In the HCV's first in-person author talk of 2024, Dr Yves Rees will be in-conversation with Dr Alecia Simmonds, award-winning historian and author of Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law (La Trobe University Press, 2023). Courting is a history of love turned sour: the story of jilted lovers who claimed legal compensation
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Join us for this year’s International Women’s Day as Sovereign Hill Museums Association explores this year’s theme, Count Her In, and look to the past to explore pathways to greater economic inclusion for women and girls everywhere. When gold was discovered in Victoria in 1851 women flocked to the Ballarat goldfields to try their hands
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2024 McIntyre Lecture -Kew Historical Society Inc FAILED AMBITIONS: A HISTORY OF KEW COTTAGES by Dr Lee-Ann Monk & Dr David Henderson Opened in 1887, Kew Cottages was Australia’s first purpose built institution for people with intellectual disabilities. Contemporaries considered it a ‘distinct advance on anything yet done for the feebleminded children in Australia’. Five
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🔖 PMI Victorian History Library Book Sale Step into a treasure trove of literary delights at our upcoming booksale extravaganza! Get ready to embark on a thrilling exploration through the pages of second-hand classics and unearth hidden gems among our collection of rare books. For all the music aficionados out there, we're thrilled to introduce
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Experience the complex richness of Labassa’s architectural and human history. Although more than 700 people have lived at Labassa, it has miraculously survived with most of its opulent Victorian era decoration intact. Labassa is open 10:30am to 4pm with last entry at 3:30pm. Pre-purchasing your ticket online is highly recommended. Guided house tours on the
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Meet the Artist: Jennifer Mann, Sculptor Continuing the Duldig Studio’s commitment to exploring, experiencing and enjoying sculpture, join us for an artful afternoon with renowned contemporary sculptor and Forensic Sculptor at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jennifer Mann. Her most recent public bronze sculpture of Zelda D’Aprano was unveiled outside Trades Hall last May.
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival show Discount Code: DINGDING (10% off) Tickets: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/m-is-for-melbourne-the-world-s-mostly-liveable-city   Melbourne has been named the "world's most liveable city", which makes you wonder if the judges have ever experienced Hoddle Street rush hour traffic or tried to find a cafe open past 4pm. M is for Melbourne takes an A to Z journey
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🛄 Exodus from Vienna Following the 1938 annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, many members of Vienna’s vibrant Jewish community sought safe havens overseas to escape growing persecution. Amongst them were Michael and Regine Weiss and their family. Their story, as told through records held by the National Archives of Australia and other information provided
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