Putting Them Up and Pulling ‘em Down
Port Melbourne Library 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaStatues have become controversial. The Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society invite you to register for a discussion group based on a lecture, Putting Them Up and Pulling ‘em Down by Jim Davidson, on Thursday March 17th at 2:00pm in the Port Melbourne Library.
‘Wings of Peace’ Centenary of Australia’s First Official Air Race, Serpentine Victoria
Serpentine, Victoria Loddon Valley Highway, Serpentine, Victoria, AustraliaAfter the Great European War of 1914 to 1918 and amount of £25,000,000 (pounds) was being sought by the Australian Commonwealth Government through a bond subscription from the people of
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FROM RESTRICTED TO ASSISTED: MALTESE MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldExplore the history of Maltese migration to Australia during the twentieth century. Did you know that migration from Malta was once heavily restricted because the Maltese were seen as a
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The Women of Little Lon
OnlineSex workers in nineteenth-century Melbourne were judged morally corrupt by the respectable world around them. But theirs was a thriving trade, with links to the police and political leaders of
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VINTAGE HOTELWARE with DI SANDILANDS
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaWhen table manners were fashionable, eating houses proudly served meals on crockery emblazoned with their establishment name – each mouthful reminding customers of exactly where they were. Join Di for a fun night when she'll be displaying many Victorian pieces from her vintage hotelware collection, telling their stories and hers. She'll also be selling her pure linen Coles Cafeteria art tea towels which are printed with each cafeteria location throughout Australia.
Dorothy Baker, singing star of the 1960s
Caulfield Cup Room, Glen Eira Town Hall Cnr Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, VIC, AustraliaGlen Eira Historical Society invites you to a talk on Dorothy Baker by Golden Days Radio Presenter, Barry Gomm. Within 18 months of the introduction of television in Melbourne a
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Cataloguing Clinics 2022
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldFree 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.
CRANK UP 2022
Old Yarra Junction Railway Station Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction, VIC, Australia2 wonderful days of heritage and history in the Upper Yarra Valley - great steam engines, a wood chop, local stalls - all to support the Upper Yarra Valley Historical Society
61st Annual Pioneer Women’s Ceremony
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden Kings Domain, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaDr Judith Smart AM, co-author of the history of the NCW Australia, Stirrers with Style will give an overview of the history of women’s organisations, then a panel of speakers from some of the founding groups of NCWV will talk about their beginnings and where they are today.
Where the River Runs – walk in Richmond
Studio 1, Former Channel 9 Building 15 Barnett Way, Richmond, Victoria, AustraliaThe Richmond & Burnley Historical Society is holding a walk (flat and gentle!) which starts at Studio One, Kennedy Place, Richmond (the old GTV9 site). The walk meanders along the
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