Activities

Remembering Melbourne

Presenter(s): 
Richard Broome
Start: 
Wednesday 16 Aug 2017 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00
Richard Broome, emeritus professor Department of History at La Trobe University, is the author of eleven books and thirty papers.

Home and Heritage: East Melbourne 1850s to 1930s

Start: 
Saturday 29 Jul 2017 - 10:00am
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
No charge

A display of photographs at Clarendon Terrace, East Melbourne coinciding with the weekend of Open House.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A trip down memory lane, then back to the future 1853, 1953, today and 2053

Presenter(s): 
Phil Ruthven
Start: 
Wednesday 21 Jun 2017 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Phil Ruthven is the Founder of IBISWorld, an international corporation providing online business information, forecasting and strategic services.

Art Deco in East Melbourne

Presenter(s): 
Robin Grow
Start: 
Wednesday 19 Apr 2017 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Robin Grow will talk about Art Deco architecture in East Melbourne.

Victorian Gardens

Presenter(s): 
Justin Buckley
Start: 
Wednesday 19 Oct 2016 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

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.

William Johnston: Antique dealer and collector

Presenter(s): 
Louis le Vaillant
Start: 
Wednesday 17 Aug 2016 - 8:00pm
Location: 
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

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 peopl

The Trials of Dr Peacock

Presenter(s): 
Malcolm Howell
Start: 
Wednesday 15 Jun 2016 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne,
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Lawyer Malcolm Howell will put the facts before us in the case of the alleged murder in 1911 of Mary Margaret Davies by Dr Samuel Peacock as the result of an illegal operation.

Honourable Healers: Pioneering Women Doctors

Presenter(s): 
Dr Merrilyn Murnane
Start: 
Wednesday 20 Apr 2016 - 8:30pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne,
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Dr Merrilyn Murnane AM, a long-time East Melbourne resident, has published a book about the first women doctors in the USA, UK and Australia: Honourable Healers: Pioneering Women Doctors: Eliza

'Gone to War as Sister' returns

Start: 
Friday 1 Apr 2016 - 1:00pm
Location: 
East Melbourne Libary, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Free
After the success of this exhibition last year we will re-hang it in April.

Ramble round the Fitzroy Gardens

Presenter(s): 
Rosie Smith
Start: 
Wednesday 17 Feb 2016 - 10:30am
Location: 
Fitzroy Gardens
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00
Join us on a walk around the Fitzroy Gardens as our leader, Rosie Smith, tells us some of the many stories that make up the history of t
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