proudly presents

Victorian Program 18 April–19 May 2020 There are no shortcuts.

Protecting and growing wea lth takes discipline and time.

Trust is earned. Contents

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage 10 Oral and Social History 76

Advocacy, Activism, and Conservation 14 Queer History 84

Welcome to the 2020 Cultural Expressions 18 Women’s History 88 Australian Heritage Festival Gaols, Hospitals, and Asylums 24 Acknowledgements 92

We extend an invitation to all Victorians and visitors The 2020 Australian Heritage Festival theme is Our Gardens, Landscapes, alike to join us in celebrating the best of our shared heritage for the future. It presents a multi-faceted and the Environment 26 Index 95 heritage during this year’s Australian Heritage Festival. opportunity to foster an understanding of our shared cultural heritage, and an understanding that our diverse The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) is the most heritage must be used, lived and celebrated in the Industrial, Farming, and significant grassroots, cultural heritage organisation in present to ensure its preservation into the future. the state of Victoria. Each year we coordinate a diverse Maritime Heritage 36 program of events for the Australian Heritage Festival. Our presentation of the Australian Heritage Festival aligns with the National Trust’s mission to inspire the Living Museums, Galleries, What our icons mean Events are held across the state, organised by a wide community to appreciate, conserve and celebrate its variety of community groups, local councils, individuals, diverse natural, cultural, social, and Indigenous heritage. Archives, and Collections 42 heritage agencies, and other kindred organisations. The While our organisation works hard to advocate and fight Accessible Festival begins annually on 18 April, the International for our shared heritage on a daily basis, the Festival is an Toilets Day for Monuments and Sites, and in 2020 will draw to opportunity to reflect on the places where we live, work, Local and Residential a close on 19 May. and travel, and to celebrate exactly what it is we are Heritage 50 Accessible Toilets seeking to protect. Family Event The bushfire crisis in recent months has brought the (family ticket includes “Our presentation of 2 adults and 2 children) importance of protecting and valuing our natural Migrant Heritage 68 the Australian Heritage and cultural heritage into sharp relief. The Australian Refreshments Available Heritage Festival provides an opportunity to explore Festival aligns with the Victoria and support regional communities, celebrating Parking Available the rich stories that make up the fabric of our state. National Trust’s mission Modernism 70 Guided Tour We are grateful for the generous support of our Companion Cards Accepted to inspire the community sponsors, who have made this Festival possible. In to appreciate, conserve particular we thank our Official Partners, Parks Victoria Motoring, Transportation, and Perpetual Private, and our Friend of the Festival and Machinery 72 and celebrate its diverse supporters. natural, cultural, social, and I encourage you to join us in sharing our diverse heritage in the Festival and beyond, to ensure it is protected Indigenous heritage.” and respected, contributing to strong, vibrant and prosperous communities. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Victoria and recognise the continuing connection to lands, Kristin Stegley waters and communities. We pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past, present and future. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this document may include images or names of people who have since passed away. Kristin Stegley OAM Chairman, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Cover photo: The Conservatory, Rippon Lea Estate, Elsternwick

4 | | 5 Point Nepean: Coolart Wetlands & Homestead Tour Quarantine Station Tour In partnership with Friends of Coolart Join a Ranger on a guided tour revealing the complex Enjoy a guided tour around the property, and hear and intriguing history of the site and learn about what it stories about early European settlement and farming on would have been like to be quarantined. Established in the Mornington Peninsula. You will be guided through 1852, the Quarantine Station was the primary quarantine the homestead, stables, old machinery shed, and the site in Victoria until 1979, and for many, the beginning charming garden. of a new life in Australia after making an arduous and lengthy journey from their homelands. TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 21 APRIL–19 MAY 10:30–11:30AM & 2–3PM SAT 18 APRIL 1:30PM–3PM, WED 22 APRIL Coolart Wetlands & Homestead, 40 Lord Somers Road, 2PM–3:30PM & SUN 3 MAY 10:30AM–12PM Somers Point Nepean Information Centre, Quarantine Station, Point Nepean National Park, Portsea FREE EVENT Bookings: quarantinestation.eventbrite.com.au FREE EVENT

Point Nepean: Cheviot Hill Walk Join a Ranger on a 3km walking tour between Gunner’s Cottage & Cheviot Hill exploring the natural and Maisie’s Plots Walk cultural heritage of this coastal area. See a WWII gun In partnership with La Trobe University emplacement and observation post, and the location First established in 1945 by pioneering female plant where former Prime Minister, Harold Holt, went missing ecologist, Maisie Carr (nee Fawcett), these land while swimming nearby over 50 years ago. enclosures historically provided an environment free of WED 22 APRIL 10:30AM–12:30PM cattle grazing in which alpine vegetation could be studied. Gunner’s Cottage, off Defence Road, Parks Victoria Join Parks Victoria and La Trobe University for a guided Point Nepean National Park, Portsea walk and discover more about the natural and cultural Parks Victoria is an Official Partner of the 2020 Australian Heritage Festival. Parks Victoria is significance of these plots. Bookings: cheviothill.eventbrite.com.au an independent statutory authority responsible for managing an estate covering more than four SAT 18 APRIL 2–3PM FREE EVENT million hectares, or about 18 per cent, of Victoria. Parks Victoria manages the largest and most Alpine National Park, Wallaces Hut Car Park, diverse collection of heritage places on public land in Victoria, including around 140 places of off Bogong High Plains Road, Falls Creek state significance. Come and explore the range of opportunities and activities offered at Parks Bookings: maisiesplots.eventbrite.com.au Victoria places during the festival. FREE EVENT Werribee Park Farm Open Days Photo: Wallaces Hut, Alpine National Park by Parks Victoria In partnership with various volunteer groups top by and have a peek inside some of Werribee Park’s farm and homestead buildings as we bring the precinct Buchan Caves: Cave Tour State Coal Mine: to life! Have a chat to one of our many volunteer Point Nepean: Cemetery Tour Buchan Caves Reserve hides an underground world of Underground Mine Tour groups that help us look after this remarkable heritage Join a Ranger on a guided tour and learn about the stories estate, learn a thing or two about Victoria’s unique colour and enchantment just waiting to be discovered. Venture underground through a network of tunnels to Join a guided daily tour of the Royal or Fairy Caves of those who lay at rest in marked grave sites. Established pastoral history and life in the late 1800s, and take the get hands-on at the coal face and learn how Victoria’s in 1854, the Point Nepean Cemetery replaced an earlier opportunity to explore the other magnificent buildings, which boast elaborate stalactites and stalagmites and hard-working men extracted the black gold! Operating beautiful calcite. burial ground at the Quarantine Station. It is a resting place gardens, and larger landscape at Werribee Park. from 1909 to 1968, the State Coal Mine produced for over 300 pioneering souls including shipwreck victims, WED 22 & 29 APRIL 11AM–3PM SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY almost 17 million tonnes of coal for Victoria’s industries lighthouse keepers, WWI soldiers, and early settlers. and railways. Werribee Park, Farm & Homestead Precinct, Werribee Buchan Caves Reserve Visitor Centre and Ticket Office, SUN 19 APRIL 10:30AM–12PM & SAT 2 MAY 1:30–3PM 98 Caves Rd, Buchan SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY FREE EVENT Gunner’s Cottage, off Defence Road, For daily tour times and bookings visit: State Coal Mine, State Coal Mine Access Road, Wonthaggi Point Nepean National Park, Portsea parks.vic.gov.au/buchancavesguidedtours For daily tour times and bookings visit: Bookings: pointnepean.eventbrite.com.au ADULT $23.4 CONC $19.5 CHILD $13.8 FAMILY $64.7 parks.vic.gov.au/statecoalmine FREE EVENT ADULT $21.8 CONC $18.9 CHILD $11.2 FAMILY $54.5

6 | | 7 State Coal Mine: Point Nepean Quarantine Underground Mine Tour Station Tour Venture underground through a network of tunnels to Join a Ranger on a guided tour revealing the complex get hands-on at the coal face and learn how Victoria’s and intriguing history of the site and learn about what it hard-working men extracted the black gold! Operating would have been like to be quarantined. Established in from 1909 to 1968, the State Coal Mine produced 1852, the Quarantine Station was the primary quarantine almost 17 million tonnes of coal for Victoria’s industries site in Victoria until 1979, and for many, the beginning and railways. of a new life in Australia after making an arduous and lengthy journey from their homelands. SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY SAT 18 APRIL 1:30PM–3PM, WED 22 APRIL State Coal Mine, State Coal Mine Access Road, Wonthaggi 2PM–3:30PM & SUN 3 MAY 10:30AM–12PM For daily tour times and bookings visit: Point Nepean Information Centre, Quarantine Station, parks.vic.gov.au/statecoalmine Point Nepean National Park, Portsea ADULT $21.8 CONC $18.9 CHILD $11.2 FAMILY $54.5 Bookings: quarantinestation.eventbrite.com.au FREE EVENT

Maisie’s Plots Walk In partnership with La Trobe University First established in 1945 by pioneering female plant ecologist, Maisie Carr (nee Fawcett), these land enclosures historically provided an environment free of cattle grazing in which alpine vegetation could be studied. Join Parks Victoria and La Trobe University for a guided walk and discover more about the natural and cultural significance of these plots. SAT 18 APRIL 2–3PM Alpine National Park, Wallaces Hut Car Park, off Bogong High Plains Road, Falls Creek Photo: Days Mill, by Parks Victoria Bookings: maisiesplots.eventbrite.com.au Photo: Werribee Park Farm, by Parks Victoria FREE EVENT

Buchan Caves: Cave Tour Buchan Caves Reserve hides an underground world of colour and enchantment just waiting to be discovered. Point Nepean: Cemetery Tour Join a guided daily tour of the Royal or Fairy Caves Join a Ranger on a guided tour and learn about the stories which boast elaborate stalactites and stalagmites and of those who lay at rest in marked grave sites. Established beautiful calcite. in 1854, the Point Nepean Cemetery replaced an earlier SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY burial ground at the Quarantine Station. It is a resting place Buchan Caves Reserve Visitor Centre and Ticket Office, for over 300 pioneering souls including shipwreck victims, 98 Caves Rd, Buchan lighthouse keepers, WWI soldiers, and early settlers. For daily tour times and bookings visit: SUN 19 APRIL 10:30AM–12PM & SAT 2 MAY 1:30–3PM parks.vic.gov.au/buchancavesguidedtours Gunner’s Cottage, off Defence Road, ADULT $23.4 CONC $19.5 CHILD $13.8 FAMILY $64.7 Point Nepean National Park, Portsea Bookings: pointnepean.eventbrite.com.au FREE EVENT

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Stories from the Boonwurrung Hobsons Bay City Council Join Jaeden Williams, proud Yalukit Willam man of the Boonwurrung, as he shares Creation Stories that have been passed down orally for thousands of generations. This engaging session will inspire and educate future generations of Melbourne’s First Peoples. SAT 2 MAY 10:30–11:30AM Newport Community Hub, 13 Mason Street, Newport FREE EVENT

Archie Roach—Tell Me Why Frankston Arts Centre Birrarung Wilam Walk Not many have lived as many lives—from stolen child, teenage alcoholic, seeker, lover, father, musical Koorie Heritage Trust and lyrical genius, to social advocate and First With one of our friendly Koorie guides, you will learn Nations leader—but it took almost a lifetime to find how the land on which Melbourne is located has who he really was—He is Archie Roach. Listen to the changed over time and learn the significance of the powerful voice of Archie as he shares the joy, pain Birrarung Wilam to the local Kulin peoples. and hope he found on his path through these songs The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) is The events presented throughout this theme will to become the legendary singer-songwriter and FRIDAYS 24 APRIL–15 MAY 1PM committed to Reconciliation, and have actively engage communities to promote, recognise, and storyteller that he is today. Koorie Heritage Trust, Swanston Street, Melbourne pursued our vision for a respectful and embracing celebrate Aboriginal cultural heritage. Events are SAT 18 APRIL 7:30–8:50PM Bookings: trybooking.com/BALTB society since 2011. The Aboriginal cultural presented from a range of organisations and peak Frankston Arts Centre, 37 Davey Street, Frankston heritage theme celebrates over 40,000 years of bodies, including Victorian Registered Aboriginal Bookings: theFAC.com.au or (03) 9784 1060 ADULT $30 CONC $15 CHILD $15 culture in the place we now know as Victoria. Parties, Traditional Owners and Native Title We recognise the role of custodians, advocates, holders. ADULT $48–$60 CONC $45–$55 and community members in preserving and Photo: Bush Food Experience, Royal Botanic Gardens celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victoria cultural heritage, shaping the legacy we leave for future generations. Aboriginal Cultural Heritage | 11 A Digital Tour of Aboriginal Manningham Reconciliation Manningham In the comfort of your chair, Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Bill Nicholson and local historian Jim Poulter will take you on a visual and virtual story-telling tour of Manningham’s many Aboriginal sites, that are known through our local oral history and ongoing research. WED 22 APRIL 7:30–9:30PM Council Offices upstairs Function Room, 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster Bookings: [email protected] FREE EVENT

Kooyoora Aboriginal Cultural Coolart Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Returning our Ancestors Heritage Walk In partnership with Balnarring & District Historical Society and Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council in partnership with In partnership with Dja Dja Wurrung Clans National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Aboriginal Corporation Join Parks Victoria, Balnarring & District Historical Aboriginal Heritage Walk Society, and Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Aboriginal Peoples’ burial places have been desecrated Connect with Country and explore this jointly managed Corporation for a special Welcome to Country and Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens in the name of curiosity, science and research. The film cultural landscape. Discover tangible remnants of Aboriginal Smoking Ceremony at Coolart. This event is generously Womin Djeka! Journey into Melbourne Gardens, a “Returning our Ancestors” shows us what we can do, occupation including scarred trees, mounds, rock wells, supported by Bendigo Bank culturally significant site for the Eastern Kulin Nation, as a Victorian community, to ensure the rightful and and stone artefact scatters; and hear intangible stories of in this tour led by an Aboriginal guide. Discover their respectful return and protection of Aboriginal Ancestors. creation and history. SUN 17 MAY 10:30AM FOR AN 11AM START The film will be followed by a panel discussion about connection to nature and explore the traditional TUE 5 MAY 10:30AM–12PM Coolart Wetlands & Homestead, 40 Lord Somers Road, uses of plants and land ceremony, understanding the this painful past and what can be done to work with Somers customs and heritage of the local First Peoples. Traditional Owners to right these wrongs. Kooyoora State Park, Melville Caves Road, Brenanah Bookings: kooyooraculturalheritage.eventbrite.com.au FREE EVENT DAILY SUN 19 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY 11AM–12:30PM, THUR 7 MAY 6–7:30PM NOT AVAILABLE SATURDAYS Treasury Theatre, 1 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne FREE EVENT Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, Bookings: returningourancestors.eventbrite.com.au Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra ADULT $12 CONC $8 FAMILY $16 NT MEMBER $10 Photo: Bunurong Elder Uncle Shane Clarke at Coolart by Nalani Villiers Bookings: [email protected] or (03) 9252 2429 ADULT $35 CONC $29 CHILD $12 Footprints on the Landscape

Whittlesea City Council in partnership with Melbourne Indigenous Living Culture walk at Water and Parks Victoria Endeavour Fern Gully Join this walking tour of the Plenty Valley with a Bush Food Experience Traditional Owner and representatives from Melbourne National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens Water and Parks Victoria. Take in the rich cultural Join Gunditjmara Kirrae Wurrung-Bundjalung man heritage, from early Aboriginal presence to recent Explore amazing edible plants growing in Melbourne Lionel Lauch for a three hour guided walk through farming and development of more recent times. Gardens with a First Nations guide, followed by Endevour Fern Gully. Lionel will share his traditional Afternoon tea will be served in the historic Carome delicious tasting inspired by the native plants seen knowledge of native plants, and demonstrate how these Homestead. on your walk. can be used for food and medicine. This walk aims to SAT 16 MAY 1–4PM SAT 2 MAY 2–3:30PM help visitors foster an appreciation for Country and understanding of why we must care for it. Carome Homestead, 10 Hathfelde Boulevard, Mernda Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, Bookings: whittlesea.vic.gov.au/events or Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra SUN 10 MAY 10AM–1PM (03) 9217 2377 Bookings: [email protected] or Endeavour Fern Gully, 195 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill (03) 9252 2429 ADULT $20 Bookings: efglivingculture.eventbrite.com.au ADULT $50 CONC & CHILD $43 Photo: Endeavour Fern Gully, ADULT $30 CONC $20 CHILD $15 FAMILY $70 by Jessica Hood NT MEMBER $25

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage | 13 A Notable Heritage Experiment Innovations in Heritage— Maldon Community Teaching and Research at the Advocacy, In 1966 Maldon was classified by the National Trust Melbourne School of Design of Australia (Victoria) as the first Notable Town. This University of Melbourne humble classification has now shaped lasting legacies through recognition of the heritage significance of This panel discussion will explore innovative and everyday places, and has been a case study for heritage exciting teaching and research associated with the conservation ideology and practice. Visit throughout Masters of Urban and Cultural Heritage at the Melbourne Activism, and the Australian Heritage Festival to see how this School of Design. Join us for a stimulating discussion on classification has influenced the town that it is today. new technologies employed to preserve, disseminate, and educate about heritage now and in the future. SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY THUR 23 APRIL 5:30–7:30PM Maldon Central Historic Area, 1 Main Street, Maldon Japanese Room, Level 4, Melbourne School of Design, Conservation FREE EVENT Parkville Bookings: bit.ly/2u4J6ZO FREE EVENT

Get to Know Heritage Victoria Heritage Victoria Get to know the team at Heritage Victoria as they present The ‘Como Approach’ Forum an interesting selection of some of the oldest and newest National Trust of Australia (Victoria) places and objects in the Victorian Heritage Register. Audiences will be given an insight into the staff roles and The 2020 Australia Heritage Festival will host the inaugural the range of work undertaken in the agency which includes Como Approach Forum, a day to celebrate heritage trades the assessment and protection of heritage places, objects and quality building conservation. The Forum will provide and collections, archaeological sites, and underwater an opportunity for trades people, professionals and cultural heritage including shipwrecks. academics to network and share learnings from work they have completed or are due to commence. TUE 21 APRIL 6–7:30PM FRI 24 APRIL 10AM–4PM Old Treasury Building, JJ Clark Room, 20 Spring Street, Melbourne Labassa, 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North Bookings: eventbrite.com/e/90275214597 Bookings: eventbrite.com.au/e/the-como-approach-forum FREE EVENT ADULT $50 CONC $40 NT MEMBER $40

Photo: Detail of the Marianne Gibson Quilt. Photograph by Wangaratta Historical Society

Generations of Victorians have worked tirelessly neighbourhoods, to gardens and trees, rich natural to conserve, protect, record, and research the and cultural landscapes, Indigenous heritage, and heritage places that have made Victoria unique archaeology. The pivotal role of custodians in their for future generations. Here, the history of ongoing conservation of heritage places will also advocacy, activism, and conservation, and its be celebrated and acknowledged. ongoing contribution, is recognised. We highlight Photo: Como Approach Workshop 2019, the importance of community focused advocacy Como House and Gardens from the preservation of individual places and Advocacy, Activism, and Conservation | 15 Green Bans Walking Tour— National Archaeology Week 2020 Heritage Fought and Won National Archaeology Week Earthworker Cooperative National Archaeology Week is a celebration of Australia’s archaeology and cultural heritage, including Many of Melbourne’s heritage buildings stand today only its Aboriginal and historical past. This week-long event through union and community activism in Australia’s will provide people with the opportunity to meet real famous ‘Green Bans’ (1960s-70s). Walk Melbourne as archaeologists, join archaeological digs, attend special never before with Green Ban activist Dave Kerin. Visit talks and much more! these sites while learning the legacy of people power protecting heritage and public good. SUN 17–SAT 23 MAY FRIDAYS 24 APRIL–15 MAY 3–5PM Various locations across Australia visit Melbourne Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton FREE EVENT Bookings: bit.ly/2OaDrJ3 ADULT $30 CONC $15 FAMILY $50 NT MEMBER $25 CHILD FREE

Heritage Awards 2020 The Revival of the Dr. E. Graeme National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Geelong and Region Robertson Cast Iron Collection Branch in partnership with the City of Greater Geelong National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Bendigo & Region An event celebrating the achievements of owners, Branch in partnership with La Trobe Univesity, Bendigo architects, designers, artisans and expert tradespeople, Dr E. Graeme Robertson, a founding member of the who have demonstrated excellence in heritage National Trust in Victoria, played an instrumental role in conservation in the municipality of Greater Geelong. the defence of Victoria’s 19th Century ornamental cast WED 6 MAY 6–7:30PM iron. Join his son, Dr Denis Robertson and Professor Miles Lewis to learn more about Robertson’s legacy Little Creatures Brewing Village, 221 Swanston Street, and how he campaigned throughout the 1950s–60s to Geelong South protect this significant piece of our built heritage. This Bookings: 0407 504 262 or event is sponsored by La Trobe University, Bendigo. [email protected] SUN 17 MAY 2–4PM FREE EVENT La Trobe Art Institute, 121 View St, Bendigo Bookings: [email protected] or 0447 473 674 BY DONATION Photo: Dr. E. Graeme Robertson Cast Iron Collection

16 | Advocacy, Activism, and Conservation Jacqui Stockdale—The Long Shot Linden New Art Experience a “carnivalesque” re-imagination of the Ned Cultural Kelly stories with Australian artist Jacqui Stockdale in her major solo exhibition ‘The Long Shot’. Join Stockdale for a special artist-led tour and witness her sculptural works brought to life through a series of exclusive performances. EXHIBIT OPEN TUE–SUN SAT 18 APRIL– SUN 17 MAY Expressions 11AM–4PM MEET THE ARTIST SUN 10 MAY 11:30AM–12:30PM SPECIAL ARTIST EVENT SUN 17 MAY 2–4PM Linden New Art, 26 Acland Street, St Kilda Bookings: lindenarts.org/page/events FREE EVENT

Photo: Team of Pianists, Rippon Lea Ballroom

Cheesemaking at The Old Cheese Factory City of Casey in partnership with The Old Cheese Factory Dating back to 1875, The Old Cheese Factory once Where the Wild Sings Are: made hundreds of cheeses a week as part of an early Songs of Animals and Beasts dairy farm owned by Sir William Clarke. Join us in celebrating The Old Cheese Factory’s origins with at Rippon Lea cheesemaking demonstrations held in the historic Team of Pianists building. This will be followed by a guided walking Icon Trio—Justine Anderson (soprano), Vivien tour of the site’s heritage buildings and gardens before Hamilton (mezzo-soprano), Jeannie Marsh (alto), finishing with Devonshire Tea served in the circa 1855 with Robert Chamberlain (piano) will perform a vibrant Springfield Homestead café. ménagèrie of Australian rounds, unaccompanied SUN 19 APRIL madrigals, well-known classical masterpieces, The Old Cheese Factory, 34 Homestead Road, Berwick Many of us celebrate our heritage in the their distinctive characteristics. Through musical medleys of popular songs, plus a few piano solos languages we speak, the food we eat, the music performances, storytelling, artistic endeavours, on animal themes. Bookings: we make and stories we tell. Our communities markets, dance, and the love of food, these events Feta & Yoghurt 9:30–10:30AM, SUN 19 APRIL 6:30PM have a rich and diverse tapestry of cultures will immerse everyone in the history and heritage trybooking.com/BHWPO that have made their indelible mark throughout of our communities. Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick Camembert & Yoghurt 11AM–12PM, trybooking.com/BHWOD Victoria. It is the stories, cultures, and ongoing Bookings: trybooking.com/BHKHQ Photo: Portrait of Australian artist Jacqui Stockdale, traditions of our shared heritage that have FREE EVENT by Ilona Nelson for This Wild Song ADULT $45 CONC $35 CHILD $25 NT MEMBER $35 given our suburbs, towns, and communities

In The Shadows— A Musical Flower Garden at Photographic Exhibition Barwon Park Public Record Office Victoria Team of Pianists – Artists in Residence at Glenfern for the The ‘In The Shadows’ Photographic Exhibition features National Trust (Victoria) archival images from Public Record Office Victoria and Rigg Bequest Classic Music in Historic Venues, a varied National Archives of Australia collections, alongside program of chamber music with outstanding performers contemporary street photography contributed by 11 Robert Schubert (clarinet), Josephine Vains (cello) and talented street photographers. Taking a broad approach Robert Chamberlain (piano). to the theme, the exhibition explores physical and SUN 3 MAY 2PM conceptual aspects of shadows and darkness. Barwon Park, 105 Inverleigh Road, Winchelsea WEEKDAYS 20 APRIL–19 MAY 10AM–4:30PM Bookings: trybooking.com/BHKJV Victorian Archives Centre, 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne ADULT $45 CONC $35 CHILD $25 NT MEMBER $35 FREE EVENT Waller House Creative Spaces: Makers and Materials National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Public Art Committee A rare opportunity to visit the Waller House to hear short talks from experts in their field on the design and The Studio of Karl Duldig— evolution of the building and the work of its artistic Dandenong Ranges Open Studios A Living Legacy occupants, especially in stained glass, mosaics and Burrinja ceramics. Talks will take place in the studios and spaces Duldig Studio, Museum & Sculpture Garden where the Wallers and Klytie Pate lived and worked The Dandenong Ranges Open Studios is an annual Join us to discover the life and legacy of renowned from the 1920s to 1980s. weekend event that invites you into the hidden creative sculptor, Karl Duldig. Explore a special exhibition of spaces to meet, greet, and learn from extraordinary Duldig’s career highlights and take a guided tour of the SAT 2 MAY 10AM–12PM artists living in the hills. The program is bursting with 30 Studio and Garden, built and used by Karl for over 20 Address provided on booking studios, more than 10 new studios, 7 collectives and an years. Over two special days we’ll host a symposium to exhibition. Bookings: makersandmaterials.eventbrite.com.au discuss Duldig’s life and work, featuring international SAT 9 MAY & SUN 10 MAY 10AM–5PM expert, Dr Arie Hartog. ADULT $50 CONC $45 NT MEMBER $45 Burrinja, 351 Glenfern Road, Upwey SYMPOSIUM FRI 1 & SAT 2 MAY 11AM–3PM OPEN TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 5–14 MAY & SUN 17 FREE EVENT MAY 1PM–4PM Duldig Studio, Museum & Sculpture Garden, 92 Burke Road, Malvern East Grand Victoria Sponge Cake ADULT $20 CONC $10 FAMILY $40 NT MEMBER $15 Competition Heritage Crafts

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Hobsons Bay City Council The Victoria Sponge Cake is a classic tea-time treat Join volunteers from Williamstown’s Loom Room for a and a staple recipe for all budding bakers, but how drop-in craft session, featuring everything from knitting do you separate the best from the rest? Now is your to quilting to weaving. Watch a demonstration of a loom opportunity to enter your cake in the inaugural Grand in action, and even make something of your own! No Victoria Sponge Cake competition. Cakes will be on experience necessary. display in the opulent surroundings of the Rippon Lea Ballroom, with judging by Philippa Sibley, the Queen of WED 13 MAY 10AM–1PM Desserts. To enter please email [email protected] Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson Street, 30-31 May 2020 before 28 April 2020. Competition entry is free. Williamstown ballaratheritageweekend.com SUN 3 MAY 11AM–4PM Bookings: libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/categories/ Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick local-family-history ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD $9 FAMILY $40 FREE EVENT NT MEMBER FREE

Image: Karl Duldig with clay bust c1935

20 | Cultural Expressions Cultural Expressions | 21 Meet the Artists Tradition and Antipodean—Twilight Shrine of Remembrance Chamber Music at Rippon Lea Join a discussion with veterans and artists Ben Pullin, Team of Pianists Find more festival Sean Burton and Rory Cushnahan whose artworks are Brilliant string soloists from the Melbourne Symphony— featured in the Shrine’s special exhibition Between Two Kathryn Taylor (violin), Gabrielle Halloran (viola) and Worlds. They have developed a unique visual language Rohan de Korte (cello)—and Team of Pianists partner to represent their personal experiences and shared Darryl Coote, will perform master chamber works by events online at issues facing service personnel. Mozart, Beethoven and Arthur Benjamin, in the intimacy WED 13 MAY 6PM of the Rippon Lea Ballroom. australianheritagefestival.org.au Shrine of Remembrance, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne SUN 17 MAY 6:30PM Bookings: bit.ly/2sWS3Ei or (03) 9661 8100 Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick #AHF2020 #Heritage4Future #nationaltrustvic ADULT $5 Bookings: trybooking.com/BHKHQ ADULT $45 CONC $38 CHILD $25 NT MEMBER $35

Ian Armstrong Retrospective National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Ian Armstrong was a notable Australian modernist artist who made a huge contribution to the 20th Century Melbourne and international art scene. Join Vicki Perin, Maggie Vogt and members of the Armstrong family for three short talks that delve deeper into his legacy followed by a guided tour of the collection at Mulberry Hill. SUN 24 MAY 11AM Mulberry Hill, 385 Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South Bookings: ianarmstrong.eventbrite.com.au ADULT $25 CONC $20 CHILD FREE NT MEMBER $13

Photo: by Anna Cicognani on Unsplash

Ikebana Exhibition National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Ikebana is the ancient Japanese art of floral arranging. Its traditions encompass a great depth of history, cultural and spiritual awareness, and its influence extends well beyond Japan. Outstanding examples of this treasured artform will be on display in the Rippon Lea ballroom.

SAT 16 & SUN 17 MAY 10:30AM–4PM Photo: by Audrey Shoobridge Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD $9 FAMILY $40

Photo: Younghusband Wool Store 22 | Cultural Expressions Ned Kelly Melbourne Locations Tour Pentridge Prison D Division Old Melbourne Gaol Ghost Tour 2020 is the 140th Anniversary of the hanging of Ned Lantern Tours Kelly—Australia’s most infamous bushranger. This Walk in the footsteps of notorious Chopper Reed, one hour guided tour will showcase Melbourne CBD discover the famous outlaw Ned Kelly’s remains and locations that played a small, but significant, role in the experience the final moments of Ronald Ryan, the Ned Kelly Story, ultimately leading to his final days at last man to be executed in Australia. With 44 bodies the Old Melbourne Gaol. buried on-site and a who’s who of Australia’s criminal WEEKENDS 18 APRIL–17 MAY underworld calling Pentridge home, it’s no wonder the TOURS DEPART 10AM, 11:30AM, 1:30PM & 3PM building is haunted by its past. Old Melbourne Gaol, 377 Russell Street, Melbourne FRI–MON 18 APRIL–18 MAY 7:30-9PM Bookings: nedkellylocations.eventbrite.com.au Pentridge Prison D Division, Urquhart Street, Coburg TOUR $5 Bookings: lanternghosttours.rezdy.com or 1300 390 119 ENTRY TO OLD MELBOURNE GAOL $25 ADULT $48

Rogues and Vagabonds of the JWard Lunatic Asylum Ghost Tour Geelong Gaol Lantern Tours Geelong Gaol Museum Visit Australia’s home to the criminally insane, J Ward Have you ever wanted to explore a colonial prison or Lunatic Asylum. Explore the museum followed by a maybe you’ve just wanted to escape! This year the gates ghost tour of the home of notorious criminals including will be open to the Geelong Gaol, revealing the life of Chopper Read, Gary Webb and William Wallace. Learn the Rogues and Vagabonds who were once incarcerated of governors whose spirits are still lurking, prisoners behind the walls. buried in the grounds and the many souls trapped within these walls. WEEKENDS 18 APRIL–17 MAY 1–4PM HISTORY TOUR 2PM SATURDAYS FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS 18 APRIL–16 MAY ESCAPES TOUR 2PM SUNDAYS 9:30-11:30PM Geelong Gaol Museum, 202 Myers Street, Geelong J Ward, Girdlestone Street, Ararat ADULT $15 CONC $10 CHILD $8 FAMILY $35 Bookings: lanternghosttours.rezdy.com or 1300 390 120 Gaols, ADULT $36 Hospitals, and Asylums

Victoria’s history of institutions are dark, rich, and They reveal the lives and deaths of some of our compelling. The social history of these institutions notorious figures, as well as the forgotten stories are often told through the stories of the infamous, and legends that have languished for generations not so infamous, and marginalised residents of in wards, cell blocks, and beneath the gravestones. Victoria’s penal and medical establishments. Photo: Old Melbourne Gaol, by Jessica Hood Gaols, Hospitals, and Asylums | 25 Victorian Tree of the Year Voting Birds in the Australian Garden National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Voting for the Victorian Tree of the Year will be open Come along to discover the wonderful world of the throughout the Festival on the National Trust Facebook. native birds in the Australian Garden. Uncover how they The winner will be a tree that has captured the hearts of have shaped the country’s forests and flora. See and Victorians. Doesn’t have to be the biggest or oldest of hear them flying, feeding and nesting as you explore the its kind, just the tree we love the most. landscape. You’ll want to come armed with a camera! SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY SUN 19 APRIL & SAT 9 MAY 10–11AM facebook.com/NationalTrustVictoria Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens, Cnr Ballarto Road & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne FREE EVENT ADULT $10 CONC $8

Rhyll Heritage Walk National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Bass Coast Branch Join us for a leisurely stroll through the beautiful seaside Autumn at Cruden Farm village of Rhyll. Learn about its rich history, visit some of its oldest properties, and see the magnificent landscapes Cruden Farm overlooking Churchill Island and Western Port. In Nestled amongst the surrounding growth of suburbia between walks, enjoy lunch and an exhibition in the you can explore Cruden Farm, the magical garden Rhyll Mechanics Institute. created by Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, who for over 80 years, worked to create a lush green oasis. Take a guided SAT 18 APRIL 10AM–3PM tour with our expert gardening team to learn about Rhyll Mechanics Institute Hall, Lock Road, Rhyll the history of the garden, and hear tales about Dame Bookings: 1300 366 422 Elisabeth and her family’s life at Cruden Farm. Gardens, ADULT $25 SUN 19 APRIL & 17 MAY 10AM–4PM Cruden Farm, 60 Cranbourne Road, Langwarrin

Bookings: crudenfarm.com.au/tickets ADULT $35 CHILD FREE Landscapes, Find the Squirrels in the Gardens National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Ballarat Branch Did you know that Ballarat Botanic Gardens is home to clever squirrels that hide among the trees? Follow a list Melbourne Observatory: Night Tour of instructions to discover these sneaky animals and find out how they came to live there. You’ll also learn about Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and the the National Trust Significant Tree Register and other Step behind closed doors and see the amazing night significant trees in your area. sky brought into focus with powerful telescopes, and discover the fascinating history of the Melbourne SUN 19 APRIL 10AM–3PM Observatory, constructed in the 1860s as the city’s Meet at Statue Pavillion, Ballarat Botanic Gardens, home of weather forecasting, time keeping and star Environment Wendouree Parade, Lake Wendouree charting. FREE EVENT MONDAYS 20 APRIL–18 MAY 8–9:30PM Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens,

Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra Victoria contains some of the most beautiful and of our history. Experience significant landscapes Bookings: [email protected] or (03) 9252 2429 highly valued natural and cultural landscapes and scenic features throughout Victoria, including ADULT $25 CONC $20 CHILD $12 in Australia, many of which are recognised for the importance and diversity of our flora and their design and connections to our history fauna along our coastlines and rural landscapes; and heritage. This theme gives naturalists and appreciate the beauty of significant gardens, and the curious alike the opportunity to explore the history of memorial Avenues of Honour. and engage with the natural environment that Photo: Heronswood Parterre by The Diggers Club, surrounds our everyday life, while discovering the diggers.com.au visible features which highlight important aspects Gardens, Landscapes, and the Environment | 27 Fossil Beach—Ramble Way Back Footscray Park— Across the Werribee Plains in Time An Edwardian Paradise Little River Mechanics Institute & Free Library (Little Fossil Beach Interest Group Footscray Historical Society River Library) in partnership with the Little River Historical Society, Little River Community Landcare & the Join us on a rambling bush walk at Fossil Beach to learn Hear the story of this wonderful Edwardian Park, Wadawurrung Corporation about the geological history of Victoria’s first cement created following the advocacy of the Footscray works. community to save the land. The community then Travellers who arrive at Avalon Airport or move by worked in conjunction with Footscray Council to create road or rail between Geelong and Melbourne cannot FRI 24 APRIL 9–11AM the park, which continues to hold a special place in the fail to see the enduring granite of the You Yangs Range Trail to Fossil Beach begins at Esplanade carpark, hearts of all residents. rising dramatically above the farming grasslands. Join Cnr Bentons Road & Esplande, Mornington us to celebrate the rich natural and cultural landscape SUN 3 & 10 MAY 10AM–12PM of the You Yangs Region, and experience a Traditional FREE EVENT Footscray Park, Mills Close, Footscray Wadawurrung Welcome to Country. Bookings: [email protected] or (03) 9689 3820 SAT 9 MAY 10AM–3PM BY DONATION Little River Mechanics Hall, 8 Rothwell Road, Little River

Beyond the Tap–The Yan Yean Water Bookings: youyangsregion.org Supply FREE EVENT Whittlesea City Council in partnership with Melbounre Water and Parks Victoria Rippon Lea Bonsai Exhibiton Botany Boot Camp National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Join us on a tour to learn about the cultural significance Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and future challenges in managing the heritage values The aesthetic of East and West come together at Rippon Give your mind and body a boost as you power among of Yan Yean Water Supply System, completed in 1857 Lea for this very special exhibition. The Bonsai Society the fascinating plants of Melbourne Gardens at Botany Victoria’s Native Vegetation: History, of Victoria will be showcasing some of the very finest and thus remaining one of the earliest functioning Boot Camp! Get a sweat on with plant scientist Dr Meg Heritage, Politics water supply systems in Australia. Lunch, morning and examples from their collection. Society members will and landscape architect Georgia Warren whilst gaining afternoon tea are included. demonstrate the technique of traditional Japanese valuable gardening tips and insights into the wonderful Old Treasury Building styles and contemporary relationships applied to the SAT 25 APRIL 9AM–4:30PM world of botany. In recognition of the UN International Year of Plant bonsai craft. Health, join Dr Gary Presland, Professor Mike Clarke, Yan Yean Reservoir, Reservoir Road, Yan Yean SUN 3 MAY 10:30AM–12PM FRI 1–SUN 3 MAY 10AM–4PM Dr Lilian Pearce for an illuminating discussion on the Bookings: whittleseatourism.com.au/see-do/festivals- Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, challenging and contested past, present and future of Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick events/ Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra Victoria’s native vegetation. ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD $9 FAMILY $40 ADULT $30 Bookings: [email protected] or (03) 9252 2429 TUE 12 MAY 6–7:30PM NT MEMBER FREE ADULT $25 CONC $20 Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne

Bookings: bit.ly/37BkC9l FREE EVENT Garden of St Erth Tour with Head Gardener Bushland Bike Tour Heronswood Tour with Head The Diggers Club’s Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Gardener Explore the historic Garden of St Erth, on a guided Get on your bike and enjoy the spring sunshine! Head to The Diggers Club tour with its Head Gardener. Formerly the historic Cranbourne Gardens for a cruisy bike tour where you’ll Explore the historic Heronswood House and Garden, mining village of Simmons Reef, the garden has been hear wonderful stories about the remnant bushland on a guided tour with renowned gardener Bill Bampton. transformed into a garden lovers paradise, with over and its importance as you weave through the stunning Learn about the history and significance of Heronswood, 3,000 plant varieties and an extraordinary range of landscapes. A drink is included at the end of your tour. one of Australia’s finest gardens and the first public heritage fruits and heirloom vegetables. SAT 2 MAY 9:30–11:30AM garden to be certified organic. Explore our extensive heirloom seed gallery, vegetable parterre, kitchen SUN 26 APRIL 11AM–12PM, 1–2PM Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens, garden and the historic house, c1874. The Garden of St Erth, 189 Simmons Reef Rd, Cnr Ballarto Road & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne Blackwood Bookings: [email protected] or (03) 5990 2200 TUE 5 MAY 11AM ADULT $10 ADULT $14 CONC $10 CHILD $7 Heronswood House and Garden, 105 Latrobe Parade, Dromana

ADULT $10 CHILD FREE

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Elgee Park Sculpture & Labassa’s Ode to Nature 2020 Tree of the Year: Vineyard Tour National Trust of Australia (Victoria) in partnership with Announcement & Panel Discussion Friends of Labassa National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Mornington Peninsula The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Branch The natural world is everywhere at Labassa. Its richly Join the National Trust as we announce the winner of decorated interiors and exterior are a profusion of Join us for an exclusive visit to Elgee Sculpture Park and the 2020 Victoria Tree of the Year, followed by a lively flowers, birds and foliage. Join historian and author Vineyard—home of the Baillieu Myer Family and the panel discussion on the cultural, environmental, and Dr Anne Vale for a guided tour that traces the evolution Mornington Peninsula’s oldest vineyard. Take a guided economic reasons for protecting trees. of the mansion’s complementary garden. tour of the private collection of over 50 contemporary TUE 19 MAY 6–7PM sculptures set in the stunning gardens and landscape SUN 17 MAY 10:30AM–4PM and enjoy a delicious morning tea. Function Room 2, Manningham Function Centre, Labassa, 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster FRI 15 MAY 10AM–1PM ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD $9 FAMILY $35 NT Bookings: 2020treeoftheyear.eventbrite.com.au Elgee Park, 310 Wallaces Road, Dromana MEMBER FREE FREE EVENT Bookings: elgeeparktour.eventbrite.com.au

ADULT $50 CHILD $20 NT MEMBER $45

Photo: Labassa, Caulfield North ClimateWatch Walk Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria As a citizen scientist, help collect valuable data for Earthwatch by monitoring biodiversity as you search for the impacts of climate change with the ClimateWatch app. The data you record on this guided tour will help shape Australia’s scientific response to climate change. FRI 15 MAY 11AM–12:30PM Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra Bookings: [email protected] or (03) 9252 2429 FREE EVENT Heritage Walk Wilson Botanic Park

Berwick City of Casey in partnership with Wilson Botanic Park Berwick Join us on a guided walking tour of Wilson Botanic Park Majestic Trees and Heritage and discover the Park’s early geological, farming and Structures quarrying history. Take in the beauty of this botanical Geelong Botanic Gardens wonderland; home to over 1000 plants species, both native and exotic, and over 80 species of wildlife. The Join a volunteer guide for a stroll through the Park was made possible through a gift of 50 acres to Geelong Botanic Gardens. Discover rare, impressive the municipality in 1973 by George and Fay Wilson and ecologically significant trees, as well as historic and a municipal acquisition of a further 50 acres. structures, such as the first Customs House in Victoria, It was officially opened in 1992 by the Honourable Bill the Hansom Cab Shelter, and the small Raddenberry Hayden A.C. summer house. SUN 17 MAY 11AM–12PM SUN 17 MAY 11AM & 2PM Wilson Botanic Park Berwick, 668 Princess Highway, Geelong Botanic Gardens, Podbury Drive, East Geelong Berwick BY DONATION Bookings: trybooking.com/BHWPI FREE EVENT

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Sludge: Forgotten Heritage of the Gold Rush Heritage Council of Victoria The gold rush was one of the most defining episodes MON 18 MAY 6–7PM in Australian history and has left a rich legacy in State Library Village Roadshow Theatrette, culture, architecture, and archaeology. However, the 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne environmental costs have been all but forgotten. Bookings: bit.ly/2TSemGm For decades a deluge of sand, silt and gravel poured from the mines, resulting in lasting environmental FREE EVENT consequences. Join Professor Susan Lawrence to discuss these impacts and her recent book Sludge: Disaster on Victoria’s Goldfields, co-authored with Peter Davies. This lecture is supported by the Heritage Council of Victoria. The Explorer–Melbourne Gardens PHOTO 2020–Garden Variety: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens Photography, Politics and the Discover the beauty of this inner-city oasis in the Picturesque comfort of the open-air Garden Explorer bus. Enjoy Presented by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria as a part live commentary as you wind your way through of PHOTO 2020 International Festival of Photography stunning views. This experience provides a wealth of interesting and engaging content including the history Curated by Isobel Parker Philip, this suite of ambitious new of Melbourne Gardens, its cultural significance and commissions for the inaugural PHOTO 2020 International interpretation of landscapes. Festival of Photography plots a pathway through the Gardens and leads visitors on a journey of discovery. DAILY 18 APRIL–19 MAY EVERY HALF HOUR The artworks engage with the Gardens’ history and rich 11:30AM–5PM archival holdings, challenging the idea that a garden exists Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, as an idyllic and politically neutral space. Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra DAILY 23 APRIL–10 MAY 9AM–5PM ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD $5 Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra

FREE EVENT

Bay View Walk Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens Cranbourne Gardens is a green oasis island surrounded Secret Life of Birds by development. Come along and uncover its fascinating history, flora, fauna and management of the surrounding Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens bushland with bay views as you stroll through stunning Experience the sights and sounds of the diverse range landscapes. of birds that reside in Melbourne Gardens, from coots to cormorants and spinebills to swans. Take home a bird SATURDAYS 18 APRIL–16 MAY 1–1:45PM guide to continue your discovery. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens, Cnr Ballarto Road & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne SUN 26 APRIL & SAT 9 MAY 10–11:30AM FREE EVENT Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra

ADULT $18 CONC $14 CHILD $9 Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Free entry, bookings required for experiences: Gardens Uncovered Melbourne Gardens [email protected] or (03) 9252 2429 Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens Cranbourne Gardens [email protected] or (03) 5990 2200 Gain special access to the hidden gems of Melbourne Story of Water Walk Gardens! On this guided tour, uncover the rich stories Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens Photo: Melbourne Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria that have shaped one of Melbourne’s most significant Water is an essential element that creates and sustains landmarks. life. Uncover the story of water in the Australian Garden The Explorer—Cranbourne Gardens Great Southern Land Walk SATURDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 18 APRIL–16 MAY with an immersive walk through the Gardens’ water 1:30–3PM journey. Tap into the geographical relationships between Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens water, land, flora and the ways in which nature has Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, Immerse yourself in the iconic Australian landscape Venture into the Australian Garden with an expert guide adapted to survive Australia’s weather. Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra and see the highlights of the Cranbourne Gardens on and unearth the curiosities of Australian plants and how TUE 28 APRIL 1–2PM an open-air bus tour. From the rich red centre, journey they adapt to our climate. Have your camera ready as ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD $7 around the River Bend before winding through the you wander along the Rockpool Waterway, cross the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens, Peppermint Garden, taking in the wonders of the native Waterhole Bridge at the River Bend and peer across the Cnr Ballarto Road & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne bush. Red Sand Garden. ADULT $8 CONC $6.5 CHILD $4 DAILY 18 APRIL–19 MAY EVERY HALF HOUR FROM DAILY 18 APRIL–19 MAY 11AM–12PM

10AM TO 4PM Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens, Cnr Ballarto Road & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne Cnr Ballarto Road & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne ADULT $8 CONC $6.50 CHILD $4 ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD $5

The Big Three City of Greater Dandenong Discover Dandenong’s post-war industrial heritage Industrial, through an exhibition exploring three major industrial companies — International Harvester, Heinz and General Motors Holden — whose arrival saw Dandenong shift from a country town to an industrial centre. TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS 21 APRIL–19 MAY 10AM–4PM Farming, Laurel Lodge, 66 McCrae Street, Dandenong FREE EVENT and Maritime Steam Tug Wattle—The Only Younghusband Tour—From Wool Steamship in Melbourne Store to Beautiful Industrial Village Bay Steamers Maritime Museum Ltd Impact Investment Group Heritage Discover the unique past, present and future of Come aboard the recently restored steam tug Wattle. Built in 1933 the Wattle features a compound steam Kensington’s industrial Younghusband woolstore engine, bright brass work, varnished woodwork and precinct on a guided tour. Witness the transformation steam powered steering. It is the only operational and significant rejuvenation of the precinct c1906. This vintage steam tug in the Port of Melbourne and one of exciting project demonstrates how a heritage industrial the few left in the world. area can be revitalised with a commitment to the principles of sustainability, heritage, collaboration and WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS 18 APRIL–16 MAY community. 9:30AM–2:30PM Shed 3, North Wharf, Docklands TUESDAYS 21 APRIL & 12 MAY 3–3:45PM, SUNDAYS 3 & 17 MAY 11–11:45AM FREE EVENT Younghusband Woolstore, 1-7 Elizabeth Street, Kensington

Bookings: bit.ly/2Gf5rH3 FREE EVENT Tales at The Heads: Point Lonsdale Lighthouse Tours Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Inc. Take a guided tour of Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, Cape Schanck Lighthouse climb to the light and discover how the light keepers maintained their watch. Uncover the dangers of The The Lady of History Rip—its wrecks and rescues—and see where pilots Join us for a guided tour of the 160 year old Cape continue to guide modern cargo ships through the Schanck Lighthouse to learn more about its history narrow entrance into Port Phillip. Tours run for 30 and the operational changes overtime, in particular its minutes, eight people per tour. ongoing use as an Aid to Navigation. The Cape Schanck Lighthouse Museum will also host talks by the Lady of SUNDAYS 19 APRIL–17 MAY 9:30AM–1PM History throughout the day. Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, Point Lonsdale Road, It is easy to overlook the importance Victoria’s our regional communities who supply our homes, Point Lonsdale SAT 25 & SUN 26 APRIL 11AM–4PM TOURS RUN HOURLY maritime, farming, and industrial history has markets, and restaurants with produce. Maritime Bookings: 0490550837 or 03 52583440 played on shaping our contemporary lives. heritage explores the significance of shipping Cape Schanck Lighthouse, 420 Cape Schanck Road, Our industrial heritage traces the history of and seafaring as an integral aspect of Victoria’s ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD $5 Cape Schanck development, technology, and labour through commerce history—evident in the remnants of ADULT $14 CHILD $8 FAMILY $40 $2 DISCOUNT the factories, mines, mills, and machinery that shipwrecks along our rugged coastline and in the FOR NT MEMBERS shape our physical landscape. Farming heritage maritime infrastructure of wharves, docks, and is etched into the landscapes and social fabric of lighthouses that sits upon it.

Photo: Murtoa Stick Shed under construction in 1941 Industrial, Farming, and Maritime Heritage | 37 courtesy Murtoa Stick Shed Committee of Management The Great Trentham Spudfest Blunt’s Boatbuilding The Great Trentham Spudfest C. Blunt Boatbuilder Pty Ltd The annual Great Trentham Spudfest is gearing up for A unique visit into a site which Blunt’s has occupied its 13th exciting year and again all the fun & games will for 94 years. Experience the interior of the working take over the town. The festival is an opportunity for boatshed with objects from long ago still being used to visitors and the local community to join in a number of repair and restore vessels today. View and touch timber exciting spud activities and have a spudtacular time! boats being worked on then continue outside to gaze at the slipway constructed with railway lines from the SAT 2 MAY 10AM–4PM 1800s. The Great Trentham Spudfest, High Street, Trentham SAT 2 MAY 10AM–4PM FREE EVENT C Blunt Boatbuilder Pty Ltd, 150 Nelson Place, Williamstown FREE EVENT

Bus Tour of Historic Spud Diggers Huts See Where Gunpowder Was The Great Trentham Spudfest Once Made During the Great Trentham Spudfest, join in the bus tours of the historical Spud Huts in and around Friends of the Black Powder Mill Incorporated Trentham departing from the Town Square at various See the unique design of an explosives processing times throughout the day. The festivities are a great building, the only remaining accessible such building of way to celebrate the spirit of community and recognise the several manufacturing facilities which operated in Trentham’s potato-growing heritage. Melbourne’s west from the 1870s to the 1980s. Located on its original site, with its original plant intact and in SAT 2 MAY 10AM–4PM working order. Pirate Day at Polly Woodside Mandurang Valley The Great Trentham Spudfest, High Street, Trentham National Trust of Australia (Victoria) National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Bendigo & Region Branch SAT 2 MAY 10:30AM–3:30PM DEMONSTRATIONS AT ADULT $10 CONC $5 CHILD $5 FAMILY $20 11AM & 1:30PM We invite all scallywags and buccaneers to join us at Polly The Mandurang Valley has been a productive food Woodside for a day of adventure and fun. Children will get and wine region for over 160 years. Join local wine The Black Powder Mill, Parklea Avenue, Cairnlea to scrub the decks, swing on a rope, and participate in fun producers Wes and Pamela Vine, who started business FREE EVENT pirate games. Children with loud voices and the ability to in the Valley in the late 1970s, as they share their pull scary faces are encouraged to attend! Visitors can also successes and the challenges of working in this visit the encapsulated Duke & Orr’s Pumphouse in the beautiful region. Photo: Spud Diggers Hut, Trentham Melbourne Convention Centre at no extra charge. SUN 3 MAY 1:30–4PM SUN 3 MAY 10AM–4PM Mandurang Valley Winery, 77 Fadersons Lane, Alma Doepel Restoration— Polly Woodside, 21 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf Mandurang Youth Sail Training Programs ADULT $16 CONC $13 FAMILY $32 CHILD FREE Bookings: [email protected] or 0447 473 674 Alma Doepel Supporters Club ADULT $10

Now’s your chance to come on a behind the scenes tour of the restoration of the Alma Doepel Tallship—a 115 year old Australian-built three masted top sail schooner, and the last of her kind. Visitors will also learn about Portarlington Mill Open Day the Youth Sail Training Programs that will help young National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Australians experience a voyage of a lifetime. Portarlington Mill was constructed in 1856, using local SUN 3 MAY 10AM–4PM sandstone. The Mill used steam-driven machinery to Shed 2 Ocean Education Centre, North Wharf Road, prepare flour from grain grown around the Bellarine Docklands Peninsula. Join for a special open day to learn more about one of Victoria’s oldest surviving mills. BY DONATION SUN 3 MAY 12–4PM Portarlington Mill, Turner Court, Portarlington FREE EVENT

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Timber Families of the Otways Colac & District Family History Group Inc Through a collection of early photographs, this exhibition explores the Otway timber industry and the personal and family stories of hardship, loss, tragedy, celebration, friendship and the enduring strength of this community. SUN 3–TUE 19 MAY CLOSED WED & SAT SUN 2–4PM MON & TUE 10AM–2PM THUR & FRI 1:30PM–4:30PM History Centre & COPACC, 99 Gellibrand Street, Colac FREE EVENT

Practice Makes Perfect at the Mission to Seafarers Mission to Seafarers Victoria The Stick Shed at Murtoa Rare trade practitioners will showcase crafts relevant in the time that the magnificent home of the Mission to Murtoa Stick Shed Committee of Management Seafarers was designed and constructed. See displays Be amazed by the Heritage Listed Stick Shed. Built and demonstrations from some of the artisans from the in 1941 as a solution for grain storage during WWII, Artisans Guild of Australia, and maybe even try your the Stick Shed is a testament to bush architecture hand. Explore further with a self-guided tour or relax in and ingenuity. Visitors will be awed by its cathedral- the garden and courtyard. like interior and learn how grain was handled from 1940 through to 1990. SAT 9 MAY 10AM–6PM & SUN 10 MAY 10AM–5PM Mission to Seafarers Victoria, 717 Flinders Street, SAT 9 MAY 10AM–2PM Docklands The Stick Shed, 1465 Wimmera Highway, Murtoa BY DONATION ADULT $10 CONC $9 CHILD $5 FAMILY $20 NT MEMBER $9

National Trust Anderson’s Mill Heritage Weekend Anderson’s Mill Heritage Weekend Inc. Smeaton comes alive with a weekend of heritage, crafts, machinery, and classic trades. The Mills on the Air Amateur Radio Group will have a collection of radios and transmitters on display, see the collection of colourful heritage quilts hanging from the 1860’s wooden beams, and be spellbound by the huge waterwheel turning effortlessly. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the heritage mill with local tour guides, and meet the community groups that have an enduring passion for their work. SAT 9 MAY & SUN 10 MAY 10AM–4PM Anderson’s Mill, Alice street, Smeaton FREE EVENT

40 | Industrial, Farming, and Maritime Heritage Industrial, Farming, and Maritime Heritage | 41 From The Rathbone Collection ‘Living Heritage” Living Museums, Kyabram Town Hall The Rathbone Collection, last exhibited in the 1980s, is now on display at Kyabram Town Hall. Painted by George Rathbone in his retirement, his unique style captures the everyday scenes of the Echuca and district Galleries, region. SAT 18 APRIL 2–4PM Kyabram Town Hall, 199 Allan Street, Kyabram Archives, and BY DONATION

Collections Point Cook Homestead Ghost Tour Narrapumelap Homestead Lantern Tours Narrapumelap Homestead Discover the Chirnside Family dark secrets in the original 1850s homestead. Hear of betrayal in the old Narrapumelap is considered the best example of the stables that were home to Melbourne Cup winners and French Gothic style in rural Australia. After entering visit long lost souls still lingering on the private beach. through the fabulous bluestone gates, visitors will travel Discover dark and dangerous stories of this fascinating through the park to the charming gardens that surround 25 acre heritage property only a stone’s throw from the house. All the details are stylistically complete Melbourne. from the front gates to the exceptional courtyard. Narrapumelap also has accommodation available for up SAT 18 APRIL & SAT 16 MAY 8:30PM to four guests in a self-contained apartment located in Point Cook Homestead, 1 Point Cook Homestead Road, the converted former kitchen wing. Point Cook SAT 11 & SUN 12 APRIL 10:30AM–5:30PM Bookings: lanternghosttours.rezdy.com or 1300 390 119 SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY BY APPOINTMENT ADULT $36 FAMILY $96 Narrapumelap Homestead, 153 Narrapumelap Road, Wickliffe Bookings: (03) 5350 3220 ADULT $10 NT MEMBER $8

Gulf Station Open Day The Heights Open Day National Trust of Australia (Victoria) National Trust Of Victoria Visit Gulf Station as the volunteers go about their work Made to order in Hamburg, Germany, and exported maintaining this historic farm complex. Take a tour, meet to Australia in 1854 for Geelong businessman Charles the friendly Clydesdales, have a go at rope-making, hear Ibbotson, The Heights is the largest prefabricated from our wandering Bush Poet, and make sure to visit dwelling of its kind in Victoria. Join us for a special open the station’s plant stall. day where visitors can explore the house and garden and learn more about the story of three generations The collections and archives of our galleries, an archivist or a curator, and enjoy an opportunity SAT 18 APRIL 11AM–3PM of one family. museums, and historical societies aim to unearth to take a look behind the scenes at a significant Gulf Station, 1029 Melba Highway, Yarra Glen SUN 19 APRIL 11AM–4PM the stories that have shaped the communities of collection or archive in your community, ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD $10 FAMILY $40 Victoria. Millions of items in collections across or further afield. Get a glimpse of the objects, The Heights, 140 Aphrasia Street, Newtown Victoria will be on display in exhibitions which both ordinary and extraordinary, which tell FREE EVENT trace community histories and personal narratives, our stories. including the use of artistic expression to Photo: National Trust of Australia (Victoria) property interpret our history, along with discussions and Barwon Park, Winchelsea events which bring these histories to life. Meet

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YesterYear Tour Exploring in the Archives Artefacts from The Capitol— Mont De Lancey University of Melbourne Archives Melbourne’s Magnificent Picture Come and enjoy a journey into yesteryear at Mont De Join specialist archivists for a behind-the-scenes look at Palace Lancey Historic Homestead. Located in the beautiful the University of Melbourne’s archival repository. Get a RMIT Design Archives Yarra Valley only an hour drive from Melbourne, Mont glimpse of the nearly twenty kilometres of records that De Lancey offers a perfect day tour destination. Guides make up the archives, with thousands of boxes of paper In this special session Six Degrees Architects will lead will take you on a personal tour offering commentary records, photographs, films and objects. Learn about what a viewing of the rare and intriguing artefacts recently on life in the late 1800s at the property. and why the University collects and how we share them. recovered from the Capitol after its three–year $20m renovation. The collection, from one of Melbourne’s WED–SUN 18APR–17 MAY 10AM–4PM WED 22 APRIL & FRI 15 MAY 10AM–12PM treasured landmarks, will include recently discovered Mont De Lancey Historic Homestead, 71 Wellington University of Melbourne Archives, 120 Dawson Street, artefacts from the original Stalls, Salon and Lounge of Road, Wandin North Brunswick The Capitol. ADULT $10 CONC $8 Bookings: eventbrite.com.au/e/88958357843 THUR 23 APRIL 11AM–12PM FREE EVENT RMIT Design Archives, RMIT University, Building 100, 154 Victoria Street, Carlton

Bookings: capitoltheatreartefacts.eventbrite.com.au FREE EVENT Buda Stories Open House at La Trobe’s Cottage Buda Historic Home and Garden National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Buda Castlemaine presents Buda Stories, a special Charles Joseph La Trobe was a visionary administrator, series of themed house and garden tours that will who lived with his wife Sophie and their four children Open Day: Christ Church, Geelong give visitors fascinating insight into life on the for nearly 15 years in the family’s elegant prefabricated Christ Church (Anglican) Geelong goldfields for noted goldsmith and jeweller, Ernest Leviny, his family, and his artistic daughters who lived cottage. Take a tour of La Trobe’s Cottage and hear some Visitors will have the opportunity to view Victoria’s in the home until 1981. fascinating stories about life in early Melbourne, both oldest Anglican Church in continuous use. The Parish before and during the crisis years of the gold rushes. archival records will be available to view, which delve Highlights include a special Mother’s Day afternoon SUN 19 APRIL 2–4PM deeper into the historic, architectural, and aesthetic tea and talk on 19th Century fashion, and a guided significance of this place. twilight tour. Other themed tours will be hosted La Trobe’s Cottage, Corner Birdwood Avenue and every Sunday during the Festival. Bookings essential. Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne SAT 25 APRIL & 9 MAY 10AM–3PM Christ Church, Geelong, 57 McKillop Street, Geelong TWILIGHT TOUR SAT 25 APRIL 6PM ADULT $5 CONC $4 CHILD $4 FAMILY $12 MOTHERS DAY SUN 10 MAY 2PM FREE EVENT SUNDAYS 19 APRIL–17 MAY 2PM OPEN FOR GENERAL ADMISSION WED-SUN Buda Historic Home and Garden, 42 Hunter Street, Castlemaine For more information and bookings visit: Coragulac House Open Day Rippon Lea’s Victorian Kitchen Archeaology Uncovered budacastlemaine.org/events or Coragulac House National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Heritage Council of Victoria in partnership with Heritage [email protected] Victoria This is a unique opportunity to see inside Coragulac Rippon Lea’s kitchen complex is a rare surviving example ADULT $12 CONC $10 CHILD $5 FAMILY $30 House which is not usually open to the General Public. of a 19th Century kitchen complex, offering visitors a Thousands of historical archaeological treasures reside NT MEMBER $10 Built in 1873 and situated at the foot of Red Rock glimpse into a world very different to that enjoyed by in Heritage Victoria’s Artefact and Research Centre, scenic lookout, the Homestead has been modelled on the families who lived ‘upstairs’. a facility now shared with International Conservation a Scottish Baronial style mansion with Art Nouveau Services. This Centre will be open to the public for a WEDNESDAYS 22 APRIL–13 MAY 11–11:30AM & interiors, offering a unique insight into early Australian limited number of tours for one afternoon only during 2–2:30PM architecture. the Heritage Festival. Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick SUN 19 APRIL & SUNDAY 3 MAY 10AM–4PM THUR 30 APRIL 12PM, 2PM & 4PM Bookings: victoriankitchen.eventbrite.com.au Coragulac House, 895 Corangamite Lake Road, Artefact and Research Centre, 4 Harper Street, Coragulac ADULT $6 CONC $4 CHILD $2 FAMILY $12 Abbotsford NT MEMBER $4 ADULT $15 CHILD $10 Bookings: [email protected] FREE EVENT

44 | Living Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Collections Living Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Collections | 45 AAADA Antiques & Art Fair Altona Homestead Ghost Tour Our Heritage, Their Future— Mooramong–From Hollywood Melbourne Lantern Tours Activities for Kids to the Country Australian Antique & Art Dealers Association Ltd Altona Homestead has long had a reputation for hauntings El Dorado Museum Association National Trust Australia (Victoria) This event will showcase an extraordinary collection and has been the centre of paranormal investigations Put on your detective’s hat, grab your magnifying glass When silent movie actress Claire Adams came to live of fine art and antiques, sourced by our members from for years. The Langhorne family are long deceased but and explore the museum to find items from the past that at this 1860s country house with her husband Donald throughout Australia and the world. This is your chance given their colourful history and the births, deaths and match your modern-day clues. The event is specifically ‘Scobie’ Mackinnon, she brought Hollywood with her, to learn about some beautiful pieces, and perhaps even heartaches linked with the building, it is no surprise that aimed at engaging children with the heritage of many transforming the place into a true Art Deco, jazz inspired take some home! the Homestead is alive with paranormal activity. items in the museum compared with their current day home for the stars. Come along to visit Mooramong and SAT 2 MAY 8:30–10PM format and has fun for the adults as well. get a taste of what life was like for the Mackinnons from THUR 30 APRIL–SUN 3 MAY VARIOUS TIMES the 1930s to the 1960s. Malvern Town Hall, 1251 High Street, Malvern Altona Homestead, 128 Queen St, Altona SUN 3 MAY 10AM–4PM SAT 9 MAY 12–4PM For more information and bookings visit aaada.org.au/ Bookings: lanternghosttours.rezdy.com or 1300 390 119 El Dorado Museum, 136 Main Street, El Dorado Mooramong, 635 Mooramong Road, Skipton melbourne ADULT $36 FAMILY $96 BY DONATION ADULT $20 CONC $15 NT MEMBER $10

Warracknabeal Court House Celebrate Your Mum, Your Heritage, Working Heritage Your Future Tara House Open Day Join us to celebrate the transformation of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Wimmera Branch Warracknabeal Court House. Formally inactive, it is Celebrate Mother’s Day at the unique and historical 1862 Tara House Bairnsdale now a vibrant artist residency space and small art Longerenong Homestead. Enjoy delicious refreshments, Now is your chance to visit Tara House, a gracious hotel, with accompanying arts programs that engage take a guided tour of the homestead and garden and hear 1890 country residence and garden. The Lounge Room with the surrounding Wimmera landscape. This unique stories of the region’s history. Bookings essential. exhibition will feature bridesmaid’s dresses, bridal project is a collaboration between Working Heritage, gowns and going away outfits from the Lady of History Yarriambiack Shire and Monash University Art, Design SUN 10 MAY 9:30AM–12:30PM & 1:30–4:30PM collection, and delicious scones with jam and cream will and Architecture. Bus departs Wimmera Regional Library, be on offer in the Dining Room. Funds raised from the McLachlan Street, Horsham SAT 9 MAY 11AM event will be donated to the Cancer Council and the Bookings: [email protected] or Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund. Warracknabeal Court House, 30 Woolcock Street, (03) 5382 7227 or 0413 382 567 Waracknabeal SAT 2 MAY 10:30AM–3PM Bookings: [email protected] ADULT $65 Tara House, 37 Day Street, Bairnsdale FREE EVENT BY DONATION

Preserving your Personal Heritage Photo: Aerial view of the Melbourne Photo: Mooramong, Skipton for the Future Observatory c1892–1904 National Trust of Australia (Victoria) As we begin a new decade, it is a timely moment to Melbourne Observatory– consider how we can preserve our personal heritage Outstanding Universal Significance collections for the future. Letters, cards, and photos are The Astronomical Society of Victoria Inc. in partnership with essential for future primary source research. Join Debra Walk in St Kilda Road & Environs, supported by Planet Ark Parry from Melbourne Conservation Services for a practical workshop on how to best ensure our memories Come to this fascinating presentation about the can be preserved for the future. historical role and outstanding universal significance of magnificent Melbourne Observatory and its SAT 2 MAY 3–5PM potential for UNESCO World Heritage listing nomination. Como House and Gardens, Cnr Williams Road SUN 3 MAY 2:30–4PM & Lechlade Ave, South Yarra Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett Street, Bookings: preservingpersonalheritage.eventbrite.com.au Melbourne ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD & Bookings: bit.ly/30FvIYd NT MEMBER FREE ADULT $20 MEMBERS $10 RHSV & ASV MEMBERS $10

Living Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Collections | 47 Mother’s Day Devonshire Tea at McCrae Homestead National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Mornington Peninsula Branch Enjoy a relaxing Devonshire tea in the garden of the historic McCrae Homestead. Take a guided tour of the Homestead or self-explore the Gallery to learn more about the McCrae and Burrell families that lived here between 1845 and 1925. SUN 10 MAY 11AM–3PM McCrae Homestead, 11 Beverley Road, McCrae Bookings: [email protected] or 0418 596 701 ADULT $20 CONC $17 CHILD $10

Photo: McCrae Homestead

Saving your Photos for the Future Celebrating our Heritage: National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Victorian Country Houses Our photographs will soon be objects of antiquity as and Gardens we race towards the use of new technology, but there Old Treasury Building are steps you can take to ensure that your treasured photos are preserved for the future. Join Debra Parry Enjoy a marvellous illustrated journey through from Melbourne Conservation Services for a hands on Victoria’s countryside, and along the way, take in some workshop to learn how to best care for your photos. of our beautiful country homesteads and gardens Bring your own photos along to get personal advice. with Kenneth Park. THUR 14 MAY 3–5PM TUE 19 MAY 11AM–12PM Como House and Gardens, Cnr Williams Road & Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne Lechlade Ave, South Yarra Bookings: [email protected] or Bookings: savingyourphotos.eventbrite.com.au (03) 9606 0501 ADULT $15 CONC $12 ADULT $15

Flemington Racecourse Heritage Tour and Raceday Experience Victoria Racing Club Home of the Melbourne Cup since 1861, Flemington SAT 16 & 23 MAY 12:30PM Racecourse is one of Australia’s most iconic cultural Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Road, Flemington and sporting venues. Explore the rich history of Meeting point confirmed at time of booking Thoroughbred racing and Flemington Racecourse— Bookings: 1300 757 575 its characters, legends and unforgettable moments, followed by a day of racing action. ADULT $25 CONC $20 CHILD $10 FAMILY $60 NT MEMBER $15

Photo: Barwon Park, Winchelsea

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Open House Kilmore John Shaw Neilson: Poet of the Past, Kilmore Historical Society Message for the Future Come along for a self-guided tour of five of Kilmore’s John Shaw Neilson Society most unique heritage buildings, many of which have Spend an afternoon exploring the life and work one of been re-purposed several times over the years and have Australia’s finest lyric poets, John Shaw Neilson. Learn fascinating stories to tell about their former occupants. about his incredible story and his passion for the natural SAT 18 APRIL 10AM–4PM environment, that influenced his writing and career. Old Kilmore Courthouse, 4 Powlett Street, Kilmore SAT 18 APRIL 2–6PM ADULT $15 FAMILY $25 Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre, 5 Sargood Street, Altona Bookings: [email protected] FREE EVENT Murder, Mayhem and Mishaps Boroondara General Cemetery (Kew) Be shocked and intrigued! This tour will introduce participants to some of the cemetery’s most infamous residents. Their stories will surprise and entertain you, Bannockburn—Heritage Pubs and you may discover that truth is more interesting than of Meredith fiction. Geelong Regional Library Corporation SAT 18 APRIL 10:30AM This exhibition explores the history and quirky stories Boroondara General Cemetery, High Street, Kew, of the hotels of Meredith, filled with wild characters, Victoria confusion, mayhem, and murders! Enjoy a special pub crawl of Meredith’s Heritage Pubs on Sunday 3 May, Bookings: (03) 9853 7025 or [email protected] 1:30pm hosted by the Meredith History Interest Group ADULT $15 CHILD $10 FAMILY $40 NT MEMBER $10 meeting at 31 Staughton St, Meredith. SAT 18 APRIL–9 MAY Bannockburn Library, 25-27 High Street, Bannockburn Local and For opening hours visit: grlc.vic.gov.au/locate/ bannockburn-library Melbourne’s West End Revealed FREE EVENT Isabel Simpson Walk and discover new and old Melbourne through the vertical landscape and adjacent street art. See Residential the reinvented alleyways and reminders of our past, including former cells, basalt chambers, warehouses, and hotels. We conclude in a repurposed factory in a Unique by Nature, United by History beautiful laneway with refreshments. Kyneton Museum SAT 18 APRIL 1–3:30PM What makes the townships of the Macedon Ranges so Heritage Melbourne West End, Cnr Spencer Street & special? Five local historical societies explore the unique Lonsdale Street history of their hometowns. Using their collections, Bookings: [email protected] or 407 404 629 they illuminate the diverse and vibrant heritage of the Macedon Ranges. ADULT $30 Local and residential heritage tells the stories alive and active, as they trace their stories through FRI–SUN 18 APRIL–17 MAY 11AM–4PM of communities through architecture, history, the trees, landscapes, houses, factories, and Kyneton Museum, 67 Piper Street, Kyneton industry, and artwork. Our neighbourhoods artworks, while maintaining its oral histories, ADULT $5 CONC & CHILD $3 FAMILY $10 are imprinted with generations of Aboriginal exhibitions and house museums. In this theme, NT MEMBER $3 heritage and living tradition, and the fabric of local experts expose the stories embedded in the these neighbourhoods has been shaped by transformation and shifts of our urban layers of economic hardship and mobility, waves and regional landscapes. of migration, labour and industrial history, and Photo: Chapel Street Prahran Postcard, looking urban development. Local historians play a south with cable tram significant role in keeping residential heritage Local and Residential Heritage | 51 What Makes Ricketts Point Marine Beechworth Historic Precinct Sanctuary so Special? Walking Tours Beaumaris Rotary Burke Museum & Beechworth Historic Precinct Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary, Beaumaris is a deeply Beechworth’s Historic and Cultural Precinct offers two rich heritage place. Come along for a morning of guided informative and entertaining guided walking tours every tours, complied by the Marine Education Science and day. Suitable for a wide range of ages and abilities and Community Centre, that will help you to appreciate the perfect for both individuals and groups. significance of this special area. SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY SAT 18 APRIL 9AM–12PM GOLD RUSH TOUR 10:15–11AM Ricketts Point, Beach Road, Beaumaris NED KELLY TOUR 1:15–2PM Bookings: Multiple tours, for tickets and times visit bit. Beechworth Historic Precinct, Ford Street, Beechworth ly/2RpnbFT ADULT $15 CONC $12 FAMILY $40 NT MEMBER $10 FREE EVENT

Walk through Boroondara’s Laurie McCalman Presentation— Behind the Name Living Heritage Step Back in Time—Green Screen The World Is One Kilometre Nepean Historical Society Inc. Boroondara Library Service Photo Opportunity Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library in Have you ever wondered how places get their names? Hobsons Bay City Council partnership with Stonnington History Centre Did you know Portsea was named by a convict Discover Boroondara’s incredible natural history on transported to Tasmania? Or that the beach where a guided tour of the Maranoa Gardens. Learn about Now’s your chance to have your photo taken in historic Join author and historian, Dr Judith Buckrich for the Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared in 1967 was the history of significant trees and plants as well as Hobsons Bay, using green screen technology. Dress up annual Laurie McCalman Presentation and discover how the site of a shipwreck 80 years earlier? Over time the development of the Gardens, and visit our pop-up in period costumes and have your photo taken in our Greville Street, Prahran was a bustling civic and cultural stories get forgotten, but this self-guided tour will help library to learn about our historical resources. Bring green screen booth. centre throughout the 19th and 20th Century. visitors understand the significance of these events along a picnic lunch and spend some time soaking in the and places. surrounds of one of Australia’s oldest native gardens. SAT 18 APRIL 11AM–1PM SAT 18 APRIL 2–3:30PM PMI Victorian History Library, 39 St Edmonds Road, WEEKENDS 18 APRIL–17 MAY 1:30–4:30PM SAT 18 APRIL 10:30AM–2:30PM Newport Community Hub, 13 Mason Street, Newport Prahran Sorrento Museum, Mechanics’ Institute, FREE EVENT Maranoa Gardens, Yarrbat Avenue, Balwyn Bookings: trybooking.com/BHRSI03 or (03) 9510 3393 827 Melbourne Road, Sorrento Bookings: boroondaralibraryevents.eventbrite.com BY DONATION BY DONATION FREE EVENT

Sights Unseen Glen Eira Historical Society Heritage Walk: Malvern Civic Pure Gold How to Research the History Glen Eira Historical Society is pleased to invite you explore a special exhibition that showcases the long Precinct Warrandyte Historical Society of Your House and vibrant history of the municipality. Many of the Prahran Mechanics Institute Victorian History Library Did you know that Warrandyte was the first place in Boroondara Library Service exhibitions objects, photographs, and ephemera have Come on a guided heritage walk of the Malvern Civic Victoria where gold was discovered in 1851? This new Do you want to trace the history of your house but don’t never been on display before. Precinct with the Mayor of Stonnington and PMI Vice exhibition explores Warrandyte’s place in the story of Victoria’s gold history. know where to start? Join us for practical workshop to SAT 18 & SUN 19 APRIL 1–5PM President, Cr. Steve Stefanopoulos. learn about the key resources and methods to unlock WEEKENDS 18 APRIL–17 MAY 1:30–4:30PM the history of your house. This workshop is perfect for Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Cnr Glen Eira Road & WED 22 APRIL 11–12PM beginners. Hawthorn Road, Caulfield Malvern Town Hall, 1251 High Street, Malvern Warrandyte Historical Society Museum, 111 Yarra Street, Warrandyte SAT 2 MAY 10:30AM–1:30PM FREE EVENT Bookings: trybooking.com/BHWNR or [email protected] or (03) 9510 3393 FREE EVENT Camberwell Library, 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell Bookings: boroondaralibraryevents.eventbrite.com ADULT $15 or (03) 9278 4666 FREE EVENT

Local and Residential Heritage | 53 Fabric of a City— Queenscliff—Living Our History A Geelong Design Week Queenscliffe Visitor Information Centre Geelong Regional Library Corporation Take a guided stroll through the beautiful heritage town of Queenscliff. Catch a glimpse of days gone by and see Visitors to the Heritage Centre Reading Room are how old meets new in this popular and thriving seaside invited to explore an exhibition of photographs and town. objects that celebrate Geelong’s creative heritage as reflected in the architecture, industry and artistic 2PM SATURDAYS & 11AM TUESDAYS expression of the city. 18 APRIL–19 MAY SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY CLOSED SUN & MON Queenscliffe Visitor Information Centre, 55 Hesse Street, Queenscliff Geelong Library & Heritage Centre, 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong Bookings: [email protected] or (03) 3525 84843 Visit grlc.vic.gov.au/locate/heritage-centre for opening hours. ADULT $15 (SAT) $7 (TUE) FREE EVENT

Image: Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, courtesy State Library of Victoria Step Back In Time—Williamstown Walk Through Brighton— Guided Walking Tour Now & Then Hobsons Bay City Council Fashion on the Ration Guided Tour of Malvern Town Hall Bayside Library Service and Brighton Historical Society Unlock the secrets of the historic Williamstown Stonnington History Centre Stonnington History Centre waterfront and seaport on a one-hour guided tour. Join Brighton Historical Society President Elizabeth Explore hidden laneways, monuments, and buildings. This exhibition explores the stories and experiences Come on a guided tour of the Malvern Town Hall with Paine for a virtual tour of the changing face of the of Australian women on the home front during WWII— Stonnington’s Mayor, Cr Steve Stefanopoulos. Explore the long-established Melbourne suburb of Brighton. TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS 21 APRIL–19 MAY and how they managed to be fashionable on 112 beautiful interior architecture which features Queensland 11:45AM–12:45PM ration coupons a year. Through costumes, accessories, Maple panelled walls, terrazzo floors, intricate plaster SUN 19 APRIL 2–3PM Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Centre, Cnr Syme Street photographs, documents and ephemera, visitors will ceilings and walls, and elaborate Victorian style staircase. Brighton Library, 14 Wilson Street, Brighton and Nelson Place, Williamstown discover the stories of women who worked with the THUR 23 APRIL 10AM–12PM Bookings: trybooking.com/592246 Australian Land Army, the ‘Jam Busters’ and the CWA. Bookings: hobsonsbaytickets.com.au Malvern Town Hall, 1251 High Street, Malvern FREE EVENT Presented by the Dressing Australia Museum of Costume FREE EVENT and the Stonnington History Centre. Bookings: stonnington.vic.gov.au/Discover or (03) 8290 1360 WED–SAT 18 APRIL–23 MAY 12PM–5PM CLOSED PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FREE EVENT Stonnington History Centre, 1257 High Street, Malvern Discover the History of Hobsons Bay FREE EVENT Ambleside Park Ferntree Gully @ Creative Kids Club Cemetery Tour Hobsons Bay City Council Knox Historical Society Family History for Beginners Creative Kids Club is a drop-in after-school session for Ferntree Gully will come to life through a series of Stonnington History Centre primary school kids offering a range of STEAM-focused activities such as craft, construction, science, robotics intriguing and mysterious tales told by our local Would you like to trace your family history but don’t Guided Tour of the Stonnington and more! During the Australian Heritage Festival, storyteller. You’ll be taken on a guided tour of Ferntree know where to start? Join us for a beginner’s session that History Centre, Northbrook Creative Kids Club will be held across all five Hobsons Gully local cemetery and discover the stories of people will show you how to start your genealogical hunt. You Bay Libraries and themed around the history of the l from 1850 onwards. Following the tour take the Stonnington History Centre will learn how to focus your search, record and organise ocal area. opportunity to explore Ambleside Homestead and Park. Come on a behind-the-scenes tour of the working your research, and more. archives of the Stonnington History Centre, see some of MON–THUR 21 APRIL–19 MAY 3:45–4:45PM THUR 23 APRIL 1–4PM WED 29 APRIL 5:30–6:30PM our precious records, and learn about the programs and Various locations, for more information visit libraries. Ferntree Gully Cemetery, Cnr Underwood Road & Stonnington History Centre, 1257 High Street, Malvern resources available for conducting your own research. hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au Forrest Road, Ferntree Gully Bookings: bit.ly/2GoDpJ3 or (03) 8290 1360 Bookings: [email protected] WED 6 MAY 11:30AM–12:30PM FREE EVENT FREE EVENT Stonnington History Centre, 1257 High Street, Malvern ADULT $15 Bookings: stonnington.vic.gov.au/Discover or (03) 8290 1360 FREE EVENT

Local and Residential Heritage | 55 Heritage Walk: Department Stores of Chapel Street Prahran Mechanics Institute Victorian History Library Cr. Steve Stefanopoulos, Mayor of Stonnington and Vice President of the PMI will take you for a wander along Chapel Street exploring former department stores between Malvern and Commercial Roads and High Street. THUR 23 APRIL 6PM PMI Victorian History Library, 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran Bookings: trybooking.com/BHWMP or [email protected] or 9510 3393 ADULT $15

Photo: Mowbray College, courtesy Heritage Victoria

Guided Tour of ‘Melbourne’s Most Joyful Set of Postmodern Structures’ Ghosts of the Old City Williamstown City of Melton Lantern Ghost Tours The former Mowbray College was an independent Explore King William’s Town, the original capital of community school established by Melton residents in Victoria, by lamp light. Steeped with history, apparitions, 1983. Following the closure of the school in 2012, the alleyways and lager, it was once a thriving town full complex of buildings at the Kurunjang campus was of colourful characters, drunken sailors and convicts. included in the Victorian Heritage Register after the Visit abandoned morgues, forgotten burial grounds and community campaigned to save them. Join architectural hidden laneways in Victoria’s most historic seaport. Portland’s Post Office Over the Years Portland and the Post historian alumni Guy Murphy for a guided tour to learn Glenelg Shire Council Glenelg Shire Council FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS 24 APRIL–16 MAY 8:30PM more about the architectural significance of the place Join historian Bernard Wallace for a guided walking tour Historian Bernard Wallace presents Portland’s rich Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Centre, and the philosophy that influenced the design. of Portland’s Post Offices through the years. Since the postal history over time. Come and hear tales of Cnr Syme St and Nelson Place, Williamstown SAT 2 MAY 2–3PM establishment of Portland’s first post office in 1841, the bushrangers and mail coach robberies, Portland’s first www.lanternghosttours.com Portland Post Office has been located at various sites Airmail, the postmaster who went missing and more! Heathdale Christian College, 102–112 Centenary around the town, including buildings going back to the Avenue, Kurunjang ADULT $36 FAMILY $96 1850s. WED 6 MAY 5:30–6:15PM Bookings: melton.vic.gov.au/heritagefestival 32 Bentinck Street, Portland SUN 26 APRIL 2–3PM FREE EVENT 32 Bentinck Street, Portland FREE EVENT FREE EVENT Local Heroes Boroondara General Cemetery (Kew) This Anzac Day tour will highlight the stories of famous Unfortunate Life & Death—Ellen and well known war veterans in the cemetery, as well as Portland Book Launch Batman & Her Sisters at Toolern Vale some unsung local heroes. Learn about the abundance Glenelg Shire Council of brave and committed souls and their many and varied Portland Blues ‘A Postal History of Portland 1834-1934’ will be City of Melton tales. Glenelg Shire Council launched some 180 years after the opening of Portland’s A lonely grave in the bush at Toolern Vale marks the Join Gordon Stokes, President of the National Trust of last resting place of Ellen Batman—one of the seven SAT 25 APRIL 2:00PM first post office. Written by historian Bernard Wallace, Australia (Victoria) Portland Branch, for a walking tour of this book considers pioneering postmasters, the early daughters of John Batman—whose life was plagued with Boroondara General Cemetery, High Street, Kew, central Portland. Learn about the many stone structures violence and insecurity. Join historian Michelle Berry Victoria post offices, fascinating early letters, the first air mail and construction methods used by 19th Century stone and the centenary celebrations of 1934. for a discussion on the history of the Batman women, Bookings: (03) 9853 7025 or [email protected] cutters and masons, and understand the conservation their relationships, and the difficulties faced by ‘women methods needed to maintain Portland’s bluestone SUN 17 MAY 3–4PM without means’ in colonial society. ADULT $15 CHILD $10 FAMILY $40 NT MEMBER $11 structures for future generations. Portland Workskills, Shop 9 Pioneer Plaza, Portland SAT 9 MAY 2–3PM SUN 3 MAY 2–3:30PM FREE EVENT Melton Library and Learning Hub, 31 McKenzie Street, 9 Bentinck Street, Portland, Melton Bookings: melton.vic.gov.au/heritagefestival FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

Casey Cardinia Heritage Festival Catholic Museum Open Day Casey Cardinia Local History Reference Group Catholic Museum of Bacchus Marsh Celebrate the history and heritage of the Casey Cardinia Come along to Catholic Museum of Bacchus Marsh region at our annual Heritage Festival. Find out what life to learn more about local Catholic history and the was like before these country towns became suburbs, architectural significance of St Joseph’s. when you were more likely to come across a cow than a car. Come and chat to the local heritage groups and the SUN 26 APRIL & 17 MAY 1–4PM family history society to learn more about the history of Catholic Museum of Bacchus Marsh, Convent Lane, the region. Bacchus Marsh SUN 26 APRIL 10AM–2PM FREE EVENT Officer Public Hall, 16 Tivendale Road, Officer

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Curious Corio Geelong Regional Library Corporation Yesteryear’s Childhood— Curious about Corio? Come along to an interactive Today’s Heritage session to learn about the quirky and curious facts of Photo: South Melbourne floods, Montague, Port Phillip City Collection Corio, or bring along your own facts or stories to share Blacksmith’s Cottage and Forge Bacchus Marsh on the night. Step inside the front gate at our authentic Blacksmith’s Lost St Kilda Mansions Montague—The Stories Cottage and Forge and join us on a journey down the MON 27 APRIL 6:30PM City of Port Phillip of a Community brick road into the childhood of yesteryear. Discover Corio Library, Cox Road, Norlane how memories are made and stored to become the Join architect Peter Johnson for a fascinating talk to City of Port Phillip Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on heritage of tomorrow for the children of today. Visit discover St Kilda’s former mansions. He’ll explore how Join Kay Rowan, Local History Librarian to hear the our heritage site to carry the lessons of the past into FREE EVENT from the 1850s–90s, a once sleepy seaside area was history and stories of the close-knit community of the future. transformed into a suburb of grand mansions for the Montague. A small but distinctive enclave developed in wealthy. Though most are now gone, this talk will take the late 1860s, it survived until the area was demolished SUN 26 APR 10AM–4PM place in Linden, one of St Kilda’s surviving grand homes, in the early 1960s. Today the area is being rejuvenated Blacksmith’s Cottage and Forge, 100 Main Street, which is now a contemporary art space. once again as a residential community. Bacchus Marsh TUE 28 APRIL 6:30–8PM Shepparton’s Public Art and TUE 12 MAY 6:30–8PM FREE EVENT Linden New Art, 26 Acland Street, St Kilda History Walk Emerald Hill Library & Heritage Centre, Bookings: trybooking.com/BHPIM 195 Bank Street, South Melbourne Greater Shepparton Visitor Centre FREE EVENT Bookings: trybooking.com/BHPIP Discover the diverse culture and story of Shepparton. An accredited volunteer guide will lead you on a free hour FREE EVENT and half walking tour, exploring the history of Shepparton Custodians of the Bacchus Marsh including Indigenous settlement, the first explorers to

Heritage for the Future travel through the area and the famous Furphy Family. Bacchus Marsh and District Historical Society Inc. SAT 2 MAY 10AM–12PM Walking into the Future Port Phillip Heritage Centre— Take a dive into the Society’s Heritage Archive and Greater Shepparton Visitor Centre, in Montague learn about the long and proud history of Bacchus 33–35 Nixon Street, Shepparton Open Morning City of Port Phillip Marsh and the surrounding district. Learn about the Bookings: [email protected] or City of Port Phillip significant places in the area listed by the National Trust Join urban historian Janet Bolitho on a walk to trace (03) 5832 9330 of Australia (Victoria) and in the Victorian Heritage the lost community of Montague and its emerging Come visit the Port Phillip Heritage Centre—a place to Register, both preserved and now lost. FREE EVENT future as one of the precincts of Fishermans Bend—the learn about our local history and discover stories that largest urban renewal projects in Australia. This walk will make up the culture of the City of Port Phillip. You can SUN 26 APRIL & 17 MAY 10:30AM–2PM also explore the social history of Montague in a display explore the history of this area, its present development, Lerderderg Library, 215 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh and what the future holds. from the Port Phillip City Collection, and find out about our diverse programs and events. FREE EVENT SAT 9 MAY 2:30–4:30PM SAT 16 MAY 10AM–12PM Station Street & Boundary Street, Port Melbourne Emerald Hill Library & Heritage Centre, Bookings: trybooking.com/BHPIO 195 Bank Street, South Melbourne FREE EVENT Bookings: trybooking.com/BHPIR FREE EVENT

Local and Residential Heritage | 59 A Grid Full of Squares—Walking Climb the Auburn Tower Tour of Melbourne CBD Friends of the Auburn Tower Inc. University of Melbourne Visitors will have the rare chance to see one of Central Melbourne has notoriously lacked public open Melbourne’s most historic suburbs from one of the last space, as the original designers wanted to sell all the land remaining 19th Century towers open to the public. Once they could, and felt that open space only encouraged you’ve explored the tower, take a guided tour through troublemakers. However, there have been squares in historic Hawthorn and Auburn Village, walking amongst Melbourne’s CBD, often on the periphery. Join Associate its laneways and parks to discover some of the area’s Professor David Nicholls and Victoria Kolankiewicz for an best kept secrets. excavation of Melbourne’s historical open spaces—or lack SUN 3 MAY 12–4PM thereof—and clues of evidence to their existence. Auburn Uniting Church, 81 Oxley Road, Hawthorn SAT 2 MAY 11AM–12:15PM ADULT $6 CONC & NT MEMBER $4 CHILD FREE The Age Building, 655 Collins Street, Docklands Bookings: bit.ly/38VkH80 FREE EVENT Highfield Road Uniting Church Open Day Highfield Road Uniting Church Tours of Holy Trinity Church Come along to experience this significant heritage Holy Trinity Church Williamstown church built in 1924. Our guides will explain the Take a guided tour through one of Melbourne’s architectural and historic values of the church, including architectural gems, the Holy Trinity Church, the stain glass windows. Williamstown. See how the place has been cared SUN 3 MAY 2–4:30PM for and maintained, and learn more about its history and heritage. Highfield Road Uniting Church, 72 Highfield Road, Canterbury SAT 2 MAY 1–4PM FREE EVENT Holy Trinity Church Williamstown, 2 Pasco Street, Williamstown Bookings: 03 9397 5330 FREE EVENT Mandeville Hall— Stonnington Mansions Bus Tour Heritage Highlights Tour of Tour of a Toorak Mansion Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak Maryborough, Victoria Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak Enjoy a tour on an elevated bus through the streets Central Goldfields Shire Council Come on a guided tour with architectural historian of Toorak, Armadale & Malvern, conducted by local architectural historian and Mayor of the City of Come along on a truly immersive experience, and enjoy and Mayor of the City of Stonnington, Cr Steve Bear’s Castle Tours Stefanopoulos, to discover the magnificent features Stonnington, Cr Steve Stefanopoulos, and discover a new perspective of the Central Goldfields region. the many mansions and grand homes of Stonnington. Whittlesea Courthouse Association in partnership with The tour will begin at the Central Goldfields Visitor and exquisite interiors and opulent rooms of this Melbourne Water Information Centre, visiting key historical attractions, internationally significant Toorak mansion, ending with SUN 17 MAY 2PM a cup of tea or coffee and a glass of sparkling wine. This unique historic castle sits high on the hilltop in and will finish at the grand Maryborough Railway Mandeville Hall, 10 Mandeville Crescent, Toorak Station. the closed catchment area of the Yan Yean Reservoir. SUN 3 MAY 2–3:30PM Bookings: trybooking.com/BHDFP Normally closed to the public, join us to discover the TUE 5 MAY 10:30AM–12PM Mandeville Hall, 10 Mandeville Crescent, Toorak story behind this distinctive building and learn why its ADULT $50 CONC $40 NT MEMBER $40 Central Goldfields Visitor Information Centre, origins have mystified historians for years. Bookings: trybooking.com/BHDFQ 90 Nolan Street, Maryborough ADULT $50 CONC $40 NT MEMBER $40 SUN 3 MAY 10AM–12:30PM & 2–4:30PM Bookings: [email protected] or Bear’s Castle, Corner Church & Beech Streets, Whittlesea (03) 5460 4511 Photo: Mandeville Hall Bookings: 0412 907 937 or [email protected] ADULT $10 CONC $5 FAMILY $15 NT MEMBER $2 ADULT $30 CHILD $20

60 | Local and Residential Heritage Making the Dead Come Alive Making Things in Beechworth Benalla Family Research Group Inc Burke Museum & Beechworth Historic Precinct Visitors will have the special opportunity to visit our The Beechworth and district region has a rich history library and view the rare books of Benalla and beyond of innovation and design. Join us for a panel discussion from 1869 to 1943. Come and see our special projects with leading crafts people, industry members, and local on old district properties, maps of Benalla & District historians as we discuss the past, present, and future of settlements, family histories, cemeteries, and the making things in Beechworth. Howship Collections of photos and glass negatives. THUR 7 MAY 6–8PM WED 6 MAY 10AM–4PM Burke Museum, Loch Street, Beechworth Benalla Family Research Group Inc, 9 Church Street, Bookings: explorebeechworth.com.au/burke-museum- Benalla and-historic-precinct or FREE EVENT (03) 5728 8067 ADULT $20 CONC $15 NT MEMBER $15

History of Newcomb Geelong Regional Library Corporation in partnership with The History of Hobsons Bay Bellarine Historical Society Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre Join the Bellarine Historical Society for a presentation This is an exhibition with a difference. Visitors can on the rich history of Newcomb—and the woman that wander the gallery and explore the unique collection the suburb was named to honour, Caroline Newcomb. of historic photographs, whilst participating in an At time when women rarely owned property, Caroline, interactive quiz that allows you to gain a deeper along with her partner Ann Drysdale, established the understanding of the history of Hobsons Bay. successful ‘Boronggoop’ and ‘Coriyule’ sheep runs on the Bellarine Peninsula. SAT 9–TUE 19 MAY WEEKDAYS 10AM–4PM WED 6 MAY 6:30PM WEEKENDS 11AM–3PM Newcomb Library, Bellarine Highway, Newcomb Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre, Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on 5 Sargood Street, Altona FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

Bendigo Heritage Unwrapped Bendigo Heritage Attractions Spend a day on a heritage adventure in Bendigo! Exploring Lara’s Past Heritage 3D—Build the Past ‘Heritage Unwrapped’ is your opportunity to discover many of the heritage experiences that Bendigo has Geelong Regional Library Corporation in partnership with with a 3D Printer Lara Heritage & Historical Inc to offer for a gold coin donation at each site. Hop Hobsons Bay City Council on and off one of Bendigo’s themed heritage trams Join the Lara Heritage & Historical Inc. for a Turn a local landmark into a 3D model using our 3D throughout the day and learn more about Bendigo’s presentation on the early history of Lara, discussing printers at the Creative Technology Hub. Participants colourful gold rush history. To view a detailed early families, how they made a name for themselves, are welcome to drop in to the Creative Technology Hub program of all the activities happening on the day and what challenges they may have faced along the way. after the session to keep working on their project, and around the city visit the website below. THUR 7 MAY 6:30PM take it home once completed. For ages 13 and over. Bendigo Heritage Attractions maintains and operates Lara Library, 5 Walkers Road, Lara THUR 14 MAY 11AM–1PM some of Bendigo’s most significant heritage sites; Central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo Tramways and Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on Creative Technology Hub, 82 Nelson Place, Williamstown the Bendigo Joss House Temple. FREE EVENT For opening hours and bookings visit: libraries. SAT 9 MAY 9:30AM–4:30PM hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/categories/technology-training 51-67 Pall Mall, Bendigo FREE EVENT Bookings: bendigotourism.com or 1800 813 153

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Local and Residential Heritage | 63 Beulah Heritage Trail and Book History of Hobsons Bay Trivia Night Launch Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre Beulah Historic, Learning and Progress Association Inc. Do you consider yourself an expert on the history of The Beulah Heritage Trail will highlight the significant Hobsons Bay? Come and test your knowledge for a buildings and sites, giving visitors a deeper understanding night of laughs and learning. There are loads of prizes to of our rich history. Visitors can walk, self-drive, or take the be won and possibly some clues! Round up your best six hop-on hop-off bus to explore the trail. Join us to launch players to form your team. Supper included, BYO drinks. Building a Community: a History of Beulah & District from SAT 16 MAY 7–10PM 1881, which highlights the resilience of our community. Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre, SUN 17 MAY 9AM–5PM 5 Sargood Street, Altona BOOK LAUNCH 11–11:30AM Bookings: ljac.com.au Beulah Business and Information Centre, 77 Phillips Street, Beulah ADULT $25 BY DONATION

The Bronze Stories: Geelong Unearthed Project with Dr Maria Elsternwick Historical Walking Tour Takolander Glen Eira City Council Geelong Regional Library Corporation Did you know that the first electric tram service ran down Glenhuntly Road in 1913? Or that the cinema Dr Maria Takolander will share her role in unearthing building in Gordon Street was originally earmarked as a and writing ten incredible stories exploring Geelong’s skating rink? Join Council’s History and Heritage Officer history. Bronze Stories is a text-based public-art project on a fun and informative tour of Elsternwick’s most funded by the City of Greater Geelong, which aims to Street Art Tour Ballam Park Homestead Tour unearth Geelong’s fascinating history in the rapidly significant places. Frankston City Council Frankston City Council modernising urban landscape. SUN 17 MAY 10AM–12PM & 2–4PM There are hidden secrets hiding in Frankston City’s parks, Join us for a guided tour of Frankston’s oldest homestead, TUE 19 MAY 6:30PM Elsternwick Plaza, Elsternwick Place, Elsternwick gardens and laneways. Look closer and you will discover built in 1855 for the Liardets, one of Victoria’s early Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, Bookings: gleneira.vic.gov.au/history-events mesmerising artworks and intriguing sculptures around pioneering families. Once described by a leading architect as 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong every corner. being “perfectly proportioned”, this historic homestead has FREE EVENT Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on remained practically unchanged in appearance since it was SUN 19 APRIL & SUN 10 MAY 11AM & 1:30PM first constructed using bricks made on site. FREE EVENT Frankston Library, 60 Playne Street, Frankston Group bookings of 10 people or more available Bookings: visitfrankston.com/street-art-walking tours Photo: Williamstown Centenary Projection Tour in early May $15 PER PERSON Ballam Park Homestead, 280R Cranbourne Road, Frankston Bookings: [email protected] or (03) 9789 3116 ADULT $7 CONC $6 CHILD $4 FAMILY $16

ANZAC Day in Frankston City Frankston City Council Join us for Frankston City Council’s annual ANZAC Day Little Beauty Market Service and Parade, as we remember and reflect on the Untold Events contribution of Australians during wartime. Three main events will be held across the day, including Frankston’s Set within the picturesque grounds of beauty park in Dawn Service and the Seaford RSL Parade. Frankston, Little Beauty features Melbourne’s very best makers and creators hand picked for their uniqueness, SAT 25 APRIL 5:30AM creativity and ethos. Come and explore a diverse array War Memorial, Beauty Park, High Street, of over 100 stallholders. Frankston SUN 26 APRIL 9AM–2PM For more information and times visit: visitfrankston.com Beauty Park, Spring Street, Frankston FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

64 | Local and Residential Heritage Williamstown Centenary Projection Ada Cambridge Walking Tour Tour Williamstown Literary Festival 2020 Hobsons Bay City Council in partnership with The Little Walk a mile in the shoes of Australia’s doyenne Projector Company of letters, Ada Cambridge. Author, poet and On 17 May 1919, Williamstown was proclaimed a autobiographer, Ada was a woman ahead of her time. city by the State Governor, Sir Arthur Stanley, during Spend an hour taking in the air and view the world of a visit to the newly completed Town Hall. Join us on a Ada’s life at the vicarage on Nelson Place and her well- night-time tour of the surrounding streets and discover worn paths of Williamstown. the stories of Williamstown’s past through a visual light THUR 30 APRIL & SUN 3 MAY 8.30PM projection. Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Centre, Cnr Syme Street THUR 23 APRIL & FRI 24 APRIL 6PM, 7.30PM and Nelson Place, Williamstown Williamstown Town Hall, 104 Ferguson Street, Bookings: bit.ly/30KESmn Williamstown FREE EVENT Bookings: bit.ly/373fdYm

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MV Steve Irwin Postcards from the Gardens— Ship4Good—MV Steve Irwin Moments in Time Explore a series of displays on board the MV Steve Williamstown Botanic Gardens in partnership with Friends Irwin celebrating the 155 year anniversary of the visit of of Williamstown Botanic Gardens the famous anti-whaling ship, the CSS Shenandoah, to Using the historic postcard collection of the Williamstown. The MV Steve Irwin now sits almost exactly Williamstown Botanic Gardens’ archive, visitors will where the CSS Shenandoah first visited. Learn more about tour the 160 year old Gardens, revisiting sites and views these highly significant anti-whaling ships that have had featured in vintage postcards, as we discover what these measurable impact on ocean conservation. images and intriguing handwritten messages can tell us SELECT DAYS 18 APRIL–19 MAY about these moments in time. WEDNESDAYS 12–5PM Heritage Hobsons Bay THUR 30 APRIL 10AM–12PM FRIDAYS 4–7PM Williamstown Botanic Gardens, Cnr Giffard and WEEKENDS 12–5PM Explore Hobsons Bay in the west of Melbourne during the Australian Heritage Festival. Discover Osborne Streets, Williamstown Work Shop Pier Seaworks, 82 Nelson Place, Williamstown history and heritage from the First Peoples to waterfront Williamstown, the original port of Bookings: bit.ly/371sNvB Bookings: [email protected] Melbourne, then further west to the 178-year-old Altona Homestead built by the Langhorne FREE ENTRY $2 family. Join us for a program of events; including guided walking tours, exhibitions and open days that tell some of our unique heritage stories. Photo: Williamstown Botanic Gardens, Postcard For further information visit hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/heritagehobsonsbay Photo: Williamstown Botanic Gardens, Postcard Truganina Explosives Reserve Open Point Gellibrand Walking Tour Day and Art Exhibition Hobsons Bay City Council in partnership with Parks Victoria Bringing Our History to Life The Past on Parade Hobsons Bay City Council in partnership with National Trust Join Parks Victoria Rangers and local historians to Altona-Laverton Historical Society Williamstown Historical Society of Australia (Victoria) Inner West Branch discover the fascinating history of Williamstown’s Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park. Point Gellibrand has Join us for an interactive journey to discover the history Throughout Williamstown’s history, parades have Have you ever travelled down Queen Street in Altona rich Indigenous, social, cultural, and natural values. of the Altona Homestead. We’ll bring the homestead, brought the community together to recognise and and wondered what is behind that long corrugated iron Come along to hear the many diverse stories within this its rooms, and various artefacts into the 21st century celebrate significant events and milestones. This fence? Now is your chance to find out by taking a guided significant landscape. with the use of QR codes. Using your smartphone, take photographic exhibition features the many colourful tour of the Truganina Explosives Reserve. Drop in to see a leisurely stroll through the homestead to learn more and joyful parades that have occurred in Williamstown the current art exhibition, and enjoy refreshments and SAT 2 MAY 11AM–1PM about its 178 year old history. from the 19th Century. activities for kids. Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park, Williamstown TUE 21 APRIL & 5 & 12 MAY 11AM–2PM SAT 18–SUN 26 APRIL SUN 3 MAY 11AM–4PM Bookings: bit.ly/2RqeR7K SAT 25 APRIL & 9 & 16 MAY 10AM–12PM See website for times: Truganina Explosives Reserve, 276 Queen Street, Altona SUN 3 MAY 10:30–2:30PM libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/williamstown-library FREE EVENT Altona Homestead, Logan Reserve, Altona Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown FREE EVENT BY DONATION DONATION

Exhibition—Our Chinese The Pribislaw Journey Community Friends of Westgarthtown Echuca Historical Society Inc When William Westgarth, the founder and first This exhibition tells the story of some of Echuca’s early president of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, Chinese residents through photos and ephemera. Our promoted Victoria as a destination for German and early Chinese residents worked on the paddle steamers, Wendish immigrants, the historic and eventful journey as market gardeners supplying produce both locally and on the Pribislaw was set in motion. This exhibition and to Bendigo and Melbourne, as general merchants, and lecture will delve into the 1849–1850 journey and how working in the service industry. this tested the passenger’s mental, physical and spiritual strength. SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY 11AM–3PM SUN 26 APRIL 1PM Echuca Historical Society Museum, 1 Dickson Street, Echuca Ziebell’s Farmhouse Museum & Heritage Garden, Cnr Ainwick Crescent and Gardenia Road, Thomastown ADULT $5 CHILD $2 Bookings: [email protected] ADULT $3 CHILD $0.5 NT MEMBER $2

Chinese Australian Families of Clarendon Terrace Immigration Records & Her Place Women’s Museum Australia Your Family Tree Join historian and curator Dr Sophie Couchman to discuss the lives of two prominent families—Louis Geelong Regional Library Corporation Ah Mouy and Ang Chuck and Lowe Kong Meng and Learn about the resources available in our eCollections Mary Ann Prussia—that lived at Clarendon Terrace and that can help you find out more about your family’s Valletta in the 1860s and helped shape Melbourne’s immigration journey. cultural and financial future. THUR 30 APRIL 2:30–3:30PM THUR 23 APRIL 6PM Belmont Library, 163 High Street, Belmont 208-210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on Bookings: trybooking.com/BHRSF FREE EVENT ADULT $10

Migrant Photo: Ziebell’s Farmhouse, courtesy City of Melton German Migration and Settlement at Westgarthtown City of Melton In March 1850, a group of German immigrants settled at Thomastown, where they built dairy farms and practised Heritage a traditional Wendish way of life that has left a legacy of traditional stone buildings and dry stone walls. Join us for a guided bus tour of Ziebell’s farmhouse and garden and enjoy morning tea in the historic buildings. BYO Victoria is fortunate to be home to communities Delve into the stories and experiences of those picnic lunch. from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds who who made long voyages by sea, those who rushed THUR 23 APRIL 9:30AM–3PM share their citizenship as well as cultural practices to Victoria’s gold fields in hope of finding their Bus departs Melton City Centre, 232 High Street, Melton and traditions. Through business and commerce, fortune, inter- and post-war migrants seeking Bookings: melton.vic.gov.au/heritagefestival farming and industry, visual and performing arts, refuge, and those that continue to migrate to our food and dining, and civic leadership, migrant shores today. ADULT $7.5 communities have always been an integral part Photo: Ziebell’s Farmhouse Museum and Heritage of our history and continue to shape our future. Garden by David Johns Migrant Heritage | 69 Ranelagh Estate Walks Modernist Design Women National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Mornington Peninsula Robin Boyd Foundation Branch Many of Melbourne’s modernists architects and designers Modernism Visitors will be able to enjoy a guided walk through the worked and were friends with Robin Boyd, joining him in curvilinear streets of the Walter Burley Griffin designed championing the international modernist movement in Ranelagh Estate and learn first hand about the history Melbourne and throughout Australia. Hear from some of of the heritage dwellings that line the streets of this the women in this group about their professional journeys, stunning estate. early works, and how their designing legacies continue to influence current works and open pathways for the next FRIDAYS 17 & 24 APRIL, 1 MAY 1:30–3:30PM generation of women in the field. Ranelagh Club, 3 Rosserdale Crescent, Mount Eliza THUR 7 MAY 6:30–8:30PM Bookings: [email protected] or 0418 596 701 Robin Boyd Foundation, 290 Walsh Street, South Yarra ADULT $17 NT MEMBER $15 Bookings: robinboyd.org.au/whats-on ADULT $40 CONC $25

Palm Springs 2020: A Pecha Kucha Night Do We Need a 21st Century Small Beaumaris Modern Inc. Homes Housing Service? Join us for an inspiring presentation about the globally famous Palm Springs Mid-Century Modernism Week Robin Boyd Foundation held in February 2020. Be treated to 20 slides at 20 Learn how the Age Small Homes Housing Service (SHS, seconds each from each presenter with personal 1947–1981) popularised concepts of the modern home and commentary on the Palm Springs experience, in the how Robin Boyd, as its first director, set its major design unique Petcha Kucha story-telling format, by Beaumaris tenet to ‘do better with less’. Hear from the SHS’ former Modern committee members and our patron, Peter directors on how Boyd’s tenet is still relevant today. Maddison (Grand Designs Australia). This is definitely not your average slide night! WED 29 APRIL 6:30–8:30PM Robin Boyd Foundation, 290 Walsh Street, South Yarra THUR 23 APRIL 7:30PM Bookings: robinboyd.org.au/whats-on Beaumaris Bowls Club, Martin Street, Beaumaris Bookings: beaumarismodern.com.au ADULT $40 CONC $25 ADULT $55

Beaumaris Classics by Foot Beaumaris Modern Inc. Walsh Street Tours A 1956 publication from the Royal Victorian Institute Robin Boyd Foundation of Architects quoted Beaumaris as having “the greatest Experience ‘Walsh Street’, the house Robin Boyd concentration of interesting houses in the metropolitan designed for his own family in 1957, and his most area”. Beaumaris remains a living treasure trove of mid- well-known work. It has been extensively published century modernism. Come peer behind the tea-trees both nationally and internationally as an exemplar of as we explore and appreciate the mid-century modern modernist Australian architecture and a house that streetscape that defines this unique suburb. Learn about continues to influence architectural thinking. the architects, designers and artists who have called During the 1950s, 60s, and 70s Victoria included within this theme celebrate the optimism Beaumaris home. underwent a period of transformation and and inventiveness of the art, architecture, and SAT 18 APRIL THUR 30 APRIL & SAT 16 MAY SUN 17 MAY 11AM, 1PM & 3PM change on a scale not seen since the gold rush. design produced during this highly influential 11AM–1PM & 1:30–3:30PM The post-war boom saw Melbourne’s population period, highlighting the masterful minds and Robin Boyd Foundation, 290 Walsh Street, South Yarra Beaumaris Memorial Community Centre, 96 Reserve Road, Beaumaris almost double, with the 1956 Olympics a key organisations that sort to reshape and redefine Bookings: robinboyd.org.au/whats-on Bookings: beaumarismodern.com.au moment in the modernisation of the city. Despite the city around us. ADULT $45 CONC $25 the historical importance of this period, progress ADULT $40 Photo: Small Homes Service, courtesy Robin Boyd towards recognising and celebrating our Foundation post-war heritage has been difficult. Events Modernism | 71 Preserving our Railway Heritage Newport Railway Museum Motoring, The Newport Railway Museum showcases over 150 years of Victoria’s amazing railway heritage. A range of works are currently underway at the site, and our volunteers will be delighted to tell visitors all about the amazing exhibits we are working on to ensure that our valuable railway Transportation, exhibits will be preserved for future generations. SATURDAYS 18 APRIL–16 MAY 12–5PM Newport Railway Museum, 26 Champion Road, Newport ADULT $10 CONC & CHILD $5 FAMILY $25 and Machinery

Display of Vintage Cars and Motorbikes National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Miss Fisher has returned to Rippon Lea Estate! For one day only, Rippon Lea will host a small display of vintage cars as an additional feature of the National Trust’s Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears exhibition. This special event is a unique opportunity to check out some vintage beauties before delving into an adventure with Phryne 44th Historic Winton filled with glamour, romance and adventure. Austin 7 Club Inc in partnership with HMRAV SAT 25 APRIL 11AM–2PM Historic Winton is Australia’s longest-running, all- Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick historic race meeting, presents another weekend of thrilling motorsport action. See 400 historic cars, ADULT $10 CONC $7 CHILD $4 FAMILY $20 motorbikes and sidecars compete plus a display NT MEMBER FREE of 2,000 rare and much-loved vehicles over the weekend. Pit entry now included in ticket price. SAT 30–SUN 31 MAY 8:30AM–5PM Winton Motor Raceway, Huntley Street, Winton Behind the Railways: Bookings: ticketebo.com.au/historic-winton The Story of the Newport Workshops SAT $35 SUN $45 WEEKEND $70 CHILD FREE Steamrail Victoria

Tour the historic Newport Railway Workshops and discover the fascinating 130-year history of this important place. From the sites beginnings in the 19th Century— the golden age for rail—to its current use as a home for heritage rail operators, the Workshops are a time capsule of historic machines, traditions and practices. SUN 2 MAY HOURLY TOURS 10AM–2PM Steamrail Victoria, Champion Road, Newport Bookings: bit.ly/2NChHWa FREE EVENT

Victoria has long had a proud tradition and history of roads, tramways, and train lines that connect us of motoring, transportation, and machinery and provide a tangible reminder of the machinery and has a significant legacy of manufacturing and innovations that have kept us moving. Australian designed cars, farm machinery, and Photo: Newport Railway Workshop, courtesy State locomotives. These events celebrate the growth Library of Victoria and achievement of Victoria through its arteries Motoring, Transportation and Machinery | 73 150 years of the Royal Arcade

Victorian Colonial Express Victorian Goldfields Railway An experience not to be missed, experience rail travel SATURDAYS 2–16 MAY 12–4:30PM of the 1880’s in Victoria’s oldest railway carriages. Castlemaine Railway Station, Kennedy Street, Take a memorable trip back in time when these Castlemaine quaint carriages were the latest in speed and comfort. Spend an hour or two wandering around soaking up Bookings: vgr.com.au the atmosphere of the town ship of Maldon or visit a ADULT $50 CONC $45 CHILD $20 FAMILY $110 country pub for lunch.

Royal Arcade by George William Perry c1855–1897, courtesy State Library of Victoria

This year marks the 150th The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) anniversary of Melbourne’s will be working with the Royal Arcade to celebrate the historic, social, and historic Royal Arcade, the architectural legacy of the Royal Arcade oldest extant shopping from 1870 to 2020, including walking tours arcade in Australia. during the Australian Heritage Festival. For more information visit: nationaltrust.org.au/ahf/vic

The Royal Arcade is located within the heart of 74 | Motoring, Transportation and Machinery Melbourne’s CBD with entrances on Bourke St Mall, Little Collins Street and Elizabeth Street. Australian History Storytime Hobsons Bay City Council Especially for the Australian Heritage Festival, join us for Oral and these special storytime sessions where we will explore tales of Australian history through books, songs and craft. Visit the Australian Heritage Festival website for the storytime near you. SAT 18 APRIL & TUE 21–FRI 24 APRIL 10:30–11:15AM Social Various locations, for more information visit: libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au for details FREE EVENT History Dentistry: Innovation & Education The University of Melbourne Medical History Museum in partnership with Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Tours and Talks This exhibition showcases the development of dental practice, education and public health in Victoria, Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History and celebrates 135 years since the establishment of Accidental discoveries and morbid realities litter the the Odontological Society of Victoria in 1884. The history of anaesthesia. Join us at the museum for a Society brought about the development of the first series of talks and guided tours to learn more about dental school in Victoria, which contributed to the the interesting and unusual aspects of this fascinating formalisation of dental education and further legitimised history. the dental practice and research. For more information on upcoming tours and SAT 18 APRIL—TUE 19 MAY MON–FRI 10AM–5PM talks visit: geoffreykayemuseum.org.au/events SAT 1–5PM CLOSED SUNDAY Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, Medical History Museum, Brownless Biomedical 630 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Library, The University of Melbourne, Parkville FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

On Parade: 46 years of the Kew Cartophilic Collection: Festival Ephemera Exhibition Kew Historical Society Hobsons Bay City Council in partnership with Williamstown Library and the Australian Cartophilic Society In 1974 the Kew City Council initiated the Kew Festival and Parade to encourage the community to See the history of Hobsons Bay on display through over a come together to celebrate their local heritage. The century of postcards, trading cards, and other ephemera! Kew Historical Society have curated an exhibition of You will have a chance to see historic images of the area photographs of the many festivals and parades held in through our interactive touch table, and discover the Kew over the years, demonstrating the community spirit history of Hobsons Bay through a cartophilic lens. that filled the streets. SAT 18 APRIL–19 MAY Social history provides a window into the past of and communities to the physical fabric of our FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS 18 APRIL–16 MAY ordinary people and oral history tells these stories heritage. Through stories, artefacts, recordings, Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown 11AM–1PM through songs, storytelling, folklore, and memory. places, and archives, these events will provide For opening hours visit: Kew Court House, 188 High Street, Kew The secrets of our history tend to lurk in forgotten a window into the hearts and minds of ordinary libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/williamstown-library FREE EVENT archives and dwell within the intergenerational people who shaped the historical landscape of FREE EVENT narratives that make-up our diverse heritage. The Victoria. voices of the Victoria’s past continue to unravel Photo: Queen Victoria Market, by Jessica Hood the historical threads that binds places, families,

Oral and Social History | 77 Preserving Victoria’s Fire History Exhibition: Remembering the End Fire Services Museum of Victoria Geelong Regional Library Corporation The Fire Services Museum of Victoria is an organisation This exhibition explores the peace celebrations and dedicated to the preservation and showcasing of life following the conclusion of WWI in Geelong and fire-fighting memorabilia from Victoria, Australia and Barwon Region. Understand how Geelong reacted to overseas. Come and see one of the largest collections the announcement of the end, and the impact in the of fire-fighting memorabilia in Australia, located in one following years. of its prized exhibits—the original headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB). MON 20 APRIL–SUN 17 MAY Torquay Library Surf City Plaza, Beach Road, Torquay THUR & FRI 19 APRIL–17 MAY 9AM–3PM SUN TOURS BY APPOINTMENT 10AM–4PM Visit grlc.vic.gov.au/locate/torquay-library for opening hours Fire Services Museum of Victoria, 39 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne FREE EVENT ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD $8 FAMILY $18 NT MEMBER $8

An Anzac In The Family—Tracing Your Military Ancestors Behind the Scenes Tour Geelong Regional Library Corporation of the Convent Are you curious to know if you have ancestors who Abbotsford Convent Foundation served in the military? This session will teach you to use some of the many resources available to discover and Go behind the scenes to discover the Convent’s diverse explore Australia’s military history. history, from its use as a meeting point for the Kulin Nation, to its days as a monastic site run by the Good MON 20 APRIL 10:30–11:30AM Shepherd Sisters, and how it came to be the leading arts, Corio Library, Cox Road & Moa Street, Norlane culture and education community it is today. TUE 21 APRIL 2:30–3:30PM SUNDAYS 19 APRIL–17 MAY 2–3:30PM & SAT 25 Photo: Newly restored North Magdalen Laundry, Abbotsford Convent by Anne Moffat APRIL 11AM–12:30PM Belmont Library, 163 High Street, Belmont Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on Bookings: bit.ly/36oi6C6 FREE EVENT Law, Lawyers and La Trobe From Secret Ballot to ADULT $15 CONC $12.5 Royal Historical Society of Victoria Democracy Sausage We are delighted to announce that the 2020 AGL Shaw Hobsons Bay City Council Lecture will be presented by leading legal historian, Join award-winning author and academic, Judith Brett, Dr Simon Smith AM FRHSV. Dr Smith is an Adjunct to hear about her latest book, From Secret Ballot to Words of Meaning, Words of Life Professor at Victoria University and was Vice-President Democracy Sausage: How Australia got compulsory voting, of the RHSV from 2009–2011. West Gate Bridge Bridge Disaster— City of Greater Dandenong and learn why Australia is the only English-speaking TUE 21 APRIL 6:30–8PM country to make its citizens vote, how has this affected 1970 Come and visit an original interpretative display that our politics, and what else sets us apart from other informs and shares the narratives of life through the Royal Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne Supreme Court of Victoria democracies. printed word. These important links to our past praise, Bookings: bit.ly/38YfbBP or (03) 9326 9288 The Supreme Court Library is hosting an exhibition reflect, challenge, educate and create an understanding TUE 21 APRIL 6:30PM ADULT $50 that marks the 50th anniversary of the West Gate of our world which frames our shared and individual Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown bridge disaster. The exhibition will focus on the Royal identity. Commission held after the disaster. Visitors can explore Bookings: bit.ly/2tLuyP0 TUE–FRI 21 APRIL–19 MAY 10AM–4PM the library as well as the Supreme Court building and FREE EVENT attend a trial. Benga Heritage Hill Museum & Historic Gardens, 66 McCrae Street, Dandenong WEEKDAYS 20 APRIL–19 MAY 9AM–5PM Supreme Court Library, 210 William Street, Melbourne FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

78 | Oral and Social History Oral and Social History | 79 Geelong History of ANZAC Heart Places: A Heritage of Our Stories for the Future The Queen Victoria Market Geelong Regional Library Corporation Connections Geelong Regional Library Corporation Yesterday, Today and Hear from Graham Rawlins from Geelong RSL and Greater Shepparton City Council Do you have a story of Corio that you’d love to share? Tomorrow: Heritage and Emotion Mark Beasley, Manager of the Geelong Heritage Centre Drop into Corio Library to have them recorded as a For the 2020 Bruce Wilson Memorial Lecture, join Royal Historical Society of Victoria Collection & Services to learn more about Geelong’s video! Whether long or short, an interesting tale, or a pre-eminent heritage practitioner Christine Johnston as Join historians, Graeme Davison AO and Charles involvement in WWI and the impact that this had to the she explores people’s attachment to place, shared and funny fact—share what you love about Corio so that region. they can be enjoyed into the future. Sowerwine for a progressive conversation about the divergent values, and how tangible and intangible values social value of Queen Victoria Market (QVM). With over WED 22 APRIL 2PM are incorporated into heritage today. TUE 28 APRIL–12 MAY 140 years of history, ongoing conservation of QVM must Newcomb Library, Bellarine Highway, Newcomb THUR 23 APRIL 1PM & 6PM Corio Library, Cox Road, Norlane consider the intangible values of the site in addition to the material fabric. This event will be followed by a screening Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on Shepparton Senior Citizens Centre, 132 Welsford Visit grlc.vic.gov.au/locate/corio-library for opening of the animation, Out in the Open. Street, Shepparton hours FREE EVENT WED 29 APRIL 5–6:30PM FREE EVENT FREE EVENT Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne

Bookings: bit.ly/2uvZQsZ or [email protected]. au or 393 269 288 Introduction to Trove ADULT $20 NT MEMBER $10 Geelong Regional Library Corporation The Spanish Flu One Soldier’s Journey Trove is the National Library of Australia’s online Geelong Regional Library Corporation Geelong Regional Library Corporation repository of digital materials. Come along to this Amidst the celebrations at the end of WWI a new threat Come along to hear about Judith Oke’s journey of introductory workshop to learn how to search and was emerging—the Spanish flu. Learn more about the discovery as she unravelled and reflected on the access millions of digitised books, images, maps, fascinating history and epidemiology of the Spanish flu wartime experiences of her relative. Learn about the newspapers, sound recordings and more. from University of Melbourne Professorial Fellow, John library resources which helped her to develop a picture Out in the Open Mathews. of his WWI service in France. Royal Historical Society of Victoria in partnership with WED 22 APRIL 2–3PM Friends of Queen Victoria Market and the Stallholders and THUR 23 APRIL 6:30PM WED 29 APRIL 10:30AM Bannockburn Library, 25 High Street, Bannockburn Traders Action Group Torquay Library Surf City Plaza, Beach Road, Torquay Drysdale Library, 18-20 Hancock Street, Drysdale Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on View an animation by artists Isobel Knowles and Van Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on FREE EVENT Sowerwine in the historic sheds of the Queen Victoria Market. Out In The Open tells the hidden stories of the FREE EVENT FREE EVENT market and the deep relationship a trader has with the site, highlighting the significant emotional and social value of this heritage place.

Gold Rush Melbourne WED 29 APRIL 6:45–7:45PM Old Treasury Building Author Encounter with Nick Finding Families Queen Victoria Market, 190 Franklin Street, Melbourne Gold was first discovered in Australia in 1851, luring Richardson Hobsons Bay City Council BY DONATION people to New South Wales and Victoria to make their Do you need some help getting started with your family Geelong Regional Library Corporation fortune. As stories circulated of fabulous finds, gold tree? This practical session will point you in the right fever gripped the imagination of thousands—however, Join author Nick Richardson to discuss his book, 1956, direction to discover the principles of family history the reality of gold mining was very different. Discover in which he debunks one of the hardiest clichés in research and the wide range of resources available. what Melbourne was like during these turbulent times, Australian history—that the 1950s was a dull decade. Recommended for beginners. and the difficult and dangerous conditions of the In 1956, the world came to Australia’s doorstep, gold rush. challenging rusted-on habits and shifting the nation’s WED 29 APRIL 10:30–11:30AM perception of itself. Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson Street, THUR 23 APRIL 11AM–12PM Williamstown TUE 28 APRIL 6:30PM Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne Bookings: bit.ly/2S8YWuG Geelong Library & Heritage Centre, FREE EVENT 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong FREE EVENT Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on FREE EVENT

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80 | Oral and Social History Oral and Social History | 81 The Missing Heritage Storytelling with Discover Your Ancestry Heritage of Scouting Open Day Geelong Regional Library Corporation Spark Video Geelong Regional Library Corporation Scout Heritage Victoria The consequences of WWI generated a significant loss Geelong Regional Library Corporation Having trouble finding those elusive ancestors? Come Has someone in your family previously been a Scout? Scout Heritage Victoria will be showcasing the Museum of life, resulting in a deep burden of grief for Australians Do you have a story to share? This interactive workshop along to this interactive workshop to learn how to utilise on the homefront. What was particularly difficult was Ancestry Library Edition to help improve your genealogy on Mackie—the History of Scouting in Victoria. A range will introduce you to the resources to bring your story of exhibits and artefacts will be on display together with the vast number of those who were ‘missing’—their to life. searching. bodies never found. Join us for a film screening of ‘The interactive activities, guided tours and research on past Missing’ which explores two unsung humanitarian TUE 5 MAY 2–3PM Multiple dates and locations, visit members. grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on for more information. responses to this crisis, followed by a conversation with Geelong Library & Heritage Centre, 51 Little Malop SUN 17 MAY 10AM–4PM historians Fred Cahir and Bart Ziino. Street, Geelong FREE EVENT Scout Heritage Victoria, 62A Mackie Road, THUR 30 APRIL 6PM Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on Bentleigh East Leopold Library & Community Hub, FREE EVENT BY DONATION 31-39 Kensington Road, Leopold Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on FREE EVENT Hoarder or Historian? Ephemera Society of Australia

Finding Families Join us for a presentation that showcases how a number Captain Robert Grieve VC of individuals have created important collections that Hobsons Bay City Council could easily be found in State or National collections. Brighton Historical Society Do you need some help getting started with your family Based on years of collecting, see records of 19th Join us for an informative talk and relive “the biggest Waltzing Matilda—Australia’s tree? This practical session will point you in the right and early 20th Century Australia’s domestic history, party ever in Brighton” when over 5000 people greeted Accidental Anthem direction to discover the principles of family history demonstrating that these objects and ephemera Captain Robert Grieve, the only Brighton-born soldier to Hobsons Bay City Council research and the wide range of resources available. spotlight an important part of our everyday lives—that be awarded the Victoria Cross. Recommended for beginners. shouldn’t be thrown away. Join Benjamin Lindner, a criminal barrister and author of SUN 17 MAY 2–4PM Waltzing Matilda—Australia’s accidental anthem, to uncover TUE 5 MAY 6:30–7:30PM SUN 10 MAY 2–3PM Brighton Historical Society, 32 Wilson Street, Brighton the truth behind this famous song. Explore how it all started Altona Library, 123 Queen Street, Altona Camberwell Library Meeting Rooms, Bookings: [email protected] or 03 9553 8650 as a collaboration in outback Queensland in 1895, resulting Bookings: bit.ly/36Mf8Y1 270 Camberwell Road, Camberwell in the end of a seven-year relationship. Linder takes a Bookings: [email protected] ADULT $8 forensic approach to the topic, laying bare the evidence to FREE EVENT discover new twists in this fascinating story. FREE EVENT THUR 30 APRIL 6:30PM Altona Library, 123 Queen Street, Altona Bookings: bit.ly/2NUTlqA Photo: Inside the T.O.M.S Place Market Hall, Walking the Past— FREE EVENT by Sarah Chavdaroska Virtual Reality Time Travel A Sneak Peek into T.O.M.S Place— Hobsons Bay Libraries Former Brunswick Market Walk through a selection of iconic heritage sites from T.O.M.S Place around the world using virtual reality technology. Join the space designers on a rare peek inside T.O.M.S Cartophilic Collection: Explore some the world’s oldest streets, taking in the Place, a beautiful shared workplace and coworking sites from long ago past, but not forgotten. space in one of Brunswick’s most iconic heritage Curator’s Talk buildings, the Former Brunswick Market built in THUR 7 MAY 6:30–7:30PM Hobsons Bay City Council in partnership with Williamstown 1930. Library and the Australian Cartophilic Society Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown SAT 16 MAY Hear from members of the Australian Cartophilic 30 MIN TOURS EVERY HOUR 10AM–2PM Society as they chronicle the history of Hobsons Bay Bookings: bit.ly/36LhrL4 through over a century of postcards, trading cards, and 1 Tripovich Street, Brunswick FREE EVENT ephemera. Learn about the role of trading cards and Bookings: tomsplace.com.au/events postcards in recording history. FREE EVENT MON 4 MAY 6:30–7:30PM Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown Bookings: bit.ly/2GCaiSz FREE EVENT

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FESTIVAL LAUNCH EVENT Keith Haring—Living Heritage National Trust of Australia (Victoria) in partnership with Collingwood Arts Precinct Ltd In 1984 emerging American street artist and social activist, Keith Haring, made his one and only trip to Australia. While in Melbourne he undertook a large scale outdoor mural at the former Collingwood Technical School, which was to be his only permanent artwork completed on his visit. Haring’s mural is now an icon within the cultural landscape of Collingwood and evokes an emotional social attachment within the wider community. The untold stories and struggles of lesbian, gay, These forgotten histories are embedded in the Join us to officially launch the 2020 Australian Heritage Festival with a lively panel discussion on the legacy of bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer people buildings, streetscapes and landscapes that Haring’s work and the heavily debated restoration project that has returned the mural to its former vibrancy. and their communities have in recent years comprise our shared heritage and tell the stories THUR 16 APRIL 6–8PM begun to come to light, with accounts of the of the hidden love of gay bushrangers and diggers, Collingwood Arts Precinct, 35 Johnston Street, Collingwood underground, forgotten narratives of repression, of sordid 19th Century underbelly of Melbourne, political activism, and pride reminding us of their and the protests and people that shaped LGBTIQ Bookings: haringheritage.eventbrite.com.au contribution to shaping Victoria’s social fabric. activism of the 1970s and beyond. FREE EVENT

Photo: Gay Liberation demonstration, City Square, Melbourne, 1 December 1972. By Peter McEwan, courtesy Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives

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A History of LGBTIQ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives and Heritage Victoria Does Victoria have queer heritage? In this presentation, the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives and Heritage Victoria will be reporting back on their recent study which set out to find 100 places, objects, and collections that are of significance to LGBTIQ+ Victorians. SUN 10 MAY 2:30–4PM Princess Hill Community Centre, 5 Bagung Lane, Princes Hill Bookings: [email protected] FREE EVENT

Photo: Andrew George Scott, alias Captain Moonlite, courtesy State Library of Victoria

The Tale of Captain Moonlite— Bushranger & Gentleman City of Melton Captain Moonlite has been called ‘the bushranger most likely to qualify as queer’. Join Jeff Sparrow—a Walkley Award winning journalist, editor and broadcaster—to discover the fascinating story of a lesser known outlaw, one that illuminates 19th Century ideas about love, sexuality and colonial masculinity. SAT 25 APRIL 2–3:30PM Kurunjang Community Hub, 33 Mowbray Crescent, Kurunjang Bookings: melton.vic.gov.au/heritagefestival Photo: Not all straight badge, courtesy FREE EVENT Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives Explore historic Beleura House & Garden, a classic nineteenth-century villa surrounded A Theatre by twelve acres of garden. Enjoy our recital program of classical, light of the Past opera, jazz and new music by Australia’s finest performers. Visit our website for our full music and tour program. Tours of the house and garden are available throughout the year. Group bookings are welcome. Pre-booking visitation is essential. Beleura House & Garden is an associated property with the National Trust.

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86 | Queer History Gown of the Year 1974 Geelong Regional Library Corporation Visitors to the Heritage Centre Reading Room will have Women’s the special opportunity to view the 1974 Gown of the Year. Created by a Gordon Technical College fashion student from Geelong, this cutting-edge design costume was entered into the Kembo Design Competition, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan in 1974. SAT 18 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY CLOSED SUN & MON History Geelong Library & Heritage Centre, 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong Visit grlc.vic.gov.au/locate/heritage-centre for opening hours. FREE EVENT

Wayward Women? Feminart Old Treasury Building Splinter Contemporary Artists If you think Marvellous Melbourne was a glamourous An exhibition of paintings, textiles, ceramics, printing time—think again. It wasn’t all elegant balls and and sculptures which celebrate the world of women leisured promenades down Collins Street, especially and pay tribute to women artists who have inspired us. if you were a woman. This exhibition examines Splinter Contemporary Artists have exhibited together the stories of ten women who didn’t quite fit the in the Goulburn Valley for 21 years. stereotype of demure Victorian womanhood. While some stories might shock you, these women MON–SAT 18 APRIL–19 MAY 10AM–4PM contributed to social reform—that in time—improved CLOSED SUNDAY the position of many women. Kyabram Town Hall Gallery, 199 Allan Street, Kyabram SUN 19 APRIL–TUE 19 MAY 10AM–4PM BY DONATION Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne FREE EVENT

A Pharmacist’s Tale National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Learn the story of Hilda Gray, a young pharmacist, One Name at a Time— who set out to do business in Chiltern in 1930 when it was a dusty little town with a history of goldmining The Future of Heidelberg’s Busy and drinking. Discover Gray’s pharmacy, complete with Bee Signature Quilt lotions, positions, tonics, and pills, and discover the Heidelberg Historical Society Inc. life of this amazing woman. Heidelberg’s signature quilt was created by a group of SUN 19 APRIL 10AM–4PM women as a fundraising project for their church. Each These events position the experiences and voices communities and places. These events will explore Dow’s Pharmacy, 42-44 Conness Street, Chiltern contributor signed their names on 213 cotton squares, of women at the forefront of Victorian history the theme by situating women as the historical and one name at a time, the quilt was assembled. Join us and across landmark historical events. Through focal point in the stories of our local communities, BY DONATION for a discussion to learn how, 125 years later, the quilt’s archival research and oral history, these events our significant events, and their contributions history is being researched—one name at a time, square will unearth the forgotten voices and overlooked and achievements in both the private and public by square. contributions of women throughout Victorian spheres. SUN 19 & 26 APRIL 3–4PM history and trace the struggles and achievements Photo: The Armytage family on the verandah of Old Heidelberg Court House, Jika Street, Heidelberg of women’s liberation. Uncover the narratives Come House c1890 of hardship and burdens carried by women in ADULT $5 CHILD FREE wartime, and experience the domestic household as a crucial window to understand the history of Women’s History | 89

Family History Lesson: Researching The Feminine Aesthetic Women in Your Family Tree Villa Alba Museum Inc Join us to explore the glamourous world of fashion from Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library 1850-1950. This exhibition will showcase 100 years of Having trouble digging up information on your female Australian fashion and design, including a number of relatives? This session will provide you with tips and costumes that have not previously been on display. Join tricks on how to find information about women in your us also for a special day of lectures and workshops with family tree, looking at nursing and military records in fashion historian, Nicole Jenkins, and learn more about particular. fashion history and conservation. Returning MON 20 APRIL 11AM–1PM EXHIBITION OPEN WEEKENDS 25 APRIL–17 MAY PMI Victorian History Library, 39 St Edmonds Road, 1–4PM our Prahran WORKSHOP WED 29 APRIL 10AM–3PM Bookings: trybooking.com/BHRSZ or 03 9510 3393 Villa Alba Museum, 44 Walmer Street, Kew Ancestors BY DONATION ADULT $12 CONC $10 FAMILY $20 NT MEMBER $10

“Our People were dug up and used Wonderful Women of Melbourne Mother’s Day at Lake View House for scientific exhibitions. We want Boroondara General Cemetery (Kew) National Trust of Australia (Victoria) them back.” — Uncle Jim Berg The cemetery is home to many pioneering women from Discover the childhood home of author Ethel Florence all walks of life. Their wonderful and sometimes tragic Richardson, who years later wrote extensively and A documentary about the tales span the arts, mechanics, medicine, literature, passionately about the charming home in her various sport, politics, history and more. Join us and be amazed novels under the pseudonym Henry Handel Richardson. desecration of Aboriginal burial at the determination, intelligence and skills of these The house will be open for a special Mother’s Day places in the name of research remarkable women. afternoon tea served in the gardens and the inaugural and the fight to return Ancestors Lake View Book Sale. SUN 26 APRIL 11:00AM to Country. SUN 10 MAY 1–4PM Boroondara General Cemetery, High Street, Kew, Victoria Lake View House, Cnr Victoria & Wills Street, Chiltern Bookings: (03) 9853 7025 or [email protected] ADULT $10 CHILD & NT MEMBER $8 ADULT $15 CHILD $10 FAMILY $40 NT MEMBER $10

Photo: Lake View House, Chiltern

Como’s Women National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Join us to discover the history of Melbourne told through the experiences of the women of Como. Hear these stories on a special house tour and follow the lives and work of the women who called Como home.

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Official Partners: The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) thanks all the event organisers for their contributions to this year’s Australian you. Heritage Festival program. The Festival relies on the support of local communities, without which we could Platinum Gold Silver Bronze not have produced such a wonderful program. A special thank you goes to all the volunteers who have generously contributed their valuable time to ensure the success of their events and the ongoing care of their heritage places. We would also like to thank our Official Partners, Parks Victoria and Perpetual Private, and our Friend of the Festival supporters for their contributions. To recognise their financial support, our Partners and Friends have a distinctive design to their events. Don’t forget to check out the Australian Heritage Festival website for even more events Narrapumelap as well as the latest details on what is Homestead happening near you. Head to the website for full details. australianheritagefestival.org.au

Disclaimer: This program is provided for information purposes only. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate and current at the time of publication, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) does not accept any responsibility for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies whatsoever arising from reliance on the information contained in this directory or on our website. The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) does not endorse, recommend or guarantee the goods or services listed in this program, and does not accept any liability for the suitability, quality or safety of those goods or services. #AHF2020 #Heritage4Future 92 | #nationaltrustvic Gippsland Event index Buchan Caves: Cave Tour 6 Membership Tara House Open Day 46 Daylesford & the Macedon Ranges

Application Form Creswick Heritage Water Walk 8 Goldfields Garden of St Erth Tour with Head Gardener 28 Reudins Eucalyptus Distillery Walk 8 Bus Tour of Historic Spud Diggers Huts 38 Castlemaine Diggings: Eureka Reef Walk 9 Membership Categories – select one The Great Trentham Spudfest 38 Castlemaine Diggings: Herons Reef Walk 9 Household National Trust Anderson’s Mill Heritage Weekend 41 Kooyoora Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Walk 13 1 year 3 years Single 1 year 3 years (2 adults and 4 children under 18) Unique by Nature, United by History 51 A Notable Heritage Experiment 15 Single Household $75.00 $203 $105.00 $284 Yesteryear’s Childhood—Today’s Heritage 59 The Revival of the Dr. E. Graeme Robertson 16 Cast Iron Collection Single Senior Household Senior Catholic Museum Open Day 59 $95.00 $257 (60+ years) $70.00 $189 (60+ years) Custodians of the Bacchus Marsh 59 Find the Squirrels in the Gardens 27 Single Concession Household Concession (Pen- $85.00 $230 Heritage for the Future Mandurang Valley 39 (Pensioner or Student) $55.00 $149 sioner or Student) Buda Stories 45 Geelong & the Bellarine Heritage Highlights Tour of Maryborough, Victoria 60 Senior/Pensioner/Student number TOTAL PAID Heritage Awards 2020 16 Bendigo Heritage Unwrapped 62 Rogues and Vagabonds of the Geelong Gaol 25 Personal Details Victorian Colonial Express 74 Majestic Trees and Heritage Structures 30

Tales at The Heads: 37 Grampians Name 1 Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss Date of Birth / / Point Lonsdale Lighthouse Tours JWard Lunatic Asylum Ghost Tour 25 Portarlington Mill Open Day 39 Name 2 Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss Date of Birth / / The Stick Shed at Murtoa 40 The Heights Open Day 43 Address Narrapumelap Homestead 43 Open Day: Christ Church, Geelong 45 Street Celebrate Your Mum, Your Heritage, Your Future 47 Bannockburn—Heritage Pubs of Meredith 51 Warracknabeal Court House 47 Suburb State Postcode Queenscliff—Living Our History 55 Mooramong—From Hollywood to the Country 47 Contact Information Fabric of a City—A Geelong Design Week 55 Beulah Heritage Trail and Book Launch 64 Phone (H) (M) Curious Corio 59 History of Newcomb 63 Great Ocean Road Email Exploring Lara’s Past 63 A Musical Flower Garden at Barwon Park 21

Payment Details The Bronze Stories: Geelong Unearthed Project 64 Timber Families of the Otways 40 with Dr Maria Takolander Coragulac House Open Day 44 Immigration Records & Your Family Tree 69 Please charge my credit card Visa Mastercard Amex Portland’s Post Office Over the Years 57 An Anzac In The Family— Portland and the Post 57 Credit card number Tracing Your Military Ancestors 78 Portland Book Launch 57 Geelong History of ANZAC 80 Portland Blues 57 Introduction to Trove 80 Exhibition: Remembering the End 78 Cardholder’s name Author Encounter with Nick Richardson 80 The Spanish Flu 80 Our Stories for the Future 81 Expiry date / Signature One Soldier’s Journey 81 High Country

Cheque made payable to: The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) The Missing 82 Maisie’s Pretty Valley Plots Walk 7 Heritage Storytelling with Spark Video 82 Mount Buffalo Chalet Tour 8 Please return this completed form to the Discover Your Ancestry 83 National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 6 Parliament Place, East Melbourne, VIC 3002. Alpine Discovery Days 8 Or scan and send to [email protected] Gown of the Year 1974 89 Our Heritage, Their Future—Activities for Kids 47 94 High Country—continued Bushland Bike Tour 28 Celebrating our Heritage: Tours of Holy Trinity Church 60 Victorian Country Houses and Gardens 48 Beechworth Historic Precinct Walking Tours 53 Footscray Park—An Edwardian Paradise 29 Stonnington Mansions Bus Tour 61 Flemington Racecourse Heritage Tour 49 Making Things in Beechworth 63 Botany Boot Camp 29 and Raceday Experience Mandeville Hall—Tour of a Toorak Mansion 61 Making the Dead Come Alive 63 Across the Werribee Plains 29 Murder, Mayhem amd Mishaps 51 Heritage 3D—Build the Past with a 3D Printer 63 44th Historic Winton 73 Victoria’s Native Vegetation: 29 Melbourne’s West End Revealed 51 The History of Hobsons Bay 63 History, Heritage, Politics A Pharmacist’s Tale 89 John Shaw Neilson: Poet of the Past, 51 Elsternwick Historical Walking Tour 64 ClimateWatch Walk 30 Mother’s Day at Lake View House 90 Message for the Future History of Hobsons Bay Trivia Night 64 Heritage Walk Wilson Botanic Park Berwick 30 What Makes Ricketts Point Marine 52 Bringing Our History to Life 66 Melbourne Labassa’s Ode to Nature 31 Sanctuary so Special? The Past on Parade 66 Werribee Park Farm Open Days 7 VictorianTree of the Year: 31 Walk through Boroondara’s Living Heritage 52 Williamstown Centenary Projection Tour 67 Braeside Park: Significant Tree Walk 9 Announcement & Panel Discussion How to Research the History of Your House 52 Postcards from the Gardens—Moments in Time 67 Birrarung Wilam Walk 11 Sludge: Forgotten Heritage of the Gold Rush 32 Step Back in Time— 52 The Explorer—Cranbourne Gardens 34 Green Screen Photo Opportunity Truganina Explosives Reserve 67 Stories from the Boonwurrung 11 Open Day and Art Exhibition Great Southern Land Walk 34 Sights Unseen 52 Aboriginal Heritage Walk 12 Ada Cambridge Walking Tour 67 Laurie McCalman Presentation— 53 A Digital Tour of Aboriginal Manningham 12 The Explorer—Melbourne Gardens 35 The World Is One Kilometre MV Steve Irwin 67 Bush Food Experience 12 Bay View Walk 35 Pure Gold 53 Point Gellibrand Walking Tour 67 Returning our Ancestors 12 Gardens Uncovered 35 Heritage Walk: Malvern Civic Precinct 53 Chinese Australian Families of Claredon Terrace 69 Footprints on the Landscape 13 PHOTO 2020—Garden Variety: 35 Photography, Politics and the Picturesque Fashion on the Ration 54 The Pribislaw Journey 69 Get to Know Heritage Victoria 15 Secret Life of Birds 35 Guided Tour of Malvern Town Hall 54 German Migration and Settlement 69 Innovations in Heritage—Teaching and 15 at Westgarthtown Story of Water Walk 35 Family History for Beginners 54 Research at the Melbourne School of Design Palm Springs 2020: A Pecha Kucha Night 71 Guided Tour of the Stonnington 54 The ‘Como Approach’ Forum 15 Steam Tug Wattle— 37 The Only Steamship in Melbourne History Centre, Northbrook Beaumaris Classics by Foot 71 Green Bans Walking Tour—Heritage Fought and Won 16 Younghusband Tour— 37 Walk Through Brighton—Now & Then 55 Walsh Street Tours 71 Cheesemaking at The Old Cheese Factory 19 From Wool Store to Beautiful Industrial Village Discover the History of Hobsons Bay Modernist Design Women 71 Where the Wild Sings Are: 19 Blunt’s Boatbuilding 38 @ Creative Kids Club 55 Do We Need a 21st Century Small 71 Songs of Animals and Beasts at Rippon Lea See Where Gunpowder Was Once Made 38 Ambleside Park Ferntree Gully Cemetery Tour 55 Homes Housing Service? Jacqui Stockdale—The Long Shot 19 Alma Doepel Restoration— 38 Step Back In Time— Preserving our Railway Heritage 73 In The Shadows—Photographic Exhibition 20 Youth Sail Training Programs Williamstown Guided Walking Tour 55 Display of Vintage Cars and Motorbikes 73 The Studio of Karl Duldig—A Living Legacy 20 Pirate Day at Polly Woodside 39 Local Heroes 56 Behind the Railways: 73 Waller House Creative Spaces: 20 Practice Makes Perfect at the Mission to Seafarers 40 Guided Tour of ‘Melbourne’s Most Joyful 56 The Story of the Newport Workshops Makers and Materials Set of Postmodern Structures’ Point Cook Homestead Ghost Tour 43 Tours and Talks 77 Grand Victoria Sponge Cake Competition 20 Unfortunate Life & Death— Cartophilic Collection: Ephemera Exhibition 77 Open House at La Trobe’s Cottage 44 Ellen Batman & Her Sisters at Toolern Vale 56 Heritage Crafts 21 Australian History Storytime 77 Exploring in the Archives 44 Heritage Walk: Department Stores of Chapel Street 56 Meet the Artists 22 Dentistry: Innovation & Education 77 Rippon Lea’s Victorian Kitchen 44 Ghosts of the Old City Williamstown 56 Ikebana Exhibition 22 On Parade: 46 years of the Kew Festival 77 Archeaology Uncovered 45 Lost St Kilda Mansions 58 Tradition and Antipodean— 22 Preserving Victoria’s Fire History 78 Twilight Chamber Music at Rippon Lea Artefacts from The Capitol— 45 Port Phillip Heritage Centre—Open Morning 58 Melbourne’s Magnificent Picture Palace Behind the Scenes Tour of the Convent 78 Ned Kelly Melbourne Locations Tour 25 Walking into the Future in Montague 58 AAADA Antiques & Art Fair Melbourne 46 West Gate Bridge Bridge Disaster—1970 78 Pentridge Prison D Division Ghost Tour 25 Montague—The Stories of a Community 58 Preserving your Personal Heritage for the Future 46 Law, Lawyers and La Trobe 79 Birds in the Australian Garden 27 Altona Homestead Ghost Tour A Grid Full of Squares— 60 Walking Tour of Melbourne CBD From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage 79 Melbourne Observatory: Night Tour 27 Melbourne Observatory— 46 Outstanding Universal Significance Bear’s Castle Tours 60 Gold Rush Melbourne 80 Beyond the Tap—The Yan Yean Water Supply 28 Saving your Photos for the Future 48 Climb the Auburn Tower 60 Finding Families 81 Rippon Lea Bonsai Exhibiton 28 Highfield Road Uniting Church Open Day 60 Melbourne—continued Street Art Tour 65 The Queen Victoria Market Yesterday, Today 81 Ballam Park Homestead Tour 65 and Tomorrow: Heritage and Emotion ANZAC Day in Frankston City 65 Out in the Open 81 Little Beauty Market 65 Waltzing Matilda—Australia’s Accidental Anthem 82 Ranelagh Estate Walks 71 Cartophilic Collection: Curator’s Talk 82 Finding Families 82 Phillip Island Walking the Past—Virtual Reality Time Travel 82 State Coal Mine: Underground Mine Tour 6 Hoarder or Historian? 83 Rhyll Heritage Walk 27 Be a supporter of Heritage of Scouting Open Day 83 The Murray Captain Robert Grieve VC 83 Mothers Day at Days Mill 9 A Sneak Peek into T.O.M.S Place— 83 the National Trust. 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