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2024 McIntyre Lecture

Just Theatre, Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, Australia

2024 McIntyre Lecture -Kew Historical Society Inc FAILED AMBITIONS: A HISTORY OF KEW COTTAGES by Dr Lee-Ann Monk & Dr David Henderson Opened in 1887, Kew Cottages was Australia’s first purpose built institution for people with intellectual disabilities. Contemporaries considered it a ‘distinct advance on anything yet done for the feebleminded children in Australia’. Five
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PMI Library Book Sale

39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

🔖 PMI Victorian History Library Book Sale Step into a treasure trove of literary delights at our upcoming booksale extravaganza! Get ready to embark on a thrilling exploration through the pages of second-hand classics and unearth hidden gems among our collection of rare books. For all the music aficionados out there, we're thrilled to introduce
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Labassa open day

Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia

Experience 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. Labassa is open 10:30am to 4pm with last entry at 3:30pm. Pre-purchasing your ticket online is highly recommended. Guided house tours on the
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Free – $35

Women’s humanitarian work is never done: Women humanitarians and war child refugees in the 20th century

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

We are delighted that Professor Joy Damousi AM FASSA FAHA, one of Australia’s most distinguished historians and humanities thought leaders, will deliver the 2023 Women's History Month Lecture, part of our Distinguished Lecture series. Joy is the Immediate Past President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and a Fellow of both the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

$10.00 – $20.00

CORNERS OF MELBOURNE: THE GREAT ORANGE-PEEL PANIC AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE STREETS

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

What better defines a city than its street corners? A corner gives you a starting point, a destination and a place to turn. It’s furnished with pillar boxes, newsstands and tram stops, and lamp-posts for light and lounging. Where would you be likeliest to find a pub? At the corner, of course. And who better than Robyn Annear to usher you around the corners of Melbourne, and reveal their bizarre, baroque and mostly forgotten stories?

$10.00 – $20.00

Old Hawthorn, Fresh Eyes- Exhibition Launch

"Old Hawthorn, Fresh Eyes' by Hawthorn Historical Society This exhibition provides new ways of looking at the historical narrative of Hawthorn and the familiar places around us. There are stories about the lives of people, or ordinary and extraordinary events, and of the changing ways of social involvement, which reflects not only what we were,
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Artist’s Talk – Sculptor Jennifer Mann

Duldig Studio 92 Burke Rd, Malvern East, VIC, Australia

Meet the Artist: Jennifer Mann, Sculptor Continuing the Duldig Studio’s commitment to exploring, experiencing and enjoying sculpture, join us for an artful afternoon with renowned contemporary sculptor and Forensic Sculptor at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jennifer Mann. Her most recent public bronze sculpture of Zelda D’Aprano was unveiled outside Trades Hall last May.
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$15.00

WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT TOUR

Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Experience the Western Treatment Plant at Werribee, and discover the historical and environmental importance of this fascinating site. The Western Treatment Plant was added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 2021, recognising its historical, archaeological and technical significance. The historic Western Treatment Plant in Werribee is a world leader in environmentally-friendly sewage treatment, and one of Victoria’s most unlikely hidden treasures.

$55.00

Doctor, teacher, gardener & spy

Victorian Archives Centre 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

A doctor, teacher, gardener and spy. These are four real-life Australians who attracted the attention of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). But who were they and why was ASIO interested in them? What role did social and political activism have to play in this? Come along to find out more!

Free

M is for Melbourne: The World’s Mostly* Liveable City

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Melbourne 270 Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Melbourne International Comedy Festival show Discount Code: DINGDING (10% off) Tickets: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/m-is-for-melbourne-the-world-s-mostly-liveable-city   Melbourne has been named the "world's most liveable city", which makes you wonder if the judges have ever experienced Hoddle Street rush hour traffic or tried to find a cafe open past 4pm. M is for Melbourne takes an A to Z journey
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