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Activities

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

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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.

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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

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

Presenter(s): 
Tired Bum
Lazy Bum
Start: 
Sunday 6 Dec 2015 - 4:30pm
Location: 
Bishopscourt
Entry fee: 
$5.00

 

EMG Twilight Christmas Party & Dinner

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Blockbuster: Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Presenter(s): 
Lucy Sussex
Start: 
Wednesday 21 Oct 2015 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne,
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

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

Start: 
Thursday 20 Aug 2015 - 10:00am
Location: 
East Melbourne Library, 122 George Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
No charge

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

Presenter(s): 
Ross McMullin
Start: 
Wednesday 22 Apr 2015 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne,
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

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

Presenter(s): 
Rosemarie Smith
Start: 
Wednesday 18 Feb 2015 - 10:30am
Location: 
Meet at the gates of Bishopscourt, 120 Clarendon Street
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

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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