History at war

Gun emplacement, Tobruk Defences

The annual Family History Feast will be held at the State Library on 5^th August. It is a day of free information sessions for family history researchers to discover the major Victorian government agencies for genealogical research and how they can help with your family history research.

WWI trenches at Gaza, 1942

 This year’s theme is on military history -

·         Identity and dignity: family history and the missing Diggers of Fromelles

·         The Third Front: WWI and beyond in the PROV Collection

·         Behind barbed wire: Researching enemy POW and internee records in the National Archives

·         Well armed! The military history collection at the State Library of Victoria

·         The 2013 Don Grant Lecture -That elusive Digger: tracing your military

ancestors in Australia

Bring your old photographs, letters and memorabilia for a lunchtime conservation clinic with State Library and National Archives of Australia conservators who will advise you on preserving these precious items. 
 

Field guns firing at night, Western Desert

The 2013 Family History Feast will be held on Monday 5 August 2013, 10am–3.30pm at the Village Roadshow Theatrette (Entry 3) in the State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Street, Melbourne

Entry is free and bookings are essential.

Bookings open Monday 17 June, with online bookings preferred at

https://register.eventarc.com/11767/family-history-feast

Email: enquiries@prov.vic.gov.au

Phone: 03 9348 5609 Monday to Friday 10am–4.30pm

Members of the 2/4th Australian General Hospital