Monthly lectures are available free to members and guests. Featuring renowned speakers from Australian defence and security organisations, universities, other historical societies and “think tanks”, these insightful topics provide great depth into conflicts and period of history of historical military importance.
The Military History Society of New South Wales Incorporated presents [...]
The Military History Society of NSW presents Mike Carlton on The cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific War on Japan. In 1924 the grand old battle cruiser HMAS Australia I, once the pride of the nation, was sunk off Sydney Heads. She had saved Australia from a German attack in the Pacific in World War I, but after the war she was a victim in the race to disarm.
The Military History Society of NSW presents Robert Muscat on The Great Siege of Malta 1565 - "the clash of sword and scimitar". The speaker is Robert Muscat, recent Council member of the Society and secondary school principal with over thirty years in the education field.
The Military History Society of NSW presents Lieutenant Colonel David Deasey RFD (Retd) on Australian involvement in the Guerrilla War Phase of the Boer War.
The Military History Society of New South Wales Incorporated presents [...]
The Military History Society of New South Wales Incorporated presents [...]
The Military History Society of New South Wales Incorporated presents David Cooper - committee member of the Civil War Chapter of NSW - on the Battle of Antietam in the American Civil War.
The Military History Society of New South Wales Incorporated presents [...]
Mr Brad Manera - Senior Historian and Curator at Anzac Memorial, Sydney - on The Battle of Fromelles through the eyes of Private Walter Eyles, 54th Battalion AIF.
The Battle of Rorke’s Drift was remarkable in that a British force outnumbered approximately 40:1 was able to survive and beat off the attack, while at the prior Battle of Isandlwana a British force outnumbered 20:1 was wiped out.
