Week of Events
Collective City Exhibition
Collective City showcases historic photographs of Melbourne from the state and federal government archives, alongside images representing our city today, curated from submissions by contemporary street photographers. The exhibition explores the moments of joy and connection that happen in our public spaces, between friends, family and strangers. It also highlights the ways people can feel
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Monday, March 18, 2024
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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March 19, 2024 -Women’s humanitarian work is never done: Women humanitarians and war child refugees in the 20th century
Women’s humanitarian work is never done: Women humanitarians and war child refugees in the 20th century
We are delighted that Professor Joy Damousi AM FASSA FAHA, one of Australia’s most distinguished historians and humanities thought leaders, will deliver the 2023 Women's History Month Lecture, part of our Distinguished Lecture series. Joy is the Immediate Past President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and a Fellow of both the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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March 20, 2024 -CORNERS OF MELBOURNE: THE GREAT ORANGE-PEEL PANIC AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE STREETS
CORNERS OF MELBOURNE: THE GREAT ORANGE-PEEL PANIC AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE STREETS
What better defines a city than its street corners? A corner gives you a starting point, a destination and a place to turn. It’s furnished with pillar boxes, newsstands and tram stops, and lamp-posts for light and lounging. Where would you be likeliest to find a pub? At the corner, of course. And who better than Robyn Annear to usher you around the corners of Melbourne, and reveal their bizarre, baroque and mostly forgotten stories?
Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Friday, March 22, 2024
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Saturday, March 23, 2024
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March 23, 2024 -Old Hawthorn, Fresh Eyes- Exhibition Launch
Old Hawthorn, Fresh Eyes- Exhibition Launch
"Old Hawthorn, Fresh Eyes' by Hawthorn Historical Society This exhibition provides new ways of looking at the historical narrative of Hawthorn and the familiar places around us. There are stories about the lives of people, or ordinary and extraordinary events, and of the changing ways of social involvement, which reflects not only what we were,
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Sunday, March 24, 2024
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March 24, 2024 -Artist’s Talk – Sculptor Jennifer Mann
Artist’s Talk – Sculptor Jennifer Mann
Meet the Artist: Jennifer Mann, Sculptor Continuing the Duldig Studio’s commitment to exploring, experiencing and enjoying sculpture, join us for an artful afternoon with renowned contemporary sculptor and Forensic Sculptor at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jennifer Mann. Her most recent public bronze sculpture of Zelda D’Aprano was unveiled outside Trades Hall last May.
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