The landscape of Quor-nóng/Royal Park has been inhabited by First Peoples for millennia. Following colonisation, Royal Park was reserved as a public park with neighbourhoods and institutions constructed on its edges. Park Life seeks to interrogate the impact of institutions such as the university, hospitals, a prison, a major park and a zoo, as well as local precincts. Parkville is a suburb of diverse building types surrounding Royal Park, and home to major Melbourne institutions including the symposium host, the University of Melbourne. Parkville has played a pivotal role in Australian understandings of heritage, memory, commemoration, and dwelling.

Connecting Communities The importance of writing local history and heritage Romsey & Lancefield Districts Historical Society will be holding its second annual HistoryFest in November 2022. This event is aimed fairly and squarely at historical societies and their members so do come along and learn from others, and share your knowledge and experience. Eight Historical
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World Vision is raising funds by holding a Devonshire Tea event on Sunday 6th November 2022 at historic Richardsons’ Cottage on the foreshore in Rhyll from 2pm - 4.30pm. Come along and enjoy some delicacies and re-live the history of the cottage and the tea rooms that operated in the early 1930’s by Josie Richardson.
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Sandy Jeffs, a former inmate of Larundel, who became an advocate for her ‘mad’ comrades and is now a poet of distinction; and Margaret Leggatt, sociologist, occupational therapist and activist for the friends and families of mentally ill people. Larundel Psychiatric Hospital was ‘the madhouse on the edge of town’ – until the 1990s, a
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A century old memorial tree at Bears Lagoon to be the site of this year's Remembrance Day Service organised by the East Loddon Historical Society Inc. For family descendants and our local communities we should never be allowed to forget the sacrifice that service personnel have given, and continue to give, to Australia. This Remembrance
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Did you go to Ringwood State School? Celebrate Ringwood State School's centenary this Saturday 12th November from 10am - 4pm. Maroondah Federation Estate, Greenwood Ave, Ringwood. It will be a day of activities, food, coffee, face-paintings, ECB-FM live on site, Channel 31 filming & interviewing throughout day, art exhibitions, a centenary cake, play the games
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The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT) invites you to the official launch of our augmented reality app, Discover Cemeteries, at Fawkner Memorial Park. Venue: On site at the Heritage Tearooms opposite the Fawkner Station cemetery entry. Getting there: Catch the train to Fawkner station on the Upfield line - Fawkner Memorial Park was designed to
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The Malmsbury Historical Society is having a clearance of all their second-hand books! These hundreds of books have been donated to the Society over the years to assist us in their fundraising, They now have so many they are taking up too much space – space they need for our archives. Everything has been priced
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Walking Tour of Westgate Park with Lyn Allison  Sunday 20th November 10.00 am to 12.00 pm Organised by Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society Inc Do join our walking tour of Westgate Park with Lyn Allison. The community bus will leave from the Port Melbourne Town Hall at 9.30 am and will return at 12.30 pm. 
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You are invited! Join Hawthorn Historical Society for their end of year function / open day. There will be a short presentation by John Torpey on his book, Boroondara's Private Schools 1851 - 1951 and a display on schools of Hawthorn. Afternoon tea provided. RSVP: 0451 830 136 Celebrating the sesquicentenary of the Victoria's groundbreaking
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