Monthly lectures exploring current or historical Defence and Security issues.
Auditorium (Lower Ground Level)
The Royal United Services Institute of NSW (RUSI) holds monthly lunchtime-lectures covering either current or historical Defence and Security issues.
Lectures are the last Tuesday of the month from 1.00-2.00pm and are open to RUSI's members, their guests and visitors. The details of the upcoming lectures are below. More information is available here.
Recordings of previous lectures are available on RUSI's website.
Lectures take place in the Memorial’s Auditorium on Lower Ground level. Entry to the Anzac Memorial is free.
Program of Upcoming Lectures
Tuesday 27 May 2025
Speaker: Ms Angela Gillham, CEO, Maritime Industry Association Limited
Subject: Australia's civil maritime capability in challenging geostrategic times
Tuesday 29 July 2025
Speaker: Major General Tim Ford AO (Ret'd)
Subject: The case for United Nations Peace Operations and their future
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Speaker: Ms Carrol Miller, UDL, Librarian
Subject: The Story of the Painting of an Australian WW1 Nurse by Australian War Artist Fred Leist in 1919
Tuesday 30 September
Speaker: To be confirmed.
Subject: Grey Zone Warfare
About RUSI NSW
RUSI NSW was established in 1888 as a learning centre for defence personnel.
Researchers and visitors are welcome to their home in the Anzac Memorial, via the Liverpool Street entrance.
As the oldest think tank in Australia, their resources include a Nationally Significant Library collection, a National Journal and monthly lectures, featuring renowned speakers from Australian defence and security organisations, universities, Defence Journalists and authors.
