Victorian History Events
Rare Book Week: Rare Book and Materials Collecting in Libraries
Prahran Mechanics Institute 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaPast, present and future Facilitator: Judith Elllis. Panelists: Ellen Coates, Jillian Hiscock and Anne Holloway Join experts from PMI Victorian History Library, Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Monash University
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Rare Book Week: Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute
Ballaarat Mechanics Institute 117-119 Sturt St, Ballarat Central, VIC, AustraliaAn introduction to the Collection Speaker: Ellen Becker Established in central Ballarat in 1859, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute’s Collection is of historical significance as the largest and most intact repository
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AGM and Speaker Series – City of Protest? Melbourne and its history of dissent
Murrumbeena Bowls Club 10 Blackwood Street, Carnegie, VIC, AustraliaWe invite members and friends of Glen Eira Historical Society to join us at our AGM followed by a presentation from Margaret Anderson FFAHS, Director Old Treasury Building, on our
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Melbourne’s Art Deco cinemas of the late 1930s
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia🍿Melbourne's Art Deco cinemas of the late 1930s As Melbourne emerged from the Depression in 1935 its citizens could again afford a night out at the pictures. The suburbs saw
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All at Sea: Books with a Maritime Flavour
The Melbourne Athenaeum Library Level 1, 118 Collins Street, MelbourneSpeaker: Professor Chris Browne Tuesday 13th August 6.30pm - 7.30pm at The Melbourne Athenaeum Library Level 1, 118 Collins Street, Melbourne Presented by The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network, Rare Books
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AGHS Vic Branch AGM + Lecture
AGHS Vic Branch AGM with lecture to follow 'Rescuing Our Botanical Heritage’ 10 years of Camperdown Botanic Gardens and Arboretum Trust By Janet O’Hehir Janet O’Hehir leads a community group in its
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CAFHOV Chinese Family History Day 2024
Chinese Museum 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaMORE THAN GOLD – An event hosted by the Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria (CAFHOV), supported by the Museum of Chinese Australian History. Most people are familiar with the
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The Dressmakers of Auschwitz book talk
Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Ave, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAt the height of the Holocaust, twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful
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Como House of Discovery: Traces of Girlhood
Como House & Garden Corner Williams Rd & Lechlade Ave, South Yarra, Victoria, AustraliaHistory has left only traces of the experience of girlhood. Yet traces do remain, poignant and important. They tell the stories of girls and young women who grew up in
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Family History Workshops
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia👩🏽👩🏽👦🏽👦🏽 Family History Workshops hosted by Wendy Eldridge from our Friends of the Library. Do you want some guided help with your family history journey? We can help. Join a
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