Gotcha! Concrete Prints from the McEwans Celebrity Pavement
City Gallery 110 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaWho remembers the McEwans celebrity pavement?
Between 1972 and 1994, scores of celebrities had their hand- and footprints immortalised in cement at the entrance of the McEwans hardware store in Bourke Street. Shopping for a hammer or a hair-dryer, you’d step in the prints of actors, musicians, sportspeople, writers, dancers, politicians, an astronaut, a racehorse – even an operatic dog.
Curated by Robyn Annear, 'Gotcha!' presents 40 of the surviving prints from the McEwans pavement, together with stories of the celebrities who made them and newspaper images that capture the mood of the times.
The Value of Local History- Into the Future
Lilydale Lakeside Conference Centre 1 Jarlo Drive, Lilydale, VIC, AustraliaConference held by Association of Eastern Historical Societies
Association of Eastern Historical Societies – Conference
Lilydale Lakeside Conference Centre 1 Jarlo Drive, Lilydale, VIC, AustraliaMay we have our conference advertised again please? The Value of Local History- Into the Future will be held on June 29 at Lilydale Lakeside conference centre The all day
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The Value of Local History – Into the Future 2024 Conference
Lilydale Lakeside Conference Centre 1 Jarlo Drive, Lilydale, VIC, AustraliaThe Association of Eastern Historical Societies presents The Value of Local History - Into the Future 2024 Conference Saturday 29 June 2024 9am-5pm Lilydale Lakeside Conference Centre 1 Jarlo Drive,
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AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM: MARITIME HERITAGE MATTERS FOR THIS VAST ISLAND CONTINENT
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network is presenting this fascinating lecture at the RHSV. Speaker: Daryl Karp, Australian National Maritime Museum’s Director and CEO Ms Karp has worked in the broadcast
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Zoom lecture: Gardens and land management in Western Victoria
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldZoom lecture: Gardens and land management in Western Victoria Winter online zoom lecture by Dr Raymond Madden, Senior Lecturer, Anthropologist, in the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University James Dawson,
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Rare Book Week: ‘Good price, reliable recipes, great photos’
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldAustralian Women’s Weekly cookbooks and their influence on Australian food culture Speaker: Dr Lauren Samuelsson The Australian Women’s Weekly’scookbooks were (and still are) remarkably popular. The Weekly, Australia’s most popular women’s magazine, started publishing
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Incinerator History Tours
Incinerator Gallery 180 Holmes Road, Aberfeldie, VIC, AustraliaDiscover the captivating history of the Essendon incinerator on our monthly volunteer-led history tour. Strategically located near parkland and residences, this iconic structure emerged in 1929, revolutionising waste disposal was
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Rare Book Week: The Mysteries and Mayhem of Early Melbourne
Level 1, 188 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaSpeakers: Jane Sullivan and Lucy Sussex Melbourne has always had its underbelly of crime, inspiring crime fiction detectives from Mary Fortune and Fergus Hume to Peter Temple’s ‘Jack Irish’. Join Jane, whose latest
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Labassa Open Day
Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, AustraliaExperience the complex richness of Labassa’s architectural and human history. Although more than 700 people have lived at Labassa, it has miraculously survived with most of its opulent Victorian era
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