heading for New Guinea to take on […]

The Western Flanders region of the Western Front is indelibly linked with Australians at war and Anzac. Ghent based Belgian researchers, Birger Stichelbaut and Jean Bourgeois will talk about the application of large numbers of historical aerial photographs in Great War conflict archaeology.¬† Their research is based on the interpretation and mapping of more than […]

Many of us know Vietnam Veterans as kind people in caravans, the nice man at the bowling club or as ‚Äògrandpa‚Äô. But for almost four decades it has been a tough journey home. Now, many former service men finally feel comfortable enough about their service in this controversial war to share their stories through the […]

The Anniversary of Pompey‚Äôs 135th Birthday MAJ GEN Harold ‚ÄòPompey‚Äô Elliott Day The Anniversary of Pompey‚Äôs 135th Birthday, 19th June 2103 at the Ballarat Ranger Military Museum (Ranger Barracks, Corner Sturt St & Ring Rd, Ballarat. Enter via Ring Rd gate) Maj Gen Harold Edward Elliott CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, VD: Student at Ballarat College […]

John Rogers of MHHV member Friends of the Cerberus will give a presentation on the Victorian Navy. John Rogers of MHHV member Friends of the Cerberus will give a presentation on the Victorian Navy RSVP to Adrian Roads

This is an introductory hands-on workshop for twelve participants using computers to learn Victorian Collections. This is the free, easy-to-use online cataloguing system especially created for small museums and collecting organisations. This training day is for organisations who have already decided to use this system to catalogue their collections. It is expected that you will […]

This workshop will get participants to think about developing engaging exhibitions in venues such as RSLs, local historical societies, small museums and libraries. ‚Ä¢ How can we develop displays with interesting stories behind them? ‚Ä¢ How should we decide what is exhibited and what stays in storage? ‚Ä¢ What is the safest way to display […]