Calendar of Events

Yes folks, 2 whole days of collecting.

MHHV and the National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) will hold a Museum Dinner at the NVVM on Saturday 21 April 2013 from 7 pm following its one day conference at the Museum - Choppers: Helicopters and the Vietnam War The dinner is open to all comers, but seats are limited to 80, so book early. […]

MHHV and the National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) will hold a one day conference at the NVVM on Saturday 20 April 2013, between 9 am and 4.30pm: The conference will be opened by Dr Peter Edwards, AM, Official Historian for Australia‚Äôs involvement in South East Asian conflict 1948-1975, and the keynote speaker will be Air […]

National Vietnam Veterans Museum Open During Summer School Holidays: Daily* from 10.00am - 5.00 pm Outside of School Holidays** Wednesday to Monday from 10.00am - 5.00 pm *Except Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. **The Museum is closed on Tuesdays during non-school holiday periods for maintenance, training, planning and administration.

The enduring fascination with Gallipoli is explored in this exclusive exhibition which presents some 100 items recovered from the Joint Historical and Archaeological Survey of the Gallipoli battlefield (2010 ‚Äì 14) supported by the Australian, New Zealand and Turkish governments. Historical and geographical context is provided by maps and engravings on loan from the University […]

Australian Police Arms and Accoutrements - Colonial to Present.This is Major Noel Hall Award night. PLEASE CONTACT THE GUILD FOR THE START TIME. The Guild holds monthly meetings on the last Monday of the month at Eley Park Community Centre, 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, Melbourne (Melways ref: 61-H5). We warmly welcome, and encourage, all […]

Bayonets.This is Major Noel Hall Award night. PLEASE CONTACT THE GUILD FOR THE START TIME. The Guild holds monthly meetings on the last Monday of the month at Eley Park Community Centre, 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, Melbourne (Melways ref: 61-H5). We warmly welcome, and encourage, all prospective members to come along to one of […]

Part one of 'Episodes of the Royal Navy, Battleships at War 1941/42.' This is part of a series of eleven DVD presentations featuring archival film from the Imperial War Museum, London. The Complete set has been presented to the Victoria Chapter of the NHS by Captain David Mc Fall FCII MN of the Maritime Model […]

MilitariaThis is Major Noel Hall Award night. PLEASE CONTACT THE GUILD FOR THE START TIME. The Guild holds monthly meetings on the last Monday of the month at Eley Park Community Centre, 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, Melbourne (Melways ref: 61-H5). We warmly welcome, and encourage, all prospective members to come along to one of […]

From Naval Video Time Capsules, Episodes of the Royal Navy, we view Part 2 'Britannia Goes to War'. Produced from rare archival film from the Imperial War Museum London, this one hour video profiles almost all the types of warships of WW2. From Spithead reviews to the Home and Mediterranean fleets exercising off Gibraltar. From […]

Enjoy the rare opportunity to tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort. Fort Queenscliff is one of Victoria's most important heritage sites and one of the largest and best preserved forts in the country. Enjoy the rare opportunity to tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort (operating as an Australian Army Base) with over 150 […]

An international conference hosted by the Australian War Memorial and the Australian National University Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 was one of the most controversial campaigns of the First World War. The major allied powers aimed at shortening the war by eliminating Turkey, but the campaign ended in complete […]