Book Launch: Melbourne Ghost Signs
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaA beguiling photographic collection of the faded signs and half-hidden logos of Melbourne, revealing the historic tales — big and small — of this ever-changing city. From the gold-rush years to the Swinging Sixties, from Robur Tea to Tarax soft drinks, this city can never settle. In a process of continual renewal, old buildings are incorporated into new, both uncovering and obscuring snippets of history. Ghost signs provide hints to our common heritage, ready to be picked up by the keen eye and quick shutter.
Armadale Heritage Walks
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia🏛️ Armadale Heritage Walks - An Seniors and History Month Event Join us for a captivating walking tour that blends history and exercise, perfect for enthusiasts of both! Starting at Armadale train station, you'll explore the fascinating past of High Street, one of Victoria's most iconic locations known for its vibrant food scene, fashion boutiques,
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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE VICTORIAN HERITAGE REGISTER
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe RHSV, in partnership with the Heritage Council Victoria, celebrates 50 years of the Victorian Heritage Register. The event will offer insight into the history and functioning of the Register, which should be of interest to all concerned with preserving our heritage. 2024 marks the 50th Anniversary of Victorian state government heritage legislation. In 1974,
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Life So Full of Promise
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaAward-winning historian and biographer of Pompey Elliott, Ross McMullin, on his new book. Ross is a renowned storyteller and an entertaining speaker. He will regale us with stories from “Life So Full of Promise”, his second lost generation multi-biography following “Farewell Dear People”, which won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History. Ross’s new book
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The Life and Works of the sculptor Charles Summers (1825-1878)
Phyllis Hore Room, Kew Library Civic Drive, Kew, Victoria, AustraliaJoin us on Thursday November 7th for our next club meeting. Our upcoming talk is on the 'Life and Works of the Sculptor Charles Summers (1825-1878). He is best known as the maker of the bronze statue of Burke and Wills, Melbourne's first public monument, but he also made many other important works. Our speaker
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My Grandfather’s Clock
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia🕰️ My Grandfather's Clock This is a joint Family History Connections and PMI Victorian History Library event. If family history, a love of research and discovery is your thing, do come along. Hear about a story of an ordinary family's journey from frontier warfare and dispossession through economic turmoil and emigration to modest prosperity. At
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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 decoration intact. Guided house tours and tower tours operate throughout the day, and the tea room is open 10:30am to 3:30pm. The tower will be
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INAUGURAL GWENDA D. M. JONES MEMORIAL LECTURE
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaWe are thrilled to launch the inaugural Gwenda D. M. Jones Memorial lecture as part of our Distinguished Lecture series. Eminent historian, Richard Aitken will deliver the inaugural lecture, ‘“Orontes” adventure: introducing the Jones Collection of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria’. Richard will use Gwen’s 1953–54 study tour of Britain and Europe as a springboard for discussing the Jones Collection. Richard is best known as a garden historian but he was also a friend of Gwen and her family. During COVID lockdowns Richard worked assiduously to organise and annotate the Jones Collection. His deep knowledge of Gwen and her family adds immeasurably to the value of the collection.
The Dominatrix Next Door
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia🎭 The Dominatrix Next Door - Mother by day, Dominatrix by night. When a cash-strapped single mother of two in suburban Melbourne has a fun idea to start a side hustle running workshops for hens’ parties, she has no idea it will lead her on a surreal adventure (or twenty) through the debaucherous underground world
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Author Talk by Boris Frankel – No Country for Idealists
Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club 26-28 Gerald Street, Murrumbeena, VIC, AustraliaHosted by the Glen Eira Historical Society. We invite members and friends of Glen Eira Historical Society to join us at a presentation from Professor Boris Frankel. Boris will tell us the dramatic story of how his family (St Kilda residents) became 'subversives' in Australia and the USSR during the Cold War. Boris' book No Country
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