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Activities

St Patrick's Cathedral: its history and architecture

Presenter(s): 
Arthur Andronas
Start: 
Wednesday 18 Jun 2025 - 7:30pm
Location: 
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Conservation architect, Arthur Andronas, has worked on the restoration and upgrading of St Patrick's Cathedral and has extensive knowledge of its history and architecture.  

He will share with us some insights and little known facts about the cathdral which his work has revealed.

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Life So Full of Promise

Presenter(s): 
Ross McMullin
Start: 
Wednesday 16 Apr 2025 - 7:30pm
Location: 
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Author, Ross McMullin will talk to us about his latest book,
Life So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation,
which follows his earlier book, Farewell, Dear People.

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Visit Old Treasury

Presenter(s): 
Treasury guide
Start: 
Wednesday 26 Feb 2025 - 1:45pm
Location: 
Old Treasury, Spring Street - rear door
Entry fee: 
$12.00

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.

 

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Farewell to the Freiers

Presenter(s): 
EMHS, EMG and EMNN
Start: 
Wednesday 29 Jan 2025 - 6:30pm
Location: 
Powlett Reserve
Entry fee: 
None

THE EMG, EMHS AND EMNN INVITE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS OF ARCHBISHOP PHILIP FREIER AND JOY FREIER TO A FAREWELL TRIBUTE AS THEY SET OFF FOR THEIR NEXT LIFE ADVENTURE
   
BYO FOOD, DRINKS TO SHARE AS WELL AS YOUR OWN GLASSES AND SEATS

Some tables and chairs will be provided

Contact : Tim Holland 0408 998 746  

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25th Anniversary and the Importance of History

Presenter(s): 
Professor Richard Broome
Dr Liz Rushen
Start: 
Wednesday 16 Oct 2024 - 7:30pm
Location: 
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

This will be our 25th Annual General Meeting.  Following the AGM, and to mark the occasion, Dr Liz Rushen AM, as one of the founders of the Society, will take us back to its beginnings and tell us the story of how it all began. 

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Hester Hornbrook and her Ragged Schools

Presenter(s): 
Dr Ros Otzen
Start: 
Wednesday 21 Aug 2024 - 7:30pm
Location: 
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Dr Ros Otzen is writing a biography of Hester Hornbrook (1785-1862) who founded the Ragged School Association which provided free education for Melbourne’s destitute children. She will bring to light the work of this remarkable woman, and the band of women who supported her, 
many of whom were East Melbourne residents.

 

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Book launch - 'Yarra Park State School No. 1406: A Recovered History' and 'The Lost Roll of Honor of Yarra Park State School'

Presenter(s): 
Ian Hind, author
Maj Gen Michael O'Brien
Tim Holland, president EMHS
Start: 
Friday 5 Jul 2024 - 10:30am
Location: 
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
All welcome

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 such a history.  The school opened in 1874 and closed in 1987 and is of considerable historical and archit

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Our Yarra River – its past, its future?

Presenter(s): 
Ian Penrose
Start: 
Wednesday 19 Jun 2024 - 7:30pm
Location: 
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Ian is a former senior executive in the coal mining and gas industries, but after 27 years he switched his focus to the natural environment.  

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A Fresh Look at The Johnston Collection

Presenter(s): 
Dr Louise Voll Box
Start: 
Wednesday 17 Apr 2024 - 7:30pm
Location: 
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Dr Louise Voll Box was appointed as CEO of The Johnston Collection in July 2023. The previous

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Australian Women Artists

Presenter(s): 
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty
Start: 
Wednesday 28 Feb 2024 - 2:00pm
Location: 
National Gallery of Victoria Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Following the success of our tour to the NGV in St Kilda Road last year when local resident, Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, arranged a tour of several portraits she had donated, this years’ tour demonstrates the long-overlooked talent of several Australian women artists, focussing once again on works Krystyna has donated, including Botanic Gardens by Emmeline Pritchard. 

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