Shrine of Remembrance (Talks)

Tuesday 1 May 2018 - Melinda Martin, Matthew Sleeth, Wendy Sharpe and Tanja Johnston

Australian war artists as historians, documenters and first hand witnesses must confront their own experience of the tragedies of war. In partnership with Linden New Art Gallery, join us for a special conversation with two contemporary Australian war artists about their experience in war-torn countries.

Direct download: 01_May_2018_The_Art_of_War.mp3
Category:Talks -- posted at: 6:00pm AEDT

Thursday 18 April 2013- Dr David Holloway 

Dr David Holloway, author of Endure and Fight, an History of the 4th Light Horse Regiment, will speak about the regiment, unique in the AIF as the only unit to fight on each of the three major fronts involving Australian troops.

In describing how this came about, Dr Holloway follows the regiment from Melbourne to Gallipoli, it being divided thereafter so that two squadrons went to the Western Front whilst the reinforced remainder served through much of the Palestine campaign, notably at Beersheba and the fall of Damascus.

The story is replete with tales of individual soldiers, many of whom came from Warrnambool and the surrounding district and who will be mentioned during the talk.  

Direct download: 18_April_13_A_Unique_Regiment_Regional_Lecture.mp3
Category:Talks -- posted at: 1:06pm AEDT

Cameron Forbes. The Korean War had a profound impact on the world and the great ideological confrontation that was the Cold War. It also gave shape to Australia's strategic alliance with the United States and set the pattern for our involvement in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Multi-award winning journalist and author Cameron Forbes will talk both about the giants of history - Mao, Stalin and Truman - and about the marvelous Diggers in an Australian force wich punched above their weight. 

Direct download: 7_March_The_Korean_War.mp3
Category:Talks -- posted at: 7:00am AEDT

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