Past Events
October 2018
A White Hot Flame
Camberwell Library Meeting Room,
340 Camberwell Road
Camberwell, Victoria 3124 Australia + Google Map
A White Hot Flame: Mary Montgomerie Bennett: Author, Educator, Activist for Indigenous Justice. A presentation by Dr Sue Taffe. All welcome. Sue Taffe is a Melbourne historian who has written about the contributions of twentieth century activists to campaigns for Aboriginal rights. She is the author of Black and White Together FCAATSI: the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961) is an important but under-recognised figure in Australian history. A member of a…
March 2023
Harold Holt: Always One Step Further a presentation by Dr Ross Walker
Camberwell Library Meeting Room,
340 Camberwell Road
Camberwell, Victoria 3124 Australia + Google Map
Camberwell Historical Society hosts this event. Harold Holt: Always One Step Further, details Holt’s life as both a person and a politician. The story is told in three sections: Holt’s life from childhood, leading up to his prime ministership, his first year as prime minister, and his second and tragic, final year. Harold Holt is a man whose significant political legacy has long been overshadowed by the controversial and conspiracy-laden circumstances of his drowning at Cheviot Beach on the Mornington…
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