Glen Eira Historical Society
Schools in Glen Eira
Join via ZoomGlen Eira Historical Society - Speaker Series 2 A talk on the history of schools, students and teachers in Glen Eira by historian and author Dr Deborah Towns
Museums Victoria Glen Eira Collection
Join via ZoomMuseums Victoria Senior Curator, Deborah Tout-Smith will share stories and photographs of the Glen Eira area, including rare photographs of the urban landscape, shops and businesses, sport and recreation, and key events such as WWI. She will also introduce treasures from the Museum’s clothing and textiles collection. This talk follows the AGM of Glen Eira
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From sanatoria to urban bushland: An environmental history of Melbourne’s former sites of tuberculosis treatment.
Join via ZoomA talk by Environmental Historian, Rebecca Le Get. Rebecca Le Get is an independent scholar and environmental historian. She is interested in how tuberculosis and its treatment has influenced the development of green spaces and bushland reserves in suburban Melbourne. Were it not for these forests being selected for healthcare, it is uncertain if these
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A New Look at the History of the Caulfield Racecourse: A talk by Andrew Lemon. via Zoom
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldIn this talk, racing historian Andrew Lemon - author of the three volume The History of Australian Thoroughbred Racing - will look at the long history of Caulfield Racecourse and its place in the Australian story, and will reflect on the numerous campaigns and controversies surrounding this piece of crown land in the heart of metropolitan Melbourne.
Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp
Join via ZoomGlen Eira Historical Society - Speaker Series, a talk by author David Sornig on Wednesday 22 September 2021 at 7.30pm via Zoom Through the years of the Great Depression and beyond, the wetlands, rubbish tips and shanties of Dudley Flats, a neglected zone hidden in plain sight just a stone’s throw away from central Melbourne,
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