Event presented by the Fellows’ Group of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. Social Trust is an important glue binding societies together.  For just one example, countries with high trust levels had significantly better results in tackling Covid.  And trust has also been a powerful driver of economic development.  But there is another side – high levels of trust also create opportunities for the shyster, those benefiting from spreading mistrust. In this wide-ranging talk, Tony Ward discusses the nature of social trust.  He also argues that some, especially economic, developments are now working to diminish trust. 

For the first time in 100 years, visitors will have the opportunity to ascend to the base of the Royal Exhibition Building’s majestic dome and experience breathtaking views of the Melbourne skyline. The Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade will open to the public from Saturday 29 October 2022. As the first Australian building to be
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The landscape of Quor-nóng/Royal Park has been inhabited by First Peoples for millennia. Following colonisation, Royal Park was reserved as a public park with neighbourhoods and institutions constructed on its edges. Park Life seeks to interrogate the impact of institutions such as the university, hospitals, a prison, a major park and a zoo, as well as local precincts. Parkville is a suburb of diverse building types surrounding Royal Park, and home to major Melbourne institutions including the symposium host, the University of Melbourne. Parkville has played a pivotal role in Australian understandings of heritage, memory, commemoration, and dwelling.

Connecting Communities The importance of writing local history and heritage Romsey & Lancefield Districts Historical Society will be holding its second annual HistoryFest in November 2022. This event is aimed fairly and squarely at historical societies and their members so do come along and learn from others, and share your knowledge and experience. Eight Historical
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World Vision is raising funds by holding a Devonshire Tea event on Sunday 6th November 2022 at historic Richardsons’ Cottage on the foreshore in Rhyll from 2pm - 4.30pm. Come along and enjoy some delicacies and re-live the history of the cottage and the tea rooms that operated in the early 1930’s by Josie Richardson.
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Sandy Jeffs, a former inmate of Larundel, who became an advocate for her ‘mad’ comrades and is now a poet of distinction; and Margaret Leggatt, sociologist, occupational therapist and activist for the friends and families of mentally ill people. Larundel Psychiatric Hospital was ‘the madhouse on the edge of town’ – until the 1990s, a
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A century old memorial tree at Bears Lagoon to be the site of this year's Remembrance Day Service organised by the East Loddon Historical Society Inc. For family descendants and our local communities we should never be allowed to forget the sacrifice that service personnel have given, and continue to give, to Australia. This Remembrance
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Did you go to Ringwood State School? Celebrate Ringwood State School's centenary this Saturday 12th November from 10am - 4pm. Maroondah Federation Estate, Greenwood Ave, Ringwood. It will be a day of activities, food, coffee, face-paintings, ECB-FM live on site, Channel 31 filming & interviewing throughout day, art exhibitions, a centenary cake, play the games
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