Activities
Christmas Drinks - Bishopscourt 4 Dec 2019
The East Melbourne HIstorical Society i
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AGM followed by Bruce Trethowan- Cliveden Mansion
Notice of AGM
Notice of Annual General Meeting, nomination form and proxy form are attached to this newsletter. All financial members of the EMHS are eligible to nominate for the committee.
Cliveden Mansion
Following the AGM heritage architect, Bruce Trethowan, will talk about Cliveden, Sir William Clarke's long gone mansion demolished to make way for the Hilton, now Pullman. It remains as East Melbourne's biggest architectural loss and the talk will be a chance to bring it back to life.
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King of the Air: the Turbulent Life of Charles Kingsford Smith
Ann Blainey will talk about her new book and its star, Charles Kingsford Smith, flyer extraordinaire. It was he who made the first continuous flight across Australia, the first trans-Pacific flight, and the first flight across the Atlantic from east to west. He also held the record for a flight from Sydney to London, then retraced his steps to make the first solo flight on the same route. But there was so much more to the life of this intrepid pioneer, as we will discover.
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A Tear in the Glass: Nina Stanton's life journey through the fine and decorative arts
Nina Stanton was director and curator of local house museum, The Johnston Collection 2000-2008. When she died in 2009 she left behind an incomplete memoir with a request to writer and close f
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Clarendon Terrace and HER first neighbours
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-pr
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Spencer Street Bridge: a surprising history
Fiona will be known to most of us as the peerless local history librarian stationed at our East Melbourne Library. She has made a detailed study of the Spencer Street Bridge and discovered a
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'Sleepers, Wake' Revisited
Join us as Dr Barry Jones AC revisits for the 21st century his best-selling and widely influential book on technology and the future of work.
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Walking tour: Fitzroy Gardens and its Vanished Statues
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 iden
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AGM followed by 'Geoffrey Blainey's East Melbourne'
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The Man Who Carried the Nation's Grief
Carol Rosenhain’s moving book describes the extraordinary work of James Lean.
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