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The First ANZACS
Apr 28, 2026
George Hulse and Jimmy Thomson are the authors of The First ANZACS
'This is the unknown story of the combat engineers who kept World War I running. Although it has been repeatedly denied by the army, they were the first Australians and New Zealanders to land at Anzac Cove: in any combat, even today, sappers are always the first in and last out.
They were airbrushed out of history. Official historian Charles Bean claimed the first Australian ashore at the Gallipoli landing on 25 April 1915 was an infantry officer. But Bean wasn't there, and a bunch of Australian and New Zealand army engineers were. Even today, the army is reluctant to accept that sappers were among the very first ANZACs ashore.
This is the untold story of World War I Australian and New Zealand sappers—combat engineers—with extracts from their diaries. They were always in the vanguard, clearing defences, and building bridges, roads and walkways, usually under fire, for the troops who followed. At Gallipoli, strafed by machine guns and targeted by snipers, they dug trenches and tunnels to advance on the Turkish defences. On the Western Front, they burrowed under the German lines to plant massive explosives. In Egypt they demolished a Turkish railway in a day'. M.C.: TBA
Photo and Words: Allen and Unwin
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Restoring Lives Through Mercy Ships
May 05, 2026
Samantha Clarke is an Ambassador for Mercy Ships Australia and is passionate about connecting people to meaningful impact. With a background spanning business, community engagement and national politics, she now shares the story of Mercy Ships and the life changing work taking place through the world’s largest civilian hospital ships, bringing free surgery, training and hope to people in need. M.C.: TBC Photo Credit: Supplied |
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Crime With a Twist Of History, At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
May 19, 2026
Laraine sets her Reggie da Costa Mysteries in the Melbourne of the early twentieth century, in the aftermath of the Great War and during the heady days of the 1920s, when gangs, sly-grog and gambling dens inhabited the back streets of Melbourne. In her talk, Laraine will discuss how she combined her love of crime fiction and history to depict historically accurate and lively settings for her Reggie da Costa Mysteries. M.C: TBA Photo: Supplied by speaker
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Recipient: 2025 Rotary Hawthorn Sponsored Doherty, At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Jul 07, 2026
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Device Mediated Solutions For Falls Prevention, Bionics Institute, At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Jul 21, 2026
'David is an Associate Professor and Principal research fellow at the Bionics Institute. He is the founding head of the Balance Disorders & Ataxia Service (BDAS) at the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, the Fragile X-Associated Tremor Ataxia (FXTAS) Clinic. He consults in the Monash Health Friedreich Ataxia clinic and the Machado-Joseph Disease Foundation Ataxia Clinic (Northern Territory), an honorary neurologist at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne and a lecturer at Melbourne University. David regularly travels to remote regions in Australia to provide clinical care for first nations people with balance disorders, many of whom are much more prone to developing disorders due to genetics'. M.C. Dorothy Gilmour Photo Credit: Bionics Institute
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