KALEIDOSCOPE

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

This 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.

An exhibition – Glen Eira Historical Society 50 years 1972-2022

Glen Eira City Council Gallery Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, VIC, Australia

Since its formation in 1972 the Glen Eira Historical Society has collected over 5000 items; documents, photographs, ephemera, maps and more. To commemorate 50 years we dipped into our collection
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Free

Chinese Market Gardens from Coburg to Bentleigh

Murrumbeena Bowls Club 10 Blackwood Street, Carnegie, VIC, Australia

Glen Eira Historical Society's Speaker Series this month is a talk by Terry Young on Chinese Market Gardens from Coburg to Bentleigh. Terry is Vice President of Chinese Australian Family
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$2.00

Cataloguing Clinics 2022

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CANCELLED - Due to day of mourning for the Queen.
Free monthly cataloguing clinics via Zoom. The clinics run for an hour from 11am – 12noon on the 4th Thursday of each month. It is a relaxed gathering of people who are finding their way through the intricacies of cataloguing material in historical collections which, as we all know, fall between a library and a museum with sometimes a bit of art gallery thrown in.

Free

Men and Ships Driven by the Wind

Port Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia

At the September meeting of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society Bruce Gooley will speak on the topic of  Men and Ships Driven by the Wind. Bruce is a graduate of Melbourne University and a researcher, presenter and self-published author with a special interest in maritime history. He is a volunteer tutor at the Hawthorn University of the Third Age (U3A). He has presented over 120 one and a half hour illustrated maritime history talks there, and has also presented to Probus and historical societies, and has documented these talks in book format. 

Lost Banyule

Graham Thorley of the Heidelberg Historical Society will join us to reflect on the changing face of the Banyule municipality via its population, buildings, infrastructure, and ways of life. Banyule's
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Free

Women in Eltham Cemetery Tour

Eltham Cemetery Metery Road, Eltham, VIC, Australia

Stories connect us to our local heritage. Nestled on high ground, once overlooking the village of Eltham, we will tour part of the cemetery and recognise the contributions of some
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Eltham Courthouse Restoration

Eltham Library

Built in 1860, the Eltham Courthouse is the oldest public building remaining in the Shire of Nillumbik. In 2021, a restoration project was undertaken to bring new life to this
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Free

Who Do We Think We Are

Deakin Edge Theatre, Federation Square Federation Suare, Melbourne, Victoria

A show celebrating the diversity of U3A Melbourne City’s members: from first nation, through first fleet, convicts and early settlers to twentieth century refugees. A collection of illustrated personal stories
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Free