🥧 Bushrangers, bushfires and possum pies: the archaeology of the Old Bridge Inn, Mernda In 2015, the Level Crossing Removal Authority (LXRA) commissioned Dr Vincent Clark & Associates to carry out cultural heritage investigations for the Mernda Rail Extension Project. In the course of excavations the team came across the Old Bridge Inn. This is
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It’s a wonder it was built at all: Talk by author and photographic exhibition When: 28 October 2023  at 1.30pm Where: 61 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill Entry: by donation 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
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This year's walk will examine the area bounded by Victoria Parade, Smith Street, Wellington Street and Peel Street. The area was subdivided early in the history of Melbourne's colonisation and has seen many changes over the years. We will start outside one of Melbourne's oldest surviving hotels, the Grace Darling, and return there at 4
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In an event for the Middle Park and Albert Park History Group, John Stirling will talk about Middle Park Primary School in the 1970s and a proposal for a mega soccer stadium in Albert Park Reserve

🐑 A Night with Elizabeth Macarthur: Hidden Figure in Australian History Do you enjoy finding out about people history has hidden? So does Michelle Scott Tucker. She is the author of Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life at the Edge of the World – an engaging yet meticulously researched biography of the woman who established the Australian
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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 start a new life in Australia? How did this match with what they found on arrival? Presenter Laura Jocic, is a curator and dress historian
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