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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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2:00 pm

Some Rambles with the Campbells

July 23 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181, 39 St Edmonds Road
Prahran, VIC 3181 Australia
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Some rambles with the Campbells – The life and times of Western District pastoralist politician, and Anglican vicar, Colin Campbell (1817-1903) and his family. This talk with Dr. Ian Clark will cover Colin Campbell and his wife Frances Campbell (née McWhirter) and their relationship with the Djabwurrung Aboriginal people of the Buangor district. Colin Campbell
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6:00 pm

Rare Book Week: Sands and McDougall Directories for Use and Amusement

July 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
East Melbourne Library, 122 George St
East Melbourne, VIC 3002 Australia
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Speaker: Fiona Campbell What are the Sands and McDougall directories? These often-massive volumes were produced from 1857 to 1974 and are an invaluable resource for local and family history research. Find out how you can access and use them for your research, and enjoy some of their more entertaining aspects, with local history librarian, Fiona
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