Robert Muscat

Principal Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

What a classic digger portrait.

#Anzac

[David Vance @DavidVance]

This is so surreal. The socialist Spanish minister uses a private jet to attend a climate conference. 100 metres before the venue she gets out off the limo and takes a bicycle. The security cars follow her.

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

SPECIAL EVENT - NEW SOUTH WALES AT WAR - ONE DAY CONFERENCE, SATURDAY 7th OCTOBER 2023
Join us at Anzac Memorial Hyde Park, Sydney, to hear four outstanding military historians and enjoy a special tour of the Memorial, with morning and afternoon tea and lunch provided. More details here:

https://t.co/PEzwkEfwjc

#Sydney #NSW #NSWpol #auspol #history #twitterstorians #WW1 #WW2

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

PUBLIC LECTURE
Join us for a talk on military aspects a major guerilla war of the twentieth century, which led to independence and back majority rule for Zimbabwe. The speaker is a former member of the Rhodesian armed forces. More details here:

https://t.co/ozu4gy8MSI

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol #history #twitterstorians

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, attends a military review in Centennial Park, Sydney, on 23 March 1920 during his tour of Australia. He succeeded to the throne as King Edward VIII on 20 January 1936 and abdicated on 11 December 1936.

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol #history #RoyalFamily

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

Sinking of HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire to the southwest of Ceylon, 5 April 1942.

Relates to our next lecture, 10:30AM on Saturday, 1st July 2023 at Anzac Memorial Hyde Park, Sydney CBD. Historian of British naval power Angus Britts will speak on The Singapore Strategy: A Century of Warning. More details here:

https://t.co/3ogl4I2iUE

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol #history #WW2

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

"From the Editor"

Winter 2023 Issue of Reconnaissance, the quarterly magazine of The Military History Society of New South Wales:

https://t.co/Qijpv0CntG

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol #history #twitterstorians

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

An officer of the 50th Regiment of Foot who was stationed at Victoria Barracks, #Sydney, between 1866 to 1869, following service in the New Zealand wars. Insignia on cuff and collar indicates the rank of captain and the medals are for service in the Crimean War.

#NSW #nswpol #History

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

PUBLIC LECTURE
10:30AM Saturday 1 July 2023, at Anzac Memorial Hyde Park, Sydney CBD.

Historian of British naval power, Angus Britts, on lessons from the doomed Singapore Strategy. More here:

https://t.co/ZjCuLYxMA0

#NSW #nswpol #auspol #Sydney #WW2

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

Our 2023 Annual Patron's Lecture on Saturday, 3 June 2023 at Anzac Memorial Hyde Park, Sydney, given by Major General the Hon Justice Paul Brereton AM RFD was video recorded and uploaded to our YouTube channel here:

https://t.co/gaAZsI57kv via @YouTube

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

2023 Annual Patron's Lecture - Maj Gen the Hon Justice Paul Brereton AM RFD

Don't miss this opportunity to gain an insight into the planning & execution of a military operation from one of the senior officers involved. More here:

https://t.co/ZjCuLYxMA0

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

2023 ANNUAL PATRON'S LECTURE - MAJOR GENERAL THE HON JUSTICE PAUL BRERETON AM RFD
Come along and hear our Patron speak about this operation which he helped to plan. More details here:

https://t.co/ZjCuLYxMA0

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol #auspol #twitterstorians

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

2023 ANNUAL PATRON'S LECTURE - MAJ GEN the HON JUSTICE PAUL BRERETON AM RFD
Speaking on "Operation Anode: Australian Operations in the Solomon Islands 2003-2013" which he helped prepare as commander 5th Brigade. More here:

https://t.co/0poxMVw6UD

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol #auspol

[Institute of Public Affairs @TheIPA]

“The rich, prosperous, and generous nation we are today would not exist but for Captain James Cook. At the very least, we owe him this recognition and an informed assessment of his achievements,” writes the IPA’s Colleen Harkin in The @SpectatorOz. #auspol
https://t.co/cJWeUG9OkT

[On This Day RN @OnthisdayRN]

#OnThisDay 1770 @RoyalNavy Lieutenant, later Captain James cook discovered Port Jackson for Britain where the city of Sydney would later be established. he discovery was part of his epic voyage during which he charted much of Australia & New Zealand. He had left #Plymouth in 1768

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

Scene from our absorbing lecture this morning at Anzac Memorial Hyde Park where Dr David Martin spoke on "The British Army's Steep and Bloody 'Learning Curve': which facilitated the AIF becoming such an effective fighting force on the Western Front in 1918".

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

REMINDER: PUBLIC LECTURE - 10:30AM THIS SATURDAY, 6 MAY 2023, ANZAC MEMORIAL HYDE PARK, SYDNEY CBD
Come and hear Dr David Martin's take on this prominent aspect of World War I studies. More details here:

https://t.co/ZjCuLYxMA0

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol #history #WW1 #Anzac

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

Portrait of Major General Sir George Frederick Wootten, KBE, CB, DSO and Bar, ED (1 May 1893-31 March 1970) from Marrickville, New South Wales, commander of 9th Australian Infantry Division, 2nd AIF, in World War II.

#Sydney #NSW #nswpol #WW2

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

Disgraceful desecration of a statue commemorating the great Lachlan Macquarie.

#Sydney #NSWpol https://t.co/T1woQDh0PX via @SkyNewsAust

[Military History Society of NSW @MHS_NSW]

This Anzac Day 2023 The Military History Society of New South Wales honours the brave soldiers who fought and died for our country. Lest We Forget.

Image: Anzac Day march passing Sydney Town Hall, 1938.

#AnzacDay #AnzacDay2023 #Sydney #NSW #nswpol #auspol