Past speakers

The Battle of the Coral Sea was off the north-east coast of Australia between 4 and 8 May 1942 fought by US and Australian forces against the Japanese. It was the first aircraft carrier battle ever fought.

Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake in the world, but one of the strangest battles of WWI took place on its placid waters. Hear Battlefield Guide Dennis Weatherall's detailed account of this feat of arms.

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Military History Society of NSW, Major General the Honourable Justice Paul Brereton AM RFD will give a lecture on Lieutenant General James Gordon Legge CB, CMG, MA, LLB.

The Military History Society of NSW presents Chris Matthew on Fate, Pre-Destination and the Mindset of Ancient and Modern Warriors – some of the first recorded instances of physical and psychological reactions to the traumas of war.

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

The Military History Society of NSW presents Associate Professor Bob Breen on: Interrupting a hybrid war: new perspectives on Australia’s military involvement in East Timor in 1999.

The Military History Society of NSW presents Mr Robert Muscat on: Did America win the War of Independence or did Britain lose the American colonies?

The Military History Society of NSW presents Dr Denise Donlon curator of the Shellshear Museum of Physical Anthropology on forensic anthropology and archaeology in the identification of battlefield remains.

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

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