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SUMMARY:Art exhibition: Iconic Footscray
DESCRIPTION:Iconic Footscray is a colourful celebration of Footscray and surrounds\, featuring illustrations by local graphic designer Susan Fitzgerald. The exhibition features much-loved and landmark businesses\, past and present\, including Footscray Market\, Sims supermarket\, Olympic Doughnuts\, the Royal Hotel\, (G.) Joe Squatrito barber and more. The work also explores links to the past and highlights how design evolves over time\, predominantly through architectural style and signage details. \nEXHIBITION LAUNCH: Thursday 6 March 2025\, 5 to 7pm (FACEBOOK EVENT) \nEntry is via Paisley St\, on the corner of Albert St (opposite CommBank)\, Footscray. The gallery is located with VU Connectivity Centre\, Metro West\, but please note that the Nicholson Street entrance is closed. \nEXHIBITION DATES: Wednesday 5 March to Friday 21 March 2025. The gallery is open Monday to Friday\, 9am to 5pm\, and select weekends: Saturday 8 March (1pm to 4pm) & Saturday 15 March (5pm to 11pm\, for the Little Africa Night Market).
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/art-exhibition-iconic-footscray/
LOCATION:Footscray Connectivity Centre\, 47 Paisley St\, Footscray\, VIC\, 3011
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:McIntyre Lecture delivered by Emeritus Professor Richard Broome AM on ‘The Power of Place – Melbourne’s Lanes’
DESCRIPTION:Join Kew Historical Society to hear Professor Richard Broome AM\, FAHA\, FRHSV discuss The Power of Place. The Story of Melbourne Lanes\, the making of Melbourne’s lanes and books about the lanes. \nMelbourne’s laneways have always been dynamic and great survivors\, adding to the importance of the strong belief\, in this age of waste\, demolition and rebuilding\, that preserving the characteristics of a city’s evolution is an essential part of remaining unique and refreshingly different from other cities. \nRobin Boyd wrote in Victorian Modern in 1947 that\, ‘The little lanes were the honest streets of Melbourne’. \nAbout Professor Richard Broome\nProfessor Broome taught Australian and Indigenous History at La Trobe University for over three decades. \nHe is currently President of the RHSV and co-editor of the Victorian Historical Journal and was a former co-editor of Australian Historical Studies. \nHe is the author of 20 books. His latest co-authored book with the RHSV is The Story of Melbourne’s Lanes – Essential but Unplanned (2024). Copies of this book will be available to purchase for $50 and all proceeds will go to the RHSV. Cash is preferred. \nRefreshments will be served. \nWe welcome your attendance at the Just Theatre\, Kew Court House\, 188 High Street\, Kew\, 7.30pm for 8pm. Tickets are priced at $20 and can be purchased at the door\, by phone to 9278 4770 or via this link: \nhttps://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/events/mcintyre-lecture-2025-power-place-story-melbourne-lanes \nRefreshments will be served before and after the Lecture. This annual event is always a wonderful occasion and we are delighted that a speaker of Richard’s calibre and experience is available to present it this year. \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/mcintyre-lecture-delivered-by-emeritus-professor-richard-broome-am-on-the-power-of-place-melbournes-lanes/
LOCATION:Just Theatre\, Kew Court House\, 188 High Street\, Kew\, VIC\, 3101\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:THE WWI BATTLEFIELDS OF VERDUN
DESCRIPTION:Nillumbik Historical Society invites you to a presentation and talk\, The WWI Battlefields of Verdun\, by Terry Phillips at 2pm Sunday 16 March \nTerry has visited the battlefields of France and Belgium for many years. He is a military history expert\nwho regularly gives talks and presentations to community groups and schools. \nThe presentation will be followed by a light afternoon tea \nTickets: $10pp \nVenue: Ellis Cottage\, Ellis Cottage Reserve\, off Main Hurstbridge Road\, Diamond Creek \n  \nRSVP: 14 March 2025 \nnillumbikhs.sec@gmail.com \nPayment in advance to (Bendigo Bank 633-000 – 122948409 Nillumbik Historical Society) or in cash on the day \nPhoto caption: The former battlefield of Verdun still bears the scars of the terrible fighting that took place there in 1916
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-wwi-battlefields-of-verdun/
LOCATION:Ellis Cottage\, 10 Nillumbik Square\, Diamond Creek\, VIC\, 3089\, Australia
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