Kew Historical Society annual McIntyre Lecture
Just Theatre, Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, AustraliaThe Society’s annual McIntyre Lecture is planned for the 9th March and will be held in the Just Theatre at the Kew Courthouse, 188 High Street, Kew. We will be serving refreshments from 7.30pm with the Lecture commencing at 8pm. The Lecture will also be available via Zoom meetings. Katherine Sheedy from Way Back When
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Unprotected: Aboriginal, Convict and Poor women in Colonial Victoria: or how everything bad was made worse by being female
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaProtection of body and soul in colonial Victoria came in many forms. At the most fundamental level it meant an entitlement, usually by birth or marriage, to an income that sustained you and your children; to a moral status as a woman of virtue that made sexual assault or abuse an egregious version of a
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MILESTONES IN ABORIGINAL WOMEN’S ACTIVISM, MELBOURNE 1930-1970
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis, our inaugural Indigenous History lecture, is a stellar addition to our annual program of Distinguished Lecturers. The lecture has been generously sponsored so we can make it free-of-charge and as accessible as possible. Welcome to Country will be performed by respected Elder, Aunty Zeta Thomson. Our President, Richard Broome, will chair this event. We
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The Party: Book Launch
Victorian Trades Hall 54 Victoria Street, Carlton, Victoria, AustraliaThe long awaited launch of Stuart Macintyre's second volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia is happening on Wednesday 16th March in the Solidarity Hall of Victorian Trades Hall. Hosted by SEARCH Foundation and the Melbourne Labour History Society, the event will feature a formal launch and a panel discussion.
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 Australia – ‘The Second Peace Loan’. The Acting Treasurer, Sir Joseph Cook announced this on 7th July 1920 with the funds to be expended on
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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 threat to 'white Australia'? Yet, after WWII, Malta was one of the first countries with which Australia signed an assisted migration agreement. This webinar will
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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 the day, and the leading brothels were usually managed by women. Who were they? What did their daily lives look like? What became of them?
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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 new singing star appeared in ‘live to air’ programs. Winning several radio talent quests led Dorothy Baker to become a favourite singer at Melbourne dance
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