Past Events
July 2019
Secondhand & Collectables Book Sale
Box Hill, Select one 3128 Australia + Google Map
Our inaugural collectable and secondhand book sale will take place from 11am to 2pm on Sunday 28 July, in the lower hall of the Box Hill Town Hall. The Friends of Nunawading Libraries (FONL) will be joining us to create a large collection of books for readers to chose from, all at reasonable prices. Subjects available include Aborigines, antiques collecting, Australiana, biography, cookery, craft, gardening, history, novels, religion, royalty, travel, woodworking etc. Funds raised by us will be put towards…
September 2019
Whitehorse Heritage Week Exhibition & Talks
Box Hill, Select one 3128 Australia + Google Map
Visit our exhibition, be entertained and informed by our speakers, and check out our databases. See historic items loaned by Bolton Clarke (the Royal District Nursing Service), Box Hill Hospital, Red Cross, St John Ambulance and Kew Historical Society. Were any of your family members struck down with influenza in 1919? Historian Mary Sheehan will talk on the flu pandemic that killed more worldwide than the the 1st World War. Check out our database of local people who were infected.…
Whitehorse Heritage Week Exhibition & Talks
Box Hill, Select one 3128 Australia + Google Map
Visit our exhibition, be entertained and informed by our speakers, and check out our databases. See historic items loaned by Bolton Clarke (the Royal District Nursing Service), Box Hill Hospital, Red Cross, St John Ambulance and Kew Historical Society. Were any of your family members struck down with an infectious disease in the past? Diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, polio and meningitis were common diseases last century. Check out our names index of cases reported to the Health Department…