Speaker: Professor Chris Browne Tuesday 13th August 6.30pm - 7.30pm at The Melbourne Athenaeum Library Level 1, 118 Collins Street, Melbourne Presented by The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network, Rare Books Melbourne and The Melbourne Athenaeum Library All at Sea is an exploration of literature with a strong maritime setting, chosen and presented by Melbourne book
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AGHS Vic Branch AGM with lecture to follow 'Rescuing Our Botanical Heritage’ 10 years of Camperdown Botanic Gardens and Arboretum Trust By Janet O’Hehir Janet O’Hehir leads a community group in its campaign to rejuvenate and protect the Camperdown Botanic Gardens, and to reclaim and redevelop its surrounding Arboretum. Victoria’s botanic gardens are a special part of
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MORE THAN GOLD – An event hosted by the Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria (CAFHOV), supported by the Museum of Chinese Australian History. Most people are familiar with the Chinese migration to Victoria in the pursuit of gold in the 1850s, but also many Chinese businesses were established during this period in support of
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At the height of the Holocaust, twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. Drawing on diverse
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Frankston High School is turning 100 this year and to celebrate this important milestone a book has been written called "100 Years 100 Voices" which showcases 100 past students. It tells their stories but also documents the changes that occurred to Frankston from a small fishing village to the large multi cultural city that it
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Collingwood Historical Society is pleased to announce that Janet McCalman AC will be our guest speaker at this year's AGM. Her topic will range over slum clearances, the establishment of the Housing Commission of Victoria, and current housing issues. The evening will start with dinner at a venerable Collingwood pub at 6:30, followed by (brief!)
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⛰️ Barry Golding's presentation delves into the question of how to help future generations confront the legacies of events surrounding mountains in our landscape. Focused on the peaks in southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country, his talk explores ideas for reconciling with these mountains and the communities residing on their slopes. This presentation serves as a
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From its beginning the Melbourne Public Library supplemented its book stock with donations. In 1873, the library published a catalogue of these gifts, listing an array of donors from emperors and kings to more humble colonists. In part a celebration, in part an appeal for more gifts, the catalogue provides an insight into the literary culture
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📜 Join our Collections Librarian Ellen Coates, on a journey through the fascinating history of Victoria’s second oldest library as they celebrate their 170th year. Beginning when the Library declared itself into existence in on the 1st of May 1854. The challenges of the early years, including how the Committee dealt with a squatting Secretary
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