The Blackburns. Private Lives, Public Ambition. A lecture by Caroline Rasmussen
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaWhen socialist barrister and aspiring member of parliament Maurice Blackburn met Doris Hordern, ardent feminist and campaign secretary to Vida Goldstein, neither had marriage in their imagined futures. But they fell in love - and together, they shook Australia. Caroline Rasmussen talks about her latest book, The Blackburns Private Lives, Public Ambition.
Victoria’s Earliest Potteries
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaWe are delighted that Gregory Hill, a leading authority on both Australian Colonial Pottery and Australian Art Pottery, will be delivering a lunch-time lecture on Victoria’s Earliest Potteries.
Growing up in Burwood and Box Hill.
Bert Lewis Room, first floor, Box Hill Library 1040 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, AustraliaOur speaker is internationally known architect Karl Fender OAM. Founding Partner of multiple award winning Fender Katsalidis Architects, Karl will share memories from his life in Burwood and Box Hill from the 50s to the 70s, from building play huts to building houses, from driving billy carts to driving horse drawn milk carts in the
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Alphonsus Vincent (Phonse) Tobin – Irish (and North Melbourne) to his core.
North Melbourne Library 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaTalk by Des Tobin – ‘A. V. (Phonse) Tobin – Irish (and North Melbourne) to his core. Alphonsus Vincent Tobin (1905–1993), funeral director and football administrator, was born on 23 August 1905 in Melbourne, third of six surviving children of Irish-born Thomas Tobin, labourer, and his Victorian-born second wife Alice, née O’Dowd. Phonse’s twin brother,
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Museums Victoria Glen Eira Collection
Join via ZoomMuseums Victoria Senior Curator, Deborah Tout-Smith will share stories and photographs of the Glen Eira area, including rare photographs of the urban landscape, shops and businesses, sport and recreation, and key events such as WWI. She will also introduce treasures from the Museum’s clothing and textiles collection. This talk follows the AGM of Glen Eira
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW: Cataloguing and digitisation workshop series.
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaA series of 6 graded workshops covering all you need to know on cataloguing and digitisation. Spaced over 6 months to give participants time to put into practice their new skills before tackling the next topic.
Photographic Display and Research Day
Box Hill Town Hall community hub 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, AustraliaAs part of Open House weekend, we will host a photographic display of Box Hill houses, showcasing many of the homes that no longer exist, as well as some outstanding examples of local landmarks. As well, our premises will be open for research, whether of a house, a family or a community group or business.
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Secondhand & Collectables Book Sale
Box Hill Town Hall, lower hall 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, AustraliaOur inaugural collectable and secondhand book sale will take place from 11am to 2pm on Sunday 28 July, in the lower hall of the Box Hill Town Hall. The Friends of Nunawading Libraries (FONL) will be joining us to create a large collection of books for readers to chose from, all at reasonable prices. Subjects
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CORONERS, CONSTABULARY AND CRIME TOUR AT ST KILDA CEMETERY
St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, AustraliaSunday 28 July 2019 at 2.00pm. Come and join the Friends of St Kilda Cemetery on this terrific walk around the cemetery for an insight into the work of police officers, coroners, unusual deaths and murders. Cost $15 including afternoon tea. Meet at main gates, Dandenong Road. Bookings email: info@foskc.org tel: 0422379053
Sunday Talk with the La Trobe Society
Mueller Hall, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia'THE PARSON'S WIFE'': IN SEARCH OF HARRIET BEAN, DAUGHTER OF EMPIRE Speaker : Loreen Chambers, Vice-President of the C J La Trobe Society Harriet Battley was born to a military family in Jamaica which moved to the Cape Colony where she was orphaned at 6 years of age. She later shared the changing fortunes of
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