Activities

Justin Buckley is head of horticulture at the National Trust and has acquired specialized knowledge of gardens in the Victorian era, especially plants commonly used. He will share some of this knowledge with us in a talk which will take place immediately following our AGM.

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Victorian Town House Gardens

Helen Page is a foundation member of the Australian Garden History Society since 1980 and Chair of the Victorian Branch 1994-2004. She played an important role in saving the garden at Bishopscourt from subdivision and development in 1998, and has led a team of enthusiastic volunt...

The Old Treasury was built in 1862, and is regarded as one Melbourne’s finest buildings. It was designed by architect and local resident J.J. Clark. This guided tour will cover all areas and aspects of the building, including the exhibitions currently on display.

The Goold Museum 24 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, houses a collection relating to the history of the Catholic Church in Victoria.

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Visit to Old Treasury

The Old Treasury was built in 1862 and is regarded as one of Melbourne's finest buildings. This guided tour will be cover all areas of the building, starting with the gold vaults where gold bullion was stored during the gold rush era.

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Visit to St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, East Melbourne

Dr. Trevor Batrouney will lead our tour and tell us about the history of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in Melbourne, of its establishment in East Melbourne; as well as the history of St. Nicholas and the significance of its contents.

Join former architect Lisette Malatesta for an engaging walking tour of historic East Melbourne. Discover how this remarkable suburb has evolved, from its earliest inhabitants to its most notable residents. Along the way, Lisette will highlight significant architectural features,...

Academic in art, architecture and design, Dr Monique Webber will take us on a walk through the Fitzroy Gardens. She will explain exactly where some of the old statues stood and will identify which statues stood where and why they were chosen for those particular sites. Her talk w...

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We are all partied out! But for one last swig ...

Enjoy a spit roast dinner, a drink from the pop up Tippler & Co bar, a great mix of music and children’s entertainment.

Robyn Annear was awarded a State Library Creative Fellowship from 2003-2004 to research Whelan the Wrecker and was elected to the State Library Board in September 2006. She has served as a judge in the Age Book of the Year and Victorian Premier's Literary Awards since 2001.

Louis le Vaillant, director and curator of The Johnston Collection in East Melbourne, will tell us about the life and work of William Johnston who left his large collection of antiques to the people of Victoria to expand their understanding and pleasure in the decorative arts.

Stephanie Alexander shared memories of her father Winston Burchett, well known to all East Melbourne residents as local historian and author of East Melbourne, People, Places Problems 1837-1977 and East Melbourne Walkabout. His Conservation Reports and Index to City of Melbourne...

Dr. Anna Blainey Warner will tell us how women in the 1890s alerted the public to the sexual assault and prostitution of young girls and of the controversy that followed. Anna is a freelance historian whose PhD was on the Australian Woman's Christian Temperance Union in the Ninet...

Local resident, Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, has donated several portraits to the NGV which demonstrate the long-overlooked talent of women artists. She has arranged a guided tour of some of these works for us. Following the tour we will have Afternoon Tea as her guests, during whic...

1845 Yarra River PuntKristin Otto's entertaining history of the Yarra River begins with the Kulin nation and its stories of creation and follows through to the building boom of the twentieth century. Through the millennia, the Yarra has been home, the source of life and the site...

Ian Hind has been researching and compiling a history of Yarra Park State School for over a year and has uncovered a mass of material.

Phil Ruthven is the Founder of IBISWorld, an international corporation providing online business information, forecasting and strategic services. IBISWorld now operates in Australia, the United States (NY and LA), Canada, China, United Kingdom and Indonesia. He is widely consider...