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Gotcha! Concrete Prints from the McEwans Celebrity Pavement

April 17 @ 9:00 am - August 16 @ 5:00 pm
City Gallery, 110 Swanston Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia
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Who remembers the McEwans celebrity pavement?
Between 1972 and 1994, scores of celebrities had their hand- and footprints immortalised in cement at the entrance of the McEwans hardware store in Bourke Street. Shopping for a hammer or a hair-dryer, you’d step in the prints of actors, musicians, sportspeople, writers, dancers, politicians, an astronaut, a racehorse – even an operatic dog.
Curated by Robyn Annear, 'Gotcha!' presents 40 of the surviving prints from the McEwans pavement, together with stories of the celebrities who made them and newspaper images that capture the mood of the times.

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11:00 am

Incinerator History Tours

July 20 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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One event on July 20, 2024 at 11:00 am

Incinerator Gallery, 180 Holmes Road
Aberfeldie, VIC 3045 Australia
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Discover the captivating history of the Essendon incinerator on our monthly volunteer-led history tour. Strategically located near parkland and residences, this iconic structure emerged in 1929, revolutionising waste disposal was designed by the offices of visionary architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. Join us as our knowledgeable guides unveil the ‘Destructor’s’ transformative journey,
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12:00 pm

Rare Book Week: The Mysteries and Mayhem of Early Melbourne

July 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Level 1, 188 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000, Level 1, 188 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia
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Speakers: Jane Sullivan and Lucy Sussex Melbourne has always had its underbelly of crime, inspiring crime fiction detectives from Mary Fortune and Fergus Hume to Peter Temple’s ‘Jack Irish’. Join Jane, whose latest novel Murder in Punch Lane, is a thriller inspired by real events and people in 1868 Melbourne, and Lucy, who in 2025 will publish Outrageous Fortunes, a
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