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Activities

Chamber Music at Holy Trinity

Presenter(s): 
Corda Trio
Start: 
Sunday 21 Oct 2012 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Holy Trinity Church, Cnr. Clarendon & Hotham Streets, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Adults: $20. Conc: $15. Students: $10.

Richard Keuneman, Violin; Julia Monsbourgh, French Horn; and Anna Carson, piano together make up the Corda Trio.  These three classically trained, experienced, and highly regarded musicians wi

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AGM followed by East Melbourne Less Glorious

Presenter(s): 
Geoffrey Borrack
Start: 
Wednesday 17 Oct 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Following our AGM architect, Geoffrey Borrack, who has lived and worked in East Melbourne since the early 1960s, will tell us of his memories of the suburb before gentrification took hold.  Geoffrey has been instrumental in saving some of our most notable houses from demolition and has played a significant part in re-shaping the homes of East Melbourne for modern living.   He has vivid memories of our area’s less salubrious days.

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The Vanishing Sculptures

Presenter(s): 
Terence Lane
Start: 
Wednesday 15 Aug 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

A visitor walking through the Fitzroy Gardens in the nineteenth century would have found their lush plantings highlighted with statues in the classical and neo-classical style.  Now these have disappeared.  Why?  What happened to them?  Terence Lane, former Senior Curator, Australian Art, NGV, and author of several books on the Australian decorative arts, will give us the answers, some of them surprising.

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Heavenly Voices

Presenter(s): 
The Melbourne Women's Choir
Start: 
Sunday 29 Jul 2012 - 3:00pm
Location: 
Holy Trinity Church, Cnr. Clarendon & Hotham Streets, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Adults: $20. Conc: $15. Students: $10.

The Melbourne Women's Choir, under the direction of Faye Dumont, will sing beautiful sacred and secular music from across the ages.  May Gavin, accompnist.  Afternoon tea will follow the concert.

Help support the restoration of the historic Holy Trinity organ.  It is classified by the National Trust and has been at its second home, Holy Trinity, for 99 years.

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Piano Recital

Presenter(s): 
Phillip Gelbach
Start: 
Sunday 24 Jun 2012 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Holy Trinity Church, Cnr. Clarendon & Hotham Streets, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Adults: $20. Conc: $15. Students: $10.

Help raise funds for the res

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Victorian Town House Gardens

Presenter(s): 
Helen Page, OAM
Start: 
Wednesday 20 Jun 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Helen Page is a foundation member of the Australian Garden History Society since 1980 and Chair of the Victorian Branch 1994-2004.   She played an important role in saving the garden at Bishopscourt from subdivision and development in 1998, and has led a team of enthusiastic volunteer workers in restoring and maintaining the garden ever since.

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Holy Trinity Musical Afternoon - Castle of Dreams

Presenter(s): 
Cordia Trio
Start: 
Sunday 20 May 2012 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Holy Trinity Church
Entry fee: 
Adults: $20, Concession: $15, Student: $10

Cordia Trio

Richard Keuneman (violin)
Julia Monsbourgh (horn)
Anna Carson (piano)

Castle of Dreams by Gordon CARR

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Menzies Foundation AGM

Presenter(s): 
Prof. David de Kretser A.C.
Start: 
Friday 11 May 2012 - 12:00pm
Location: 
210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Free
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Holy Trinity Musical Afternoon - Autumn Leaves

Presenter(s): 
Moments Musical
Start: 
Sunday 6 May 2012 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Entry fee: 
Tickets $15 (concession $12)

Moments Musical

Mary Knights-Rutten (cello, piano)
Laurence Moore (baritone)
Marla Swift (clarinet)

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The Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne

Presenter(s): 
Helen Monkivitch, AO
Start: 
Wednesday 18 Apr 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Helen Monkivitch started her association with the Mercy Hospital in 1965 as a religious sister at Mercy Private.  She is now the Director of Mercy Health and Aged Care.  She has a thorough knowledge of the hospital's history, its work, and of the life and people within it.

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