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Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaTo celebrate Victoria’s centenary in 1934, Macpherson Robertson sponsored a great air race from England to Melbourne. There were originally 20 entrants of which only 12 arrived in Melbourne. The British winning entrants took a whisker under 3 days, the last plane to arrive took some 4 months. The RHSV is mounting an exhibition which takes a close look at the entrants in the races (there were two races run concurrently – a speed race and a handicap race) including the most well-known entrant, the Dutch Uiver.
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TEXTILES IN BLOOM: FASHION & TEXTILES AT VILLA ALBA MUSEUM
Villa Alba 44 Walmer St, Kew, VIC, AustraliaA series of installations uniting items from the fashion and design collection of Kew Historical Society within the heritage interiors of the Villa Alba Museum. Explore the use of printed
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1850s Heritage-listed garden in Thomastown: horticulturalist guided tours
Ziebell's Farmhouse Museum & Heritage Garden 100 Gardenia Road, Thomastown, VIC, AustraliaDescribed as one of the finest small cottage gardens in Melbourne, Ziebell’s Farmhouse garden features over 70 roses including one planted in the 1860s. It is tangible evidence of the love of beauty and culture that existed at Westgarthtown, which is an historic dairy farming settlement established by German and Wendish emigrants. It is Victoria’s oldest German emigrant building
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ONE DAY BUS TRIP – WALKING THE WONDERS OF THE WEST
Australian Garden History SocietyJoin us for a trip to walk around three different historic landscapes in the west of Melbourne. HV McKay Memorial Gardens, Sunshine – Robin McKay Hunt, great grandson of HV
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Discover Our Collections: Heritage @ Williamstown Library
Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, AustraliaWilliamstown Library is the home base for Hobsons Bay Libraries Heritage Collection, dedicated to preserving the history of Hobsons Bay from historic maps and photographs to newspaper and local books.
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The history of the Box Hill/Burwood Rotary Club
Bert Lewis Room, first floor, Box Hill Library 1040 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, AustraliaAs 2021 is the centenary of the formation of Rotary in Australia, it is fitting to hear about the history of the organisation, both nationally and in our local area.
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Researching Aboriginal Family History
OnlineTracing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family histories poses a unique set of challenges. YPRL is proud to be a partner in the presentation of a half-day webinar to assist
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STATUES: PUTTING THEM UP, AND PULLING ‘EM DOWN
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThere may be a lull in the statue wars now, but that is because the front has broadened – certainly overseas. This oration shows how statues rose with the nineteenth century, and spread with the growth of empires, not least to Australia. The nature of traditional Australian statuary is considered, along with the questions it implicitly raises. (Comparisons are made with America.) Statues, it seems, have become lightning conductors for unresolved tensions, the public culture which once sustained them being increasingly subject to segmentation and fracture.
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Waltzing Matilda: Australia’s Accidental Anthem
Altona Library 123 Queen St, Altona, VIC, AustraliaThe song that started as an accidental collaboration in outback Queensland in 1895 caused the death of a seven-year relationship and went on to inspire a nation during WWII. Author
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Talk: The history of Kodak in Coburg 1961-2004
Coburg Library Corner Waterfield and Louisa Streets, Coburg, Victoria, AustraliaAt Coburg Historical Society May monthly meeting, Fiona Kinsey, Senior curator of the images and Image history including the Kodak Collection at Museums Victoria will talk on the subject of
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