Calendar of Events

The Friends of Hawthorn Tram Depot are proud to announce ‚ÄòTramway Anzacs‚Äô, an exhibition at the Melbourne Tram Museum @ Hawthorn Depot, honouring the 538 employees of Melbourne tramways who volunteered for active service in the First World War. Conceived to commemorate the centenary of the landing at Anzac Cove, the exhibition is focused on […]

Open Day at National Vietnam Veterans Museum Sunday 24 May 2015. 10.00 am ‚Äì 4.00 pm. Free entry to the museum. Activities for children include model making with Wonthaggi Woodcrafters - make a model tank, helicopter or Canberra bomber to take home. Paper craft demonstration ‚Äì learn the art of paper folding, an ancient craft […]

Lunch with Colin Grey OAM, Australian Story Personality ‚Äì Aviation Archeologist ‚Äì Curator of Aircraft An audio visual presentation of the highlights and challenges of salvation and restoration on a grand scale. Do you have an old car wreck languishing in your shed? Do you know how to bring it back to life? Take this […]

The end of 2014 has marked the conclusion of Operation SLIPPER, Australia‚Äôs military contribution to the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan, and the International Coalition against Terrorism mission across Afghanistan and the Middle East, which commenced in October 2001. To mark the end of Operation SLIPPER a parade will be held on Saturday, […]

In this photographic exhibition of remembrance at the Monash Federation Centre (produced by MHHV member Dr Andrew Kilsby/Cooee History & Heritage), World War One Avenues of Honour in the modern Electorate of Chisholm (partly in the former Shire of Mulgrave) are considered.Three were established before the end of World War One and one after the […]

In this photographic exhibition of remembrance at the Monash Federation Centre (produced by MHHV member Dr Andrew Kilsby/Cooee History & Heritage), World War One Avenues of Honour in the modern Electorate of Chisholm (partly in the former Shire of Mulgrave) are considered.Three were established before the end of World War One and one after the […]

This is the biography of Captain George Ingram VC, MM, the Yarra Valley‚Äôs only recipient of the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth‚Äôs highest award for valor on the battlefield. The Wandin & District Historical Museum Society Inc. is proud to invite you to the launch of our new book From a country boyhood growing up in […]

Yes folks, 2 whole days of collecting.

Compared by Denis Walter Featuring Artists - Silvie Paladino, The Australian Children's Choir (Andrew Wailes), City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band, Melbourne Staff Band (Ken Waterworth) Purchase Tickets Here $20 / $15

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.