Researching your Ancestors from India and Sri Lanka

Mill Park Library 394 Plenty Road, Mill Park, VIC, Australia

Family Historian Smita Biswas will share tips to find clues about your family roots in India and Sri Lanka, including understanding the history, surnames and official resources. Regarded by some
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Vandemonians Book Talk

Diamond Valley Library

Join Professor Janet McCalman of the University of Melbourne as she discusses her book Vandemonians: the repressed history of colonial Victoria. This fascinating book examines the stories of Victoria’s convict
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Recurring

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.

A Chinese Family History

Mill Park Library 394 Plenty Road, Mill Park, VIC, Australia

Librarian Jack Chan has had a long-time interest in local and family history and has researched his own Chinese ancestry in Australia. He has documented the history of his own
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Soldiers and Aliens Book Talk

Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub 275 Upper Heidleberg Road, Ivanhoe, Select a Country:

Local author June Factor will discuss her book Soldiers and aliens: men in the Australian Army’s Employment Companies during World War II, which details the forgotten history of the remarkable
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History of Australian Motherhood

Eltham Library

It is Family History Month! Join us for a fascinating panel discussion on the history of Australian mothers and how motherhood has changed over time. Dr. Carla Pascoe Leahy, author
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AGM with speaker Judy Maddigan

Yorkshire Stingo Hotel 48 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

Collingwood Historical Society will hold the 2023 AGM with our annual dinner followed by guest speaker, Judy Maddigan, the first woman Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, who will talk
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Individual payment for dinner (optional)

British Surnames

Eltham Library

Join Nick Cree as he discusses his research on British surnames with reference to recent census data on the population of the Shire of Nillumbik. He will also discuss some
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