Victorian History Events
Hellenic Museum Summer School 2023: History & Culture of the Ancient World
The Hellenic Museum 280 William St, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaExplore ancient Greece and Rome with relaxed, entertaining courses looking at myth, history, philosophy, archaeology and more. By Dr Christopher Gribbin Spend a week at Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum this January,
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The Priory in the United States and the Establishment of the St John Volunteer Corps
St John Museum 26/47 Esplanade, Williamstown Beach, Victoria, AustraliaThis is the first lecture in 2023 for the St John Ambulance Historical Society (Vic). The paper will be delivered by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard Southby. Today the Order of
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Rutherglen’s Historic Common School Museum celebrates its 150th Anniversary
Rutherglen Common School Museum Murray Street, Rutherglen, VIC, AustraliaRutherglen’s Historic Common School Museum celebrates their 150th Anniversary on Saturday morning the 21st of January 2023 at 10am.
The morning will be relaxed and informal, with a welcome, morning tea and mingling amongst Rutherglen locals and visitors.
Drop in for a look, a chat, and let us all just enjoy the wonderful old school building, which is still standing, being cared for and well used after 150
years.
CHINESE MUSEUM: CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR PROGRAM
Chinese Museum 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaIn 2023, the Chinese Museum gets off to a BANG! with their biggest ever Chinese Lunar New Year program! On Friday 20th January, they open our Lucky Rabbit Exhibition, which reveals our traits and fortunes predicted by the 2023 Chinese Horoscope. On Sunday 22nd Jan, Chinese Lunar New Year Day, there will be discounted entry to the Chinese Museum as part of the day's street festival celebrations with includes the famous Millenium Dragon Parade.
Celebrating Women Teachers – the 62nd Pioneer Women’s Ceremony
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden Kings Domain, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe National Council of Women Victoria celebrates Victoria’s pioneer women, past and present at this annual event. As 2022-23 is the 150th Anniversary of Free, Secular and Compulsory Education in Victoria, our focus will be on pioneering women teachers. Dr Deborah Towns OAM, co-author of A Secondary Education For All? A History of State Secondary Schooling in Victoria and author of articles on education and teachers in Government, Independent and Catholic schools, will highlight women pioneers in education and early schools in Victoria.
Eltham Lower Park
Eltham Senior Citizens' Centre Library Place, Eltham, VIC, AustraliaPrior to the extension of European people into the lands of the Nillum-bik in the late 1830s the Wurundjeri people had been meeting in the area now known as Eltham
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Book launch. Trade Winds: A Voyage to a Sustainable Future for Shipping
Readings State Library of Victoria State Library of Victoria, 285 Russell Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaIn 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to the shipping industry on which our global economy relies, and which contributes more carbon emissions than aviation. What started as a three-week stint of fieldwork aboard the ship turned into a five-month journey, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced all borders shut while crossing the ocean, preventing the crew from stepping ashore for months on end.
Getting to Know Your Family History, Koo Wee Rup
Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society Museum 325 Rossiter Road, Koo Wee Rup, VIC, AustraliaThis is a series of talks on the third Thursday of the month, starting on 16th February 2023. Presented by Jane Rivett-Carnac, President of the Narre Warren & District Family
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St Kilda Presbyterian Church organ history and recital
St Kilda Presbyterian Church 2 Alma Road, St Kilda, VIC, AustraliaSt Kilda Historical Society invites you to join us to hear about its history and significance and experience the power and majesty of the organ in the spacious setting and acoustic of this splendid and historic Gothic Revival church. There will be a short recital both before and after the talk, where you can experience the power and majesty of the organ in the spacious setting and acoustic of this splendid and historic Gothic Revival church.
Granville William Chetwynd Stapylton
City of Melbourne Bowls Club 603 - 615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne 3051., North Melbourne, victoria, AustraliaA Hotham History Project event ... Learn from the true journals of the story behind an early land surveyor of what colonial Australia was like in the 1830s. Chetwynd Street
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