CHAPTER MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE WAVERLEY RSL
The Waverley RSL is located at 161 Coleman Parade, Glen Waverley, and is conveniently situated opposite the Glen Waverley railway station. The RSL car park is free but you need to display a ticket on your dashboard (obtainable from reception) or use the public car park opposite.
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Naval Historical Society of Australia – Victoria Chapter
Cordially invites you to our Monthly Meeting at 1900 on Monday 28 October 2024
At Waverley RSL – Sunset Room, 161 Coleman Parade, Glen Waverley
Guest Speaker
Mr Neil Sharkey
“The RAN in The Pacific during the Second World War”
Neil Sharkey attended Parade College in Bundoora before completing an Arts Degree with Honours at Melbourne University. After a five-year stint working in Reference and Exhibitions at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra, he returned to Melbourne in January 2007 to take on the role of Curator at the Shrine of Remembrance.
In the past seventeen years Neil has developed dozens of Shrine Special Exhibitions (including his latest Designing Remembrance which is currently on display) as well as the Shrine’s permanent Second World War Gallery. In 2022 his exhibition ‘Lust, Love, Loss: Australian Stories of Wartime Relationships’ won the Australian Museum and Gallery Association award for best exhibition for a medium sized organisation.
His presentation on the RAN in the Pacific during World War Two thus offers not simply an account of events as they occurred, and their importance to Australia’s security and defence preparedness at the time. It is expected to provide a glimpse by a professional curator into how our naval history is best conveyed to those who wish to understand and better learn from it.
Members and Guests are most welcome
A relaxing meal and drink beforehand at the bar on the ground floor from 1730 onwards followed by a meal at 1800 in the RSL’s delightful Warramunga Room is always a pleasant prelude to the 1900 meeting in the Sunset Room on Level 1.
Membership of the NHSA automatically entitles you to be part of the Victoria Chapter and to share in its activities.
We hold our monthly meetings in the well-appointed “Sunset Room” at the RSL – easy access is provided by an adjacent lift. Our program is listed on the website, and we either have a Guest Speaker or show a film. Meetings start at approximately 7.00 pm and finish by 9.00 pm.
The “Warramunga Restaurant” on the ground floor opens at 5.30 pm and a number of members and guests take the opportunity to enjoy a few drinks at the bar before heading to the Restaurant.
Our Secretary Lynda Gilbert coordinates the booking of tables, so please let her know in advance by email lynda.gilbert@aol.com if you are intending to join us for dinner.
If joining us for the first time, please let us know when you plan to visit by contacting Andrew Mackinnon and we will ensure you are made welcome.
The Chapter produces a monthly newsletter called the ‘Three-Headed Dog’, containing a variety of articles of interest. Edited by Andrew Mackinnon, this is published 11 times a year and is distributed by email to Victorian members free of charge. Copies of the latest and previous ‘Three-Headed Dog’ newsletters can be found on the
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