Commendation, Victorian Community History Awards 2020
What started as an interest in the officer-drivers of the Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps, formed in 1908, led historian Andrew Kilsby to one in particular – Captain Edward Edwards. This is the story of …
Australia’s first cruiser, HMAS Melbourne, was launched in Birkenhead, England in 1912, and commissioned on 18 January 1913. Arriving in Port Phillip Bay on 26 March 1913, Melbourne was an object of great curiosity and pride, especially in the …
Dr Kilsby was the conference convenor for this important national conference – Military History & Heritage Victoria Inc. 4th Biennial Two-Day Conference – Hard Fought: Australia in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1945. The conference was held over 9-10 April 2022, …
