In 2020, Melbourne retains the title of having the largest electric street tram system in the world. This presentation will look at the tramway's history and why Melbourne retains the title of being a Tramway Titan.

Dr Carolyn Rasmussen will be launching Fay Woodhouse's latest book, Gita: Melbourne’s First Yoga School – 65 years of history at the RHSV. This is the first published history of any yoga school in Australia and it provides a context to the development of yoga in Australia.           

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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A unique experience with demonstrations and exhibits of Australian domestic, industrial and agricultural heritage. Our engines are impressive to see in action with some of Victoria's best steam, diesel and engine displays. These operating engines form only part of over 500 engines and associated exhibits on display during our rally. This event also provides a
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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. In 1920 post WWI, the small village of Serpentine Victoria was selected to be the starting point of Australia's first government sponsored aerial derby (as racing was often referred during that era). This was the first of numerous events to follow
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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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