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The society shares maintains a number of social media channels to interact with our members, share useful or interesting information. We do this to enhance and promote interest in military history and to share our passion with the world.
You can see each of our channels below, including our live social media feed which collates the activities on twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
High up on the Old Officers' Mess at Victoria Barracks, Paddington, Sydney, Royal Cypher and roman numerals dating 1842. ... See MoreSee Less
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During the depression years of 1931 to 1936, the Royal Military College was removed from Duntroon, Canberra, and installed in the officers’ quarters or Building 13 at Victoria Barracks, Sydney. This photograph shows the graduation parade of 8 December 1931. The Staff Corps Mess which had been the main occupier of the building, was moved to the former garrison hospital at the western end of the Barracks. It is believed that the Commandant occupied Married Quarter No. 12 as an office and quarters, while the cadets were accommodated in much of the other quarters in this building. ... See MoreSee Less
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A fire sale of Defence properties to shore up the federal budget will erase the military’s presence from the heart of the nation’s major cities, undermining recruitment efforts and the ADF’s ability to rapidly mobilise in a security crisis, critics of the move say.
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Fort Denison, part of the Sydney Harbour National Park, is a heritage-listed former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island located north-east of the Royal Botanic Garden and approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the Opera House in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The island may have been known as Mattewanye or Muddawahnyuh in the Eora language [citation needed], and as Pinchgut Island.
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The Future of Spectacle Island, Sydney Harbour ... Read more: ... See MoreSee Less
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OFFICERS INFANTRY SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION, VICTORIA BARRACKS, SYDNEY, 1900.
[The Sydney Mail, Saturday, 4 August 1900]The Sydney Mail.
Saturday 4th August 1900.
OFFICERS INFANTRY SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION, VICTORIA BARRACKS, Sydney, 1900.
Lieut. Robert Scobie, from Oakhampton, Maitland, sixth from left. ... See MoreSee Less
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The Sydney Mail.
Saturday 4th August 1900. THE BROTHERS PALAZZI. Private Joseph Palazzi (Killed). Saddler-Sergeant Silvio Alfred Palazzi. 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles.The Sydney Mail.
Saturday 4th August 1900.
THE BROTHERS PALAZZI.
Private Joseph Palazzi (Killed). Saddler-Sergeant Silvio Alfred Palazzi.
1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles. ... See MoreSee Less
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Scene from our well-attended lecture this morning at Anzac Memorial Hyde Park, Sydney. Robert Muscat speaking on "Fumbling a Victory: The British Army at Long Island, New York, 1776". ... See MoreSee Less
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FINAL REMINDER - TOMORROW'S LECTURE
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