Activities
'Gone to War as Sister' returns
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Ramble round the Fitzroy Gardens
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EMG Twilight Christmas Party & Dinner
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Blockbuster: Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab written by Fergus Hume in 1886 was a runaway bestseller both here and in England.
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Gone to War as Sister: East Melbourne Nurses in the Great War
In the centenary year of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli the East Melbourne Historical Society pays tribute to the nurses who served overseas and who had some connection with East Melbourne. S
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Farewell, Dear People: Australia's Gifted Lost Generation of World War 1
Dr Ross McMullin is an historian and biographer whose major interests are Australian history, politics and sport.
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The 100 year walk
Rosemarie will take us on a walk demonstrating the changes in Melbourne's domestic architecture over 100 years as represented in East Melbourne.
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For King and Country: East Melbourne Volunteers and the Great War
This exhibition is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the departure from Victoria of the first troops to serve overseas. HMAT Orvieto, the convoy’s flagship, left Port Melbourne on 21 October 1914. Many East Melbourne residents were aboard it and other ships in the convoy. Our exhibition will tell some of their stories, and of others who enlisted later.
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Adapting to Climate Change in the City of Melbourne (after AGM)
Ian Shears, Manager, Urban Landscapes, City of Melbourne leads the City’s climate change adaptation program for urban landscapes.
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Ola Cohn, sculptor
Ola Cohn was the sculptor best known as the creator of the Fairies’ Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens but was more important as a pioneer of modernist sculpture in Australia. Her studio was in East
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