NATIONAL BIENNIAL CONFERENCES

2010 MHSA CONFERENCE Melbourne, Victoria
Easter Weekend, 2nd to 5th April 2010

We are pleased to announce that we have secured Professor David Lowe http://www.deakin.edu.au/alfred-deakin-research-institute/people/david.php, Director of the Alfred Deakin Research Institute http://www.deakin.edu.au/alfred-deakin-research-institute/ , as Keynote Speaker. Coincidentally, the 2010 Conference will go ahead almost exactly 100 years since Alfred Deakin, three time Australian Prime Minister and a major architect behind the Australian national defence framework, ended his long and productive political career.

In addition, we are also able to announce that Major General Jim Molan <http://www.icmi.com.au/Speaker/Leadership/Jim_Molan/Biography>  (Rtd), AO, DSC, has agreed to speak to our formal dinner on Saturday 3rd April.  Major General Molan’s recent book Running the War in Iraq http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732287818/Running_the_War_in_Iraq/index.aspx and his insights into modern military affairs will add a very contemporary feel to the historical context of the Conference.

This conference is packed with highly interesting, at times even controversial, papers from MHSA members from Queensland, Victoria, the ACT and NSW as well as from a number of guest speakers.  The subjects are many and varied, and include battle, biographical, militaria, archaeology, social and strategy themes from the times of the Imperial forces in Australia through to the current day.  

The Research in Progress segment will be included in the program once again. Any intending participants who have a research project underway or feel they may have an update or perspective of interest to the gathering, are encouraged to use this forum for a short and informal presentation. Members who can identify a subject for this session are encouraged to contact the Convener at their earliest opportunity.

The formal dinner will be a highlight; but it is expected that a field trip to Melbourne’s historic Shrine will also be of interest to many.  As well there will be opportunities for those militaria experts to display and trade their treasures.

Input to the Conference is welcome at any point and an early commitment by way of Registration of Interest is sought in the short term. To advise this interest and for any further information please contact via our Conference Convener, Andrew Kilsby, at conference@mhsa.org.au or telephone (03) 9563 0089 (AH).  Updates to the program and organisation of the Conference will be placed on these webpages as details fall into place.  

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