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KALEIDOSCOPE
This exhibition is biography imagined through the lens of a Kaleidoscope. The viewer is offered fragments of the lives represented here. There is no linear narrative. Each time the kaleidoscope turns, a different story emerges. There are repeating patterns but different emphases and new ways of seeing, new reflections, new refractions. No one story dominates and one story does not fit all.
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An exhibition – Glen Eira Historical Society 50 years 1972-2022
Since its formation in 1972 the Glen Eira Historical Society has collected over 5000 items; documents, photographs, ephemera, maps and more. To commemorate 50 years we dipped into our collection and uncovered some gems, including member’s favourites, objects large and small and some of the first donations received. This exhibition will be held in the
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5:30 pm
Seeds of Concrete Progress: Grain Elevators and Technology Transfer between America and Australia
Modern concrete silos and grain elevators are a persistent source of interest and fascination for architects, industrial archaeologists, painters, photographers, and artists. The legacy of the Australian examples of the early 1900s is appreciated primarily by a popular culture that allocates value to these structures on aesthetic grounds. Several aspects of construction history associated with this early modern form of civil engineering have been less explored.
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History of Scouting in Victorian Reformatory Prisons – Libraries After DarkAuto Draft
While researching for his latest book, historian and JP (& long-time member of the Scouting movement) Colin Rimington, came across an interesting aspect of Scouting history in both the Castlemaine and Pentridge reformatory prisons. He has written about this and will be presenting at Greater Dandenong Libraries Thursday 20th October. This event can be attended
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