Emigration, Dress and Australian Colonial Society, 1820s – 1860s

Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens 66 McCrae St, Dandenong, Select a State or Province:, Australia

Join us for this talk as we consider the nature of colonial society and the immigrants experience through the lens of dress. What clothes did people bring with them to
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Free, bookings required

Labassa open day

Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia

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
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Free – $35.

CHARLTON GOLDEN GRAINS MUSEUM 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Charlton Golden Grains Museum 1 High St, Charlton, VIC, Australia

As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations a new display on the history of Charlton's Churches, 'Keeping the Faith', will be opened followed by afternoon tea.  The exhibition will be housed in the former Wesleyan Chapel which has undergone renovations. A special collecting campaign has been underway to find photos and reminiscences for all of Charlton's Churches including: Sunday School, Weddings, Christenings, Youth Group, Picnics, Minsters, Organists etc

Andrew Lemon: ‘Fifty years (more or less) as a professional historian: some reflections on surviving outside the academy’

Room 257, Level 1, Old Arts Building, University of Melbourne Room 257, Level 1, Old Arts Building, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Andrew Lemon AM, FRHSV is a practising professional historian, a past president of the Royal Historical Society and throughout the 1990s, he was Victorian Editor of the Victorian Historical Journal.
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$35.00

AHA Inaugural Public Fund Lecture 2023

AHA Inaugural Public Fund Lecture 2023 WHEN: Tuesday 28 November 2023, 6.00pm to 8.00pm AEDT WHERE: Social Sciences Building (A02), Lecture Theatre 200, University of Sydney RSVP: Contact executive@theaha.org.au if
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Altona Homestead Devonshire Tea

Altona Homestead 128 Queen Street, Altona, Victoria, Australia

The Altona-Laverton Historical Society members and volunteers invite you to drop into the Altona Homestead on the first Sunday of the Month (February to December) to enjoy a serve of our famous Devonshire Tea or Cream Tea or Cornish Tea, anyway you look at them they are delicious.