93rd Albert Jacka Commemoration: St Kilda Cemetery

St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, Australia

The City of Port Phillip welcomes you to the 93rd Captain Albert Jacka V.C., M.C. and bar (1893-1932) Commemoration on Sunday 19 January 2025. The commemoration will commence at the St Kilda Cemetery, Dandenong Road, St Kilda at 2:00pm for formalities followed by afternoon tea at St Kilda Town Hall, Cnr Brighton Rd & Carlisle St at 3:00pm.

Author, Peter Fitzsimons has been invited as a guest to the above commemoration and Peter will, at 5pm, launch his latest book, The Legend of Albert Jacka, at St Kilda RSL, 88 Acland St, St Kilda VIC 3182

Book Launch: Our Journeys in Australia 1947 -1977

Tobruk House 44 Victoria Ave, Albert Park, VIC, Australia

The Polish Museum and Archives in Australia Inc. (PMAA) warmly invites you to the book launch of "Our Journeys in Australia 1947 -1977", on Saturday 1st February 2025 at Tobruk House, Melbourne, at 2pm.

Transgender Australia: A History Since 1910

Prahran Mechanics Institute 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

Join authors Noah Riseman and Sam Elkin as they enter a conversation about trans history. They will weave together personal experience with historical examples to discuss changes to trans life
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Collecting Egyptology and Ancient History

Phyllis Hore Room, Kew Library Civic Drive, Kew, Victoria, Australia

Please join us on Thursday Feb 6th for the first Antique Collectors Club meeting of 2025. We are going Egyptian for the evening. Jennifer J. from Ankh Antiquarian Books is
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Pre-European Indigenous culture in the St Kilda area with Gary Presland

St Kilda Army & Navy Club 88 Acland Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

The St Kilda area is part of the traditional lands of the Yalukit willam clan. As part of the Kulin nation, the Yalukit willam were connected to clans as far away as the Murray River. Dr Gary Presland will detail the nature of these connections and elaborate on how the Yalukit willam made a living, at the same time honouring and caring for their country.

Labassa Open Day

Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia

Although more than 700 people have lived at Labassa, it has miraculously survived with most of its opulent Victorian era decoration intact. Come and experience the complex richness of Labassa’s
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MARCH MADNESS BOOK SALE

Family History Connections Resource Centre Cnr Railway Rd & Queen St, Blackburn, Victoria

Family History Connections is holding a mega book sale full of Australiana, Victorian local histories, reference books, family history research and many family histories. Also assorted stationery.
10am - 2pm On Sat 8 and Sun 9 March at Blackburn.