La Trobe Society Members and Friends are invited to attend the Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage Reception to meet the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Collette Brennan.

Date: Monday 19 May 2025
Time: 5.30 – 7.00 pm
Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Cnr William and A’Beckett Streets, Melbourne

The ‘Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage’ was formed in 2009 under the umbrella of the C J La Trobe Society. Its aims are to promote information about La Trobe and his family, and especially to support the National Trust in its efforts to maintain the Cottage through fund-raising, improved visitor experience with regular public opening times, enhanced interpretation, and improved interior and exterior appearance.

Collette Brennan was formerly CEO and Artistic Director of the Abbotsford Convent, and has worked across arts, culture, education and heritage in a diversity of organisations. She is currently a member of the International Society for Performing Arts and National Institute of Circus Arts Boards.

Collette will share an update about the vital work being undertaken by National Trust, including at La Trobe’s Cottage, and she is very much looking forward to meeting everyone. The National Trust is the community-based, non-government organisation committed to promoting and conserving Australia’s Indigenous, natural and historic heritage places of cultural significance in Victoria, including the Trust’s responsibility for La Trobe’s Cottage.

Bookings

Online: https://www.eventbookings.com/b/event/friends-of-la-trobe-s-cottage-reception

For those unable to book online: 
EFT to C J La Trobe Society Inc: BSB 033-018 Account 149584. Please ensure your name is on the EFT, and email: secretary@latrobesociety.org.au with names of those attending
Or send a cheque for $………… at $25.00 per person, payable to C J La Trobe Society Inc with this form to P.O. Box 65, Port Melbourne, 3207. Please add the names of those attending.

For information, phone 0412 517061.