At our celebratory Christmas Dinner, our Guest of Honour and Speaker will be Rear Admiral John Lord AM RAN (Rtd), whose extensive naval service  and industry career spanned many facets, including command of HMA Fleet.  He undoubtedly has many stories to tell.

Speaker: Mr Greg Hood AO, former Chief Commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Greg will talk candidly about his aviation career including his time as an air training corps cadet flying gliders in South Australia, his RAAF ATC career including overseas service in the Sinai Desert, his time with Airservices Australia as an air
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Want to learn more about the value of oral histories and Council’s heritage collections? Join us at our upcoming event at Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens. Historian Dr Nicolette Snowden will explain how to record oral histories and examine their value in both a community and professional context. Nicolette is an experienced oral historian,
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Learn about pioneering women in Greater Dandenong’s history, the less represented voices. Speakers include Angela Bailey, a curator, photographer and creative producer whose practice is informed from a community and cultural perspective. As a young activist participating in the fight for gay law reform in Queensland in the late 1980s to her work as Director
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Part of the Lilydale Melba Festival & Street Fair. Inspired by Melba and presented by Lilydale & District Historical Society. Come together with us for a guided tour of Melba Park, where you'll discover fascinating stories about the origins of Melba Park and all that it contains, from its rich history to its hidden gems.
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Organised by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). Experience the complex richness of Labassa's architectural and human history on its final open day for 2024. Although more than 700 people have lived at Labassa, it has miraculously survived with most of its opulent Victorian era decoration intact. Guided house tours and tower tours operate throughout
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Join members of the Malvern Historical Society on Tuesday 17 December, at 10 am, to explore the history of the area close to Tooronga Station Malvern.

The City of Port Phillip welcomes you to the 93rd Captain Albert Jacka V.C., M.C. and bar (1893-1932) Commemoration on Sunday 19 January 2025. The commemoration will commence at the St Kilda Cemetery, Dandenong Road, St Kilda at 2:00pm for formalities followed by afternoon tea at St Kilda Town Hall, Cnr Brighton Rd & Carlisle St at 3:00pm.

Author, Peter Fitzsimons has been invited as a guest to the above commemoration and Peter will, at 5pm, launch his latest book, The Legend of Albert Jacka, at St Kilda RSL, 88 Acland St, St Kilda VIC 3182

The Polish Museum and Archives in Australia Inc. (PMAA) warmly invites you to the book launch of "Our Journeys in Australia 1947 -1977", on Saturday 1st February 2025 at Tobruk House, Melbourne, at 2pm.

Join authors Noah Riseman and Sam Elkin as they enter a conversation about trans history. They will weave together personal experience with historical examples to discuss changes to trans life and politics in Victoria since the early twentieth century. Their discussion will especially focus on the role of activism, as well as where activists and
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