Past speakers

The lightening advance of Japanese forces south to the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) in March 1942 spelt doom for two proud warships of the Allied navies.

While the ‘Gallipoli inventions’ are famous, less is known about their ‘back story’, the human context and living conditions that gave rise to them. Gary Traynor presents Militaria from the Gallipoli campaign.

In this presentation, battlefield guide and historian David Wilson will examine a number of significant battlefields that are under threat by late 20th or 21st Century encroachments.

Ms. Eleanor Limprecht will be sharing with us about the research which she did into Australian war brides who went to America during WWII in order to write her novel, The Passengers.

Before the RAAF has even taken possession of the latest addition to its arsenal of air weapons, the F35 - a 5th generation fighter - is being heralded as one of the most cyber tested weapon systems in the world.

Centennial WW1 Armistice Tribute. Gallipoli, Western Front & Palestine - Eye Witness Accounts. The author's campaign to switch the commemorative spotlight from Gallipoli to important but less well-known battlefields.

The story of a very adventurous and heroic US Air Force Officer that was seconded to the CIA to overfly Soviet airspace at the height of the cold war.

The Military History Society of New South Wales Incorporated presents [...]

The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau tells the story of the country's significant code-breaking and signals-intelligence achievements during the Second World War.

The Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) marks one of the bleakest period in the history of Malaya (now known as Malaysia). This lecture traces the emergence of the Communist Insurgents and explores the events that led to the declaration of the Emergency.