Experience the brilliance of Labassa’s original extravagant stained and etched glass. Hear the story behind the creation of the magnificent 1873 Ferguson and Urie stained tripartite glass window and recent restoration works to the 1890s front door panels. Although more than 700 people have lived at Labassa, its mirrors and etched glass panels and some
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In January 1961, 50 mothers marched through the Victorian town of Healesville demanding their doctor be reinstated to the local hospital. Their placards declared '1000 Babies Can't Be Wrong'. These mothers were supporting Dr Arthur Deery, a Hungarian Jewish doctor and a person of interest to Australia's security services. Dr Fallon Mody from Melbourne University
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We have the pleasure of hosting Author Stuart Kells who has written several volumes in the category of ‘books about book’ (our personal favourite being his one titled "The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders"). His most recent book is a history of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious university press, Melbourne University Publishing. He also wrote
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Authors Heather Arnold and Isaac Hermann invite you to the launch of their book, Enchanted Beneath the Bluff, Agnes & Geraldine’s Pursuit of Elwood’s Elusive Black Diamonds. Within a place of love, sorrow and salvation, where Elwood's Swamp met St. Kilda's Red Bluff, two ardent women - Agnes Simmons and Geraldine Minet - with their
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Rev. Dr. D’Arcy Wood will explore a phenomenon that began with the large open-air rallies held by the Wesley brothers in the mid-18th century and developed into the stirring tunes and expressions of devotion that became the bedrock of congregational singing in the nineteenth century. Here is your opportunity to sing along with a guest
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Join the Professional Historians Association to hear eminent environmental historian Dr Margaret Cook at the second annual Wilson History Oration, environmental historian, Dr Margaret Cook will explore the ways history can engage with the public, the media, other professions and policy makers. In discussing her work on floods, she will highlight how her
role and training as a public historian shapes her scholarship and historical practice. Join us as we consider these themes during one of our greatest crises in history: the climate emergency.

North and West Melbourne have streets that are made for walking; During the Covid pandemic as we walked the streets for the good of our health (and the health of our dogs) many of us came to a fresh appreciation of the life around us. We became familiar with the diversity of building shapes and
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As part of the Robert Burns Festival held over three days, the Camperdown & District Historical Society offers a lecture program with four experienced presenters on Saturday 1st July.