These changes reflected the evolution of the society's focus from modelling, uniforms, badges and other collectables towards military history more broadly.
[13] The branch held annual exhibitions throughout this period, which included displays of medals, uniforms, badges, captured war materials, and firearms.
[14][15][16] In 1988, the branch hosted a talk by Professor Syd Wise focusing on American Civil War battlefields.
[18] In June 2000, the branch hosted the society's the biennial conference, focusing on the Boer War, over three days at the Canberra Returned and Services League Club.
[26] It includes articles on a diverse range of topics, usually written based on original research, as well as editorials, obituaries, book reviews, letters, and society notices.
Contributions to the journal come from the society's members, and from professional historians and authors including Chris Coulthard-Clark (a previous editor),[2] Mark Johnston, Peter Stanley, Graham McKenzie-Smith,[27] Anthony Staunton,[28][29] and Jeff Hopkins-Weise,[30] as well as retired military personnel such as Gordon Maitland, Ronald Austin, Clem Sargent, and Paul Rosenzweig.
[32] Articles from December 2011 can be accessed online through the Informit database,[33] and the journal is held in libraries across Australia, either in hard copy form or electronically.
[37] Past editors include: Barry Videon, John Lyons, James Courtney, Chris Coulthard-Clark, Peter Kelly, Peter Stanley, Barry Clissold, Alan Fraser, Stephen Allen, Elisabeth Topperwien, Anthony Staunton, and Paul Skrebels.
Consisting of 11 articles that had been previously published in various editions of Sabretache, the volume deals with a diverse range of topics covering the period 1916–1917, with a preface from Peter Stanley.