Calendar of Events

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Called the 'Cornerstone of the Continent' by George Bass when he discovered the area in 1798, this exhibition highlights the importance of Wilsons Promontory within the nation's security during WW ll and its role in the training of selected soldiers for guerrilla warfare. Foster & District Museum Old Post Office main street Foster 3960 (next […]

Journalist and author, Mike Rosel shares stories of the decorated and virtually unknown WWI Royal Air Force pilot and former Prahran resident Captain Alec Little. Rotary Club of Mont Albert & Surrey Hills Meeting Venue: Box Hill Institute ‚Äì Nelson Campus, Room G32, Ground Floor, Nelson Road, Box Hill 3128 (Melway 47 C8) Meeting Date […]

Reflects the debt of honour owed by Australia to the Timorese people. In 1942 two of Australia's first Commando units who trained at Wilsons Promontory fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese in former Portuguese East Timor. The Commandos only survived through the support of the Timorese people who provided food and shelter, warned of […]