Moonee Valley Family & Local History Blog

Join us next Tuesday evening as we commemorate the centenary of ANZAC Day at Sam Merrifield Library with a special talk about the local impact of Gallipoli and wider war on what is now the Moonee Valley area. The local contribution and impact of the First World War was enormous, but is now not well known. Local Historian, Lenore Frost, will share some of this amazing, often tragic, history, particularly the stories of early World War One enlistees from Moonee Ponds and Essendon, several of them former cadets in the Essendon Rifles. Many of these men went on to serve as officers on other fronts, if they were first fortunate enough to have survived Gallipoli. To book call Sam Merrifield Library on 8325 1950, or book online .

For our Anzac Day Talk this year Professor Bruce Scates will be discussing his novel On Dangerous Ground at Niddrie Library (Thursday 24th April, 2pm). This novel explores issues around commemoration and loss emanating from the ill founded military adventure in 1915. It fuses the author’s extensive research and knowledge with imaginative history. Author Professor Bruce Scates is the Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University. He has led historical tours of the battlefields and commemorative sites of the Great War. Book online: mooneevalleylibraries.eventbrite.com.au or call 8325 1950. Julia