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Garden Day at La Trobe’s Cottage

La Trobe's Cottage cnr Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, Melboiurne, Victoria, Australia

It is 180 years since the La Trobe family arrived in Melbourne. Join us in a tour of the charming recreated garden and see the heritage plants that La Trobe favoured. Guided tours of the garden at 1.15pm, 2.15pm and 3.15pm and also of the cottage throughout the afternoon. No bookings required.

$5

Book launch – No Regard for the Truth

Public Record Office Victoria 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Please join us as Hazel Edwards OAM launches No Regard for the Truth by Darren Arnott. A rogue army captain. An Italian prisoner of war. A blossoming romance. March 1946. A young Italian prisoner of war, Rodolfo Bartoli, is shot and killed. An alleged escape attempt, but those who saw it say otherwise. A place
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Free

In the Footsteps of Nicholas O’Donnell: doctor and community leader in Hotham 1869-1919.

North Melbourne Library 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Saturday 12 October 2.00pm. A walk lead by Val Noone – In the Footsteps of Nicholas O’Donnell: doctor and community leader in Hotham 1869-1919. Dr Nicholas O’Donnell (1862- 1920) was a prominent medical practitioner and Irish scholar who lived and worked in North Melbourne during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His remarkable manuscript
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TALKING HISTORY

62 Jackson St, Casterton VIC 3311 62 Jackson St, Casterton, VIC, Australia

Exhibition: MAPPING GLENELG 1800 -1900 A collection of maps showing charts from the navigators along the coast, 1800-1802; explorers through the district from 1836; squatters on the Glenelg River 1837-1847; surveys for selection after 1860; and Closer Settlement at Wando Vale in 1900. The exhibition also includes hand-drawn maps. One of these is a sketch
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Free

Annual General Meeting

Marine Hotel 215 New Street Brighton

Annual General Meeting of The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Incorporated

Free

Historical Houses in South Yarra: Philippe Batters

Malvern Town Hall Corner High Street and Glenferrie Road Malvern, Melbourne, Australia

Well known local identity real estate agent Philippe Batters, will present an illustrated talk about historical houses in South Yarra.

R U Ready? 10 Years On

Wandong Heathcote Junction Memorial Park Epping Kilmore Road, Wandong, VIC, Australia

The Wandong History Group in collaboration with the Wandong CFA invite you to attend R U Ready? 10 Years On event at the Wandong Memorial Park. The WHG will stage a Post Bushfire Recovery Photographic Exhibition to showcase the community’s resilience & screening our 2019 Commemorative DVD and unveiling a whole of Wandong Primary School artwork. 

Historic Houses Tour

Castlemaine Town Two venues, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

Two historic houses in Castlemaine will be open to the public to raise funds for the Castlemaine Historical Society.

$15

Melbourne – A Great Maritime City

Swanston Hall, Melbourne Town Hall 90 - 130 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network invites all those interested to their inaugural AGM. This event, we believe, marks a turning-point in relation to the due recognition of our marvelous maritime sector.The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network was formed to focus attention on our neglected maritime heritage and to ensure that Melbourne’s marvelous maritime legacy may be rightly celebrated and sustained. 

Tour – The Streets Where We Live – Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery

Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery Charman Road, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia

Have you ever wondered where our street names come from? Many are named after local settlers and dignitaries who are buried at the Cheltenham Pioneer historic cemetery. Some of the streets we will look at - Crawford, Barrett, Charles, Edward and Booker Streets Cheltenham; Comport, Beaumaris; Cullinane, Black Rock; Kingston Road, Moorabbin; Tootal Road Dingley;
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$10 – $15