Queenscliff Historical Museum presents Jazz in the Museum Musical Soiree    Join us for a Museum tour, 1930s’ jazz musical performances featuring our local community band, Shedding the Blues, and all against a backdrop of images from Queenscliff in the 1930’s, while enjoying a glass of bubbles or soft drink. Jazz music was incredibly popular
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On 9 August 1918, on high ground overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps was held up by German machine gunners. The battle had raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen had fallen. Meanwhile, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, went absent without leave and crossed the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates, Hayes and Andrews returned to take on the Germans.

2023 Law Rare Book Lecture: The Weird and Wonderful World of Animals and the Law Presenter: Professor Katy Barnett For this lecture, Professor Katy Barnett will discuss the book she co-wrote with Professor Jeremy Gans Guilty Pigs which considers the history and development of the law as it relates to animals. Does the King really
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👗 Stories Stitched in Fabric Are you interested in costume history and design? Then join the Brighton Historical Society at the PMI Victorian History Library for a talk about their specialised costume collection. Where the diversity of items in the collection is highlighted and a few in depth stories shared. Jess, our speaker for the
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Our September Speaker Series, features a talk by Carolyn Macvean, Manager of the Victorian Parliamentary Library and Information Service. This presentation covers some of the history of the library, completed in 1861, and looks at how it is used today by Members of Parliament and staff. Bookings - https://www.trybooking.com/CKSOF Enter under the clock tower and
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History Council of Victoria Presents - Making Public Histories: Australia's Broken Years? Historian Joan Beaumont’s books Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War (2013) and Australia’s Great Depression (2022) offer profound reinterpretations of those pivotal events of the early twentieth century. In conversation with Alistair Thomson (Anzac Memories: Living with the Legend, 2013), Joan will reflect on what brought
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Labassa mansion was built on gold. Some residents made their fortune with a pick and shovel; others like Cobb & Co. owner Mr Robertson amassed millions through farsighted opportunism. Hear the stories of Labassa’s ‘gold diggers’ – the opportunists, entrepreneurs, fraudsters and big spenders. This special evening begins with refreshments at 6.30pm followed by a
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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.

🖌️ The life and art of Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, The master from Marnpi How did a non-Indigenous man write the authorised biography of a Western Desert artist he never met? Author Dr Alec O'Halloran talks about Namarari’s life and art to reveal the 19-year journey of reconciliation, challenges and the rewards he experienced. What happened
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Centenary of Consecration and Book Launch When: 8 October 2023 at 11.00am Where:61 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill RSVP: Contact John Andrews 0439 614 461 On Tuesday 3 October and Sunday 8 October 2023 the church of St. John the Baptist, Queens Parade, ClIfton Hill celebrates its consecration centenary. It was the second Catholic parish church in Melbourne
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