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?
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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
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This is a joint Family History Connections and PMI Victorian History Library event. Join us for a story of an ordinary family's journey from frontier warfare and dispossession through economic
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Maternity Attendance in the County of Bourke, Melbourne, Victoria, 1848-1880
In a field of work that was largely unregulated until 1915, evidence that highlights the context of maternity attendance and midwifery practice is thin. In this presentation, I will highlight sources of evidence that offer a window on this intensely private realm and discuss the limitations of that evidence. Focussing on examples of practice in the County of Bourke during the years 1849-1879, inclusive, I will discuss what the available evidence tells us about maternity attendance in mid-nineteenth century Victoria.

John Shawley, the Chairman of the Expert Committee will be will present pages from the Royal Philatelic Society’s stamp Forgery Collection. Some forgeries, such as the Western Australia 1854 4d
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Inverleigh Historical Society Open Day Drop in and have a look at old photos and documents, school photos, videos of recent events, newspaper articles, and historic mechanics institute. Please bring
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🥧 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
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