Past speakers

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.

Mike Carlton on the cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific War on Japan

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.

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Robert Muscat on The Great Siege of Malta 1565 – “the clash of sword and scimitar”

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.

By |2020-07-27T12:50:16+00:00March 20, 2017|Past speakers|Comments Off on Robert Muscat on The Great Siege of Malta 1565 – “the clash of sword and scimitar”

Lieutenant Colonel David Deasey RFD on Australian involvement in the Guerrilla War Phase of the Boer War

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.

By |2020-07-27T12:49:25+00:00February 19, 2017|Past speakers|Comments Off on Lieutenant Colonel David Deasey RFD on Australian involvement in the Guerrilla War Phase of the Boer War

Mr. Brad Manera on The Battle of Fromelles through the eyes of Private Walter Eyles, 54th Battalion AIF

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.

By |2020-07-27T12:51:14+00:00September 25, 2016|Past speakers|Comments Off on Mr. Brad Manera on The Battle of Fromelles through the eyes of Private Walter Eyles, 54th Battalion AIF
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