Activities
Berry Street
Historian, Alicia Cerreto, will take us on a journey through the history of Berry Street. Initially known as the Victorian Infant Asylum and Foundling Hospital it has had many name changes since.
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AGM to be followed by Archbishop Philip Freier: 5:00pm Wednesday 21 October 2020
This is a notice to members of the EMHS Annual General Meeting to be held via Zoom at 5:00pm on Wednesday 21 October 2020. Archbishop Philip Freier will talk to us after the AGM. The Zoom link will be provided in advance by email to financial members.
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Holy Trinity Book Fair 2020
Saturday, 15 February 10.00am to 4.00pm
Sunday, 16 February 12noon to 3.00pm
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The new Parliament Gardens - a walk
This will be a guided walk conducted by one of the regular specialist guides. The gardens promise to be full of interest as we follow a meandering path from the rooftop garden of wildflowers down to the sunken garden of shade loving exotics. The walk will take about an hour.
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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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