KALEIDOSCOPE
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis exhibition is biography imagined through the lens of a Kaleidoscope. The viewer is offered fragments of the lives represented here. There is no linear narrative. Each time the kaleidoscope turns, a different story emerges. There are repeating patterns but different emphases and new ways of seeing, new reflections, new refractions. No one story dominates and one story does not fit all.
The Emperor Gold Mine, Fiji, by Lee Spencer
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldAn invitation from The Australasian Mining History Association to join in their next ZOOM talk. The Emperor Gold Mine, Fiji: Mines on and off since 1932 and continues to show the
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Eltham Historical Society meeting: Photographs of John Henry (Harry) Clark
Eltham Senior Citizens' Centre Library Place, Eltham, VIC, AustraliaA prominent photographer in the early days of Eltham was John Henry (Harry) Clark. At the regular Eltham & District Historical Society meeting in August they will explore some selected Clark images from the collection and, with some, try to show the current locations where the photographs were taken.
Free Walk & Talk with Professor Tim Entwisle at Wattle Park
Wattle Park Monsborough Dve, Burwood, VIC, AustraliaCome and join the Australian Garden History Society for a leisurely stroll with Professor Tim Entwisle to explore the history of the site and surviving plantings. BYO picnic morning tea and
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Wodonga Family History Society: Life on the Lake
167 Distillery Road, Wahgunyah, VIC 3687 167 Distillery Road, Wahgunyah, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for “Life on the Lake” An inside look at what life was like around Lake Moodemere, Rutherglen and the Carlyle Cemetery WHEN: Wednesday 17th August 2022 WHERE:
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What’s behind discovery?
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldPopular histories of science often tell a story of progress based around great ideas and great individuals. However, historians and philosophers of science have long pointed to the other factors
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No Ordinary Convict
Eltham LibraryIt is Family History Month at Yarra Plenty Regional Library. or much of her life, Janine Marshall Wood, a former English, History and French teacher, has been gripped by the
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Georgiana Molloy- celebrating one of Australia’s first female botanists
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldThis online talk tells the extraordinary story of Georgiana Molloy, one of Australia's first internationally successful female botanists. Georgiana and her husband, Captain John Molloy, who emigrated to Australia in 1830 with the first group of European settlers to the remote southwest of Western Australia. Here, despite personal tragedy, Georgiana's passion for flora was ignited. Entirely self-taught, she gathered specimens of indigenous flora from Augusta and Busselton that are now held in some of the world's leading herbarium collections
Researching Your Indian Ancestors
Thomastown LibraryIt is Family History Month at Yarra Plenty Regional Library. The culture of India has been shaped not only by its long history, unique geography and diverse demography but also
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Edna Walling – an unusual life
Mueller Hall, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaFollowing the Australian Garden History Society's AGM, Sara Hardy will speak on 'Edna Walling'- an unusual life'. Sara Hardy is a playwright, biographer, novelist and former actor. Sara was inspired to write her first biography, The Unusual Life of Edna Walling, after portraying the famous Australian landscape designer in a theatre performance. Drinks and light refreshments will be available from 5:30 and the AGM begins at 6:00pm.