To coincide with the beginning of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day in March, our tour will focus on women in Box Hill cemetery. We will visit the graves of a variety of women, from nurses, teachers and artists to pioneers of women’s organisations. Come along and learn about the part that some women
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The changing shape of Birrarung (Yarra River) In the first outing of our ‘Up from the Vaults’ series for 2020, Dr Liz Dean from the School of Social and Political Sciences will explore the significance of Birrarung (the Yarra River). In 2017 the Victorian Government implemented the landmark Yarra River Protection Wilip-gin Birrarung murron Act
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Nigel Lewis is a heritage architect who entered private practice in 1976. Early projects included the first urban conservation projects for many parts of inner Melbourne and rural historic site surveys. As a resident of Kew for a large part of his life, his knowledge and interest in contemporary architecture is long-standing. The Kew Historical
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Tony Wright wrote a terrific article in The Age on Saturday 7 March, The Sparrows fell, and the town won't forget. It tells of the big flood of March 1946 when Hamilton, Casterton, Heywood, Portland, Port Fairy and Warrnambool and all the villages in between were engulfed by floods. On Sunday 15 March at 2pm
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Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. We are planning a reunion of all those people who remember their time in Hastings or those people wishing to socialise with us and reminisce about life in Hastings prior to 1970. Snacks provided. Drinks at your cost. Please RSVP with
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Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. Want to know more about what's going on with Fishermans Bend? U3A's Saturday seminar Fishermans Bend: an urban renewal project unlike any other in Australia is on 21 March from 2.30 to 4.00 pm at the Mary Kehoe Centre in Danks St. 
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Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. Enjoy a guided tour of the Gippsland Art Gallery led by Director, Simon Gregg, and hear about the learnings and successes of the 2018 redevelopment of the gallery. Presented by AMaGA AMaGA members free Non-members $10 Bookings: www.amagavic.org.au/events or call 03
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Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. This AMaGA workshop, targeted at small museums and volunteers will look at exhibition development, design principles, installation and display techniques for exhibitions that are easily transportable and can be displayed in a range of venues. AMaGA members $35 Non-members $40 Bookings:
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In this seminar, three historians share their experience of researching women’s lives, as biographical dictionaries strive to increase their representation of women. From a medieval countess to Victoria’s female criminals, the stories uncovered range widely in both time and place, pointing to the richness the archives can yield 'with a little more effort and research'.