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SUMMARY:Specimens Across Time: A 200th birthday tribute to Baron von Mueller
DESCRIPTION:For National Science Week\, scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria will host a free talk about the legacy of the first Gardens director\, founder of the National Herbarium of Victoria\, and first Government Botanist of Victoria\, Baron Ferdinand von Mueller. During the talk\, scientists will share their favourite Herbarium specimens from Mueller’s time and discuss their contemporary significance. The talk also celebrates 200 years since Mueller’s birth. \n“Baron Ferdinand von Mueller was a botanist\, explorer\, and patron of science\, who founded our collection of plant\, algal and fungal specimens through his own collecting\, and through a network of collectors and scientists that he established globally\,” said Alison Vaughan\, Manager Collections at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. \nApproximately two-thirds of the 1.5 million plant\, algae and fungi specimens in the National Herbarium of Victoria today were amassed through Mueller’s endeavours. \nFree entry\, bookings essential. \nMueller Hall\, enter via Oak Lawn Gate. \nTo book to attend in-person or to register to watch online\, go to: https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/melbourne-gardens/whats-on-melbourne/specimens-across-time/
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/specimens-across-time-a-200th-birthday-tribute-to-baron-von-mueller/
LOCATION:Mueller Hall\, Herbarium\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Edna Walling - an unusual life
DESCRIPTION:Following the Australian Garden History Society’s AGM\, Sara Hardy will speak on ‘Edna Walling’- an unusual life’. \nSara Hardy is a playwright\, biographer\, novelist and former actor. Sara was inspired to write her first biography\, The Unusual Life of Edna Walling\, after portraying the famous Australian landscape designer in a theatre performance. \nDrinks and light refreshments will be available from 5:30 and the AGM begins at 6:00pm.\nThe talk begins at 6:15pm and will be followed by Q&A and book signing. Cash sales only. \nLOCATION:          Mueller Hall\, National Herbarium\nCOST:                   $20 AGHS members\, $25 non-members\nBOOKINGS:         Via this TryBooking link. \nCopies of Sara’s book will be available for purchase on the night. \nA nomination form can be emailed to those with an interest in garden history who would like to join our committee. We welcome new members who can help us to continue to organise stimulating and worthwhile events for our membership. If you have experience or interest in event organisation or with heritage landscapes and garden design\, your contribution would be valued. If you have any questions or would like to know what’s involved\, please call Wendy on 0408 340 967 or email at aghsvicbranch2@gmail.com \n  \n  \nPhoto caption: Edna Walling\, c1927. Portrait by Francie Young of Collins Street\, Melbourne
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/edna-walling-an-unusual-life/
LOCATION:Mueller Hall\, Herbarium\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Sunday Talk with the La Trobe Society
DESCRIPTION:CHARLES HOTSON EBDEN : VICTORIA’S FIRST AUDITOR-GENERAL \nSpeaker: Carolyn Brown\, President Black Rock House Inc. \nIncludes afternoon tea.  All welcome. Bookings essentail
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/sunday-talk-with-the-la-trobe-society-2/
LOCATION:Mueller Hall\, Herbarium\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Sunday Talk with the La Trobe Society
DESCRIPTION:‘THE PARSON’S WIFE”: IN SEARCH OF HARRIET BEAN\, DAUGHTER OF EMPIRE \nSpeaker :  Loreen Chambers\, Vice-President of the C J La Trobe Society  \nHarriet 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 her husband Willoughby Bean\, first as a settler’s wife in New South Wales and then as a clergyman’s wife in Goldrush Victoria.  Harriet did not leave diaries or letters\, but by exploring other forms of evidence through newspapers\, genealogical records\, letters to her husband and archaeological evidence in south Gippsland \, we are able to claim her as a pioneer in her own right.  Includes afternoon tea.  All welcome. Bookings essential
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/sunday-talk-with-the-la-trobe-society-3/
LOCATION:Mueller Hall\, Herbarium\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Sunday Talk with the La Trobe Society
DESCRIPTION:WILLIAM HENRY FOSTER: HIS FAMILY AND LIFE IN VICTORIA FROM THE GOLDRUSH YEARS \nSpeaker: Tim Gatehouse\,  researcher into Victoria’s colonial era \nWilliam Henry Foster was 20 years old when he arrived in Melbourne in 1852 with a colourful past.  He went on to become Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Goldfields 1854 and Chinese Protector 1855-1861 when he stood up for the rights of Chinese people in Ballarat\, for example\, requesting a Chinese wing to be built at the hospital. During this time he was Police Magistrate and Gold Warden for the Ballarat district\, and Chairman of the Creswick Court. From 1862 he was Police Magistrate and Gold Warden at Omeo and then at Beechworth. He was a cousin of Charles Joseph La Trobe.  Includes afternoon tea.  All welcome. Bookings essential
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/sunday-talk-with-the-la-trobe-society/
LOCATION:Mueller Hall\, Herbarium\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage annual lecture
DESCRIPTION:LA TROBE’S GOLD AND SILVER TESTIMONIAL PIECES \nSpeaker:  Susan Priestley\, Fellow RHSV \nLa Trobe’s farewell tribute from the people of Victoria in 1853 included a superb gold cup made in Melbourne (whereabouts unknown since 1862) and a London-made spectacular silver and glass candelabrum centrepiece\, now in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. Hear more about them and their place in history.   Includes refreshments.  All welcome.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/friends-of-la-trobes-cottage-annual-lecture/
LOCATION:Mueller Hall\, Herbarium\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20180812T143000
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SUMMARY:La Trobe and his Horses: Testing Times
DESCRIPTION:La Trobe and his Horses: Testing Times – a talk with the C J La Trobe Society\n \nSpeaker: Peter Hiscock AM\, former director the Sovereign Hill outdoor museum at Ballarat\, and life-long horseman. \nPeter will focus on the horsemanship of Charles Joseph La Trobe and the horse as a major player in the settlement of the Port Phillip District / Colony of Victoria – a fact so often neglected in the historical narrative. \nIncludes a delicious afternoon tea. \nBookings essential \nNote: Allow sufficient time to park. Best Public Transport is via any tram to Domain Interchange\, Stop 20. (Note also 605 bus service: Flagstaff Station to Gardenvale\, via Birdwood Avenue.) \nAll welcome.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/la-trobe-and-his-horses-testing-times/
LOCATION:Mueller Hall\, Herbarium\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, 3004\, Australia
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