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Historical moment: France entered the First World War on August 3rd, 1914

Paris 3 August 1914 Monsieur le Président, The German administrative and military authorities have been averted to a certain number of flagrantly hostile acts committed on German territory by French military aviators….

We shall remember them: Fromelles

On Saturday July 19th 1916, the Fifth Division of the Australian Army launched a diversion attack in the valley of the Somme which we know now as the Battle of…

The Petit Melbourne 2014/15 has arrived!

The free guide that brings France to Melbourne has arrived to the Honorary French Consulate… If you would like to find addresses of French places in Melbourne, if you are nostalgic…

The France 1914 Conference

The France 1914 Conference, hosted by the George Rudé Society, the peak body of French historians in Australia and New Zealand, in association with Deakin University, took place on July 15…

Commemoration of the Battle of Fromelles

Commemoration of the Battle of Fromelles: 19 July 2014, 01:30PM, Cobbers Statue in the gardens of the Shrine The Battle of Fromelles was fought on the 19th of July, 1916….

Exciting conferences at the State Library

Two free lectures are coming up at the State Library as a part of its Victor Hugo exhibition: 1. Victor Hugo: Les Misérables POP-UP TALK – 1.00pm  Friday 18 July or  3.00pm …

Bastille Day at Auburn High School

Auburn High School students planned a revolution for Bastille Day ! At lunchtime on Bastille Day, the Auburn High School forecourt was transformed into a French town square with French food, music…

Bastille Day’s celebration in Melbourne

“The French National Day is a celebration of the values that define France, the values that transcend race and religion, values that are perpetual and noble, the values of liberté,…

Victor Hugo: Les Misérables from page to stage Exhibition

A new exhibition at the State Library of Victoria opens this week ! Thanks to the bequest of Victor Hugo, one of the greatest French writers of all time, the exhibition Victor…

Bastille Day Ceremony

For the Bastille day event, the French Old soldiers Association in the Victoria organise a celebration at the Shrine of Remembrance from 12:00. Students from Camberwell Primary School and Caulfield…

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