Sunday Talk with the La Trobe Society

Mueller Hall, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia

'THE PARSON'S WIFE'': IN SEARCH OF HARRIET BEAN, DAUGHTER OF EMPIRE Speaker : Loreen Chambers, Vice-President of the C J La Trobe Society Harriet Battley was born to a military family in Jamaica which moved to the Cape Colony where she was orphaned at 6 years of age. She later shared the changing fortunes of
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$10

Annual General Meeting

Our AGM will be held at the Old Lilydale Court House, 3rd August 2019 at 1pm

Leonardo Da Vinci. Science Before Science.

Museo Italiano 199 Faraday Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

The Embassy of Italy in Canberra, the Consulate General of Italy in Melbourne, the Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne, the Dante Alighieri Society Melbourne and CO.AS.IT. Melbourne have the pleasure of inviting you to “Leonardo Da Vinci. Science Before Science”, a lecture by Professor Fiorenzo Galli, Director General of the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della
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FREE
Recurring

Workshop: Making Archival Boxes

RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Wed     7 August            11am - 1pm (BOOKED OUT) Wed    11 September     11am - 1pm (BOOKED OUT) As these workshops are small and hands-on they quickly book out. If you haven't managed to book in before they booked out please let us know (office@historyvictoria.org.au) and we'll contact you
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Free – $20

Celebrating Engineering History: a mini-conference

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

Victoria has many outstanding world-leading engineering works, but many of these achievements are not well documented, or have been forgotten, and need to be celebrated. Four papers will be presented focussing on the history of some of the significant engineering works in Victoria.

$20.00 – $30.00

Vandemonians in North Melbourne: our Local Convict Past.

North Melbourne Library 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Guest Speaker: Professor Janet McCalman AC – Vandemonians in North Melbourne: our Local Convict Past. Janet is an eminent scholar in her field of Australian social history, with particular expertise and reputation in the history of health and medicine. Janet is a superb communicator and scholar whose most notable accomplishments have been in making the
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Trivia-au-go-go

RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Andrew Lemon is once again going to put us to the test. So, fancy yourself a bit of a history buff? Of course you do! Time to get competitive and pit yourself against all those other history buffs at the RHSV's world-famous Trivia-au-go-go.

$25

COLONIAL MERCHANTS OF MELBOURNE TOUR, ST KILDA CEMETERY

St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, Australia

Sunday 25 August 2019 at 2.00pm. Come and join the Friends of St Kilda Cemetery on this terrific walk around the cemetery visiting the graves of some of Melbourne's famous merchants...a wonderful tour led by Claire. Cost $15 including afternoon tea. Meet at main gates Dandenong Road. Bookings email info@foskc.org or tel 0422379053

$15

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria: Nature, Culture and Science

RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Professor Tim Entwisle, Director and Chief Executive, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria will talk about the history of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, about what makes a modern botanic garden and about his plans for the Melbourne Gardens which centre around the three pillars of culture, nature and science.

$10.00 – $20.00

JOSEPH PANTON, Police Magistrate, Goldfields Commissioner and Artist

Emerald Hill Library and Heritage Centre 195 Bank Street, SOUTH MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, Australia

FRIENDS OF ST KILDA CEMETERY AGM AND TALK Come and join us at the Friends of St Kilda Cemetery AGM and hear Susan Grant speak on Joseph Panton, Police Magistrate, Goldfields Commissioner and artist. Susan Grant is a committee member of the Flinders District Historical Society and the Port Phillip Pioneer Group. Her fascination with
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Free