Activities

Historian, Alicia Cerreto, will take us on a journey through the history of Berry Street. Initially known as the Victorian Infant Asylum and Foundling Hospital it has had many name changes since. Founded in 1877 in Fitzroy the organization moved into the old police hospital in Va...

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Bishopscourt tour

094 Kookaburra November 2006An informal tour of Bishopscourt generously hosted by Archbishop Philip and Mrs. Joy Freier and guided by Bishop James Grant and Helen Page.

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab written by Fergus Hume in 1886 was a runaway bestseller both here and in England. It is one of the earliest examples of a whodunit, predating Arthur Conan Doyle's first book by just a few months. Some of the story is set in East Melbourne. Fergus Hume...

Ian Hind for a number of years has been working on the history of Yarra Park State School. Ian lives in the school’s old shelter shed (converted, of course), and a significant part of his working life was spent in the Victorian Education Department, so he is well placed to write...

Heritage Matters written by EMHS former president and EMG life member Jill Fenwick OAM reveals how the EMG became active in the protection of heritage places, parks and streetscapes during its seventy-year history. It will be launched by Professor Graeme Davison, AO, FASSA, FAHA

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Cafe Balzac

Kendrah Morgan, curator at Heide Museum of Modern Art since 2003, will shortly have her book on Cafe Balzac, once on the site of Tippler & Co in Wellington Parade, ready for publication. In her talk she will present the story of the restaurant's beginnings at the hands of Georges...

Richard Keuneman, Violin; Julia Monsbourgh, French Horn; and Anna Carson, piano together make up the Corda Trio. These three classically trained, experienced, and highly regarded musicians will perform a program of selected Chamber Music. Afternoon tea will follow the concert.

East Melbourne Historical Society members will gather together to celebrate the Christmas season in the beautiful grounds of Bishopscourt. The new archbishop, Ric Thorpe, will be in residence. We may catch a glimpse. Either way there will be plenty of food and drink, and fun and...

Clarendon Terrace, once home to the Menzies Foundation and venue for our lectures, has recently been reinvented as Her Place Women’s Museum. Her Place Women’s Museum Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that celebrates the social, civic and entrepreneurial achievements of a...

Bruce Trethowan, heritage architect, followed up on his earlier talk on Cliveden as the family home of Sir William Clarke with the story of its conversion into luxury apartments and its new inhabitants.

Our speaker, Harriet Edquist, is Professor of Architectural History in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT, and Director of the RMIT Design Archives. In this lecture she will look at the connections between a number of prominent East Melbourne women and Melbourne's 20th...

Dominic Bonadio, who most of us know as Dom from Il Duca restaurant, as a lockdown project, got to work writing his family story. Dom will bring this story to life for us in what is sure to be a talk both historically interesting and entertaining. As he puts it:

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Dr Adam Cairns

Max Griffiths will take us through the life of Dr Adam Cairns (1802-1881), clergyman and theologian, and founding father of the Presbyterian Church in Melbourne. He established Chalmers Church, its first place of worship, on Eastern Hill. After his death Cairns Memorial Church in...

Lawrence Moore told us about the life and times of Rev. Dr. Adam Cairns and the history of the church named in his memory. Lawrence was organist and member of the congregation before the church was destroyed by fire and is an authority on Presbyterian church history.

Caroline Clemente's M.A. thesis at the University of Melbourne was "The Private Face of Patronage: The Howitts, Artistics and Intellectual Philanthropists in Early Melbourne Society."

The historical society will have its own stall where we will be on hand to give out information about the society and promote interest in our local history.

Presenter(s) Elizabeth Morris Dennis Martin Start Wednesday 21 Feb 2007 - 6:00pm Finish Wednesday, 21 February 2007 - 8:00pm Location Synagogue, 488 Albert Street, East Melbourne Entry fee Free for members; guests $5.00 Visit East Melbourne Synagogue for talk and tour.

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East Melbourne and the First World War

We will soon arrive at the 100th anniversary of the Great War. This talk will look at how the war affected East Melbourne and Jolimont, those who participated in it and their fates, some famous participants and ask if and how they might be commemorated. It will also include a gui...

Our Annual General Meeting will start at 8.00 p.m. Following the AGM Dr. Rushen will talk on East Melbourne's First Residence: Bishopscourt. She will focus on the house and garden using new information gleaned during research for her social history, Bishopscourt Melbourne: Offici...

Janet Scarfe is an adjunct research associate at Monash University. She has been a major contributor to our growing database of WW1 service men and women who had connection with East Melbourne and has undertaken to research the lives of all the nurses on our list. Her talk will b...

Eastern Hill in East Melbourne is where the city meets the suburbs. Focussing on Eastern Hill, fellow local resident and academic Roger Smith, will talk on the interrelationships between landscape and people, as they apply to this significant physical feature that lies immediatel...

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