although the 1st Company is recruiting in the UK and welcomes recruits who are British citizens it also has a strong desire to recruit native Poles resident in the UK or those with a Polish background or with an interest … Continue reading →

the regiment would like to recruit someone with medical experience and an ability to ride to take on the role of ‘Regimental Surgeon’.This is an interesting role and will suit someone interested in the history of medicine and in particular … Continue reading →

The regiment is looking for a trumpeter to join it’s 1st[UK]company. In particular an ex-military trumpeter,or experienced trumpeter able to play a valveless trumpet with an ability to ride, or willing to learn to ride. This trumpeter will join our … Continue reading →

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Napoleon - Saint-Helena Appeal
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The Fondation Napoléon is a registered charity committed to the encouragement of the study of and interest in the history of the First and Second Empires, and the preservation of Napoleonic heritage.

lOOK WHO VOLINTEERED TO COME TO AUSTRALIAIN 1788

Lapérouse was well liked by his men. Among his 114-man crew there were ten scientists: Dagelet, an astronomer and mathematician; Robert de Lamanon, a geologist; La Martinière, a botanist; a physicist; three naturalists; and three illustrators, Gaspard Duché de Vancy and an uncle and nephew named Prévost.[9] Another of the scientists was Jean-André Mongez. Even both chaplains were scientifically schooled.

One of the men who applied for the voyage was a 16-year-old Corsican named Napoléon Bonaparte.[citation needed] Bonaparte, a second lieutenant from Paris's military academy at the time, made the preliminary list but he was ultimately not chosen for the voyage list and remained behind in France. At the time Bonaparte was interested in serving in the navy rather than army because of his proficiency in mathematics and artillery, both valued skills on warships.

Napoleon: Revolution to Empire [02/06/2012 - 07/10/2012]

Details
"Napoleon: Revolution to Empire" is a panoramic exhibition examining French art, culture and life from the 1770s to the 1820s. Its story runs from the first French voyages of discovery to Australia during the reign of Louis XV to the end of Napoleon's transforming leadership as first Emperor of France.

The exhibition brings to life the stormy period of social change ushered into France with the outbreak of the French Revolution, the execution of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, and the rise to power of the young Napoleon Bonaparte and his new wife Josephine. Cementing their place as France's new political and social leaders, who sought to restore stability to their troubled nation, Napoleon and Josephine became great patrons of the arts, sciences and literature. Believing the advancement of knowledge to be integral to social order, they welcomed scientists and artists to receptions and dinners where world affairs were reshaped under their rule.

A dazzling couple, leaders of Europe in the Age of Exploration who defined taste for a new century, Napoleon and Josephine were fascinated by Australia. This newly discovered continent, the southern part of which had been named Terre Napoléon or Napoleon-land by French navigators, filled Josephine's hothouses with dozens of exotic new plants and flowers, as well as furnishing her and Napoleon with a private menagerie of kangaroos, emus and black swans.

As well as telling the remarkable story of France's close involvement with Australia in the early 1800s, Napoleon: Revolution to Empire brings to Australia for the first time hundreds of objects of breathtaking opulence and luxury – paintings, drawings, engravings, sculpture, furniture, textiles, porcelain, glass, gold and silver, fashion, jewellery and armour. Organised in partnership with the Fondation Napoléon, who are lending many of their greatest works, the exhibition also features incomparable treasures drawn from Europe's most important Revolutionary and Napoleonic collections, including the Château de Malmaison, Château de Versailles, Musée Carnavalet and Musée de l'Armée in France, the Napoleonmuseum Thurgau in Switzerland, and the Museo Napoleonico in Rome.

As well as participating in the organisation of the exhibition, the Fondation Napoléon has also loaned some one-hundred and thirty works of art. These works will be on display alongside items borrowed from some of the most prestigious collections in Europe. From France, institutions involved include the Louvre, the Château de Malmaison, the Musée de l'Armée and the Musée de l'Empéri. British involvement comes from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and the National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh), whilst Switzerland will be represented by the Napoleonmuseum. The Museo Napoleonico in Rome and the Museo Glauco Lombardi in Parma will be representing Italy, and Austria will be represented by the Kuntshistorischesmuseum in Vienna. These loans will all be on display alongside items taken from Australian national collections.

When:
2 June - 7 October, 2012

Where:
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Road
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia

Opening times:
Wednesday - Monday: 10am - 5pm
Closed Tuesdays.