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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.

Balwyn Historical Society: Professor Richard Broome speaking on “The Making of Melbourne 1835 – 1890”

Balwyn Evergreen Centre 45 Talbot Ave, Balwyn, VIC, Australia

This presentation is about the rise of a modern metropolis of the times before its fall in the 1890s. Professor Broome will also discuss the creation of the book, ‘Remembering Melbourne’. Richard Broome is Emeritus Professor of Australian History at La Trobe University and President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. He is the author of sixteen books, including Aboriginal Australians (5th edition 2019). His most recent book is As Cedars Grow (2023) with David Brown, a Lebanese Australian migration story.

Labassa Women: at war

Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia

Labassa’s women lived through two world wars and the social upheaval of the Vietnam War. Take a walk through time and experience some of their stories as told through imagery,
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Free – $35.

La Trobe’s Cottage Samplers

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

Dr Catherine Gay will enlighten us on how the samplers on display at La Trobe’s Cottage reflect the importance placed on the development of home-making skills in the education of young ladies during the 1840s and 1850s. You are invited to bring along a family sampler for us all to see. As it is La Trobe's Birthday celebration sparkling wine and cake will be served in the Cottage garden.

$15

An evening with the author of The  Simonsens of St Kilda

The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne St Kilda Road Terrace, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

An event presented by Theatre Heritage Australia in association with Arts Centre Melbourne, is bound to be of interest to St Kilda history buffs. Roger Neill is a UK-based arts historian.
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Connecting With Boeing’s Australian Heritage

RAAF Association 24-36 Camberwell Rd, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

Speaker: Annie Flodin Boeing Historical Services is responsible for preserving and promoting Boeing history. The team oversees the Boeing Archives and supports a number of teams and individuals both within
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Oral history interviewing for beginners: training

ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world

Learn the basics of oral history interviewing from two of Australia's most experienced oral history trainers, Sarah Rood and Al Thomson
This is an online workshop, conducted via Zoom.

National Trust Vintage Clothing Sale 2023

North Magdelan Laundry Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia

Shop vintage and designer clothing from the late 1800s to the present day. It’s time to mark your Melbourne fashion calendar, the iconic National Trust Vintage Clothing Sale is returning
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