Victorian Program 18 April–19 May 2019 Job # Date created Owner Designer 2019-10 20/02/2019 Kim Wilson Reuben Lenoir

Status Approved Approved by Mark Knower

HISTORY WITH A VIEW We’re looking after your history. Come and see special places in amazing locations

Fort Nepean, Point Nepean National Park Contents

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage 10 Oral and Social History 74

Advocacy, Activism, and Conservation 14 War Heritage 82

Welcome to the 2019 Cultural Expressions 16 Women’s History 86 Workshops, Seminars, Australian Heritage Festival Gaols, Hospitals, and Asylums 20 and Lectures 90

We extend an invitation to all Victorians and visitors Last year we chose to organise our festival program Gardens, Landscapes alike to join us in celebrating the best of our shared thematically, and in doing so, captured a richer and more and the Environment 22 Acknowledgements 94 heritage during this year’s Australian Heritage Festival. comprehensive insight into our shared heritage. This year we have even more events that relay the stories The National Trust of () is the most and experiences of our diverse community Industrial and significant grassroots, cultural heritage organisation in the state of Victoria. Each year we coordinate a diverse The 2019 Australian Heritage Festival theme is Maritime Heritage 28 Index 97 program of events for Heritage Festival. Connecting People, Places, and the Past. It brings to life Events are held across the state, organised by a wide many chapters of Australian culture and history, relaying Living Museums, Galleries, variety of community groups, local councils, individuals, the diverse and distinctive experiences that individually heritage agencies, and other kindred organisations. The define our communities. While our organisation works Archives, and Collections 34 Festival beings annually on 18 April, the International hard to advocate and fight for our shared heritage on Day for Monuments and Sites, and in 2019 will draw to a daily basis, the Festival is an opportunity to reflect What our icons mean a close on 19 May. on the places where we live, work, and travel, and to Local and Residential celebrate exactly what it is we are seeking to protect. Heritage 44 We call on communities to treasure their local cultural Accessible heritage by telling their stories and celebrating their Toilets “Our presentation of traditions, including storytelling, music, food, dance, Accessible Toilets the Australian Heritage traditional games, and crafts. This year in particular Local Walking Tours 58 we encourage communities to consider emerging Family Event Festival aligns with the technologies and digital storytelling to engage with (family ticket includes places of cultural significance. 2 adults and 2 children) National Trust’s mission Modernism 64 We are grateful for the generous support of our Refreshments Available sponsors who have made this Festival possible. In to inspire the community Parking Available particular we thank our Friend of the Festival supporters Motoring, Transportation, to appreciate, conserve who have contributed so many events. and Machinery 68 Guided Tour I encourage you to join us in sharing our diverse heritage and celebrate its diverse Companion Cards Accepted in the Festival and beyond, to ensure it is protected natural, cultural, social, and and respected, contributing to strong, vibrant and Indigenous heritage. ” prosperous communities.

Kristin Stegley We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Victoria and recognise the continuing connection to lands, 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 Kristin Stegley OAM who have since passed away. Chairman, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Cover image: , National Park, courtesy Parks Victoria.

4 | | 5 Mount Buffalo Chalet Heritage Tours Alpine Discovery Days Mount Buffalo Chalet has a special place in many Hear about Victoria’s legendary cattlemen and visit the people’s hearts, having served generations of skiers, oldest surviving alpine hut in the High Plains, Wallace’s hikers, and families over the years. Step back in time and Hut. This is an opportunity to learn about the stunning join us on a guided tour of the historic Chalet building. alpine wetlands and the luminous green moss that makes this area so special. Join a tour or simply drop by VARIOUS TOURS THUR 18 APRIL–WED 15 MAY for a chat. Mount Buffalo Chalet, Mount Buffalo Road, Mount Buffalo SAT 20 APRIL 10AM & SUN 21 APRIL 12PM ROVING GUIDE AVAILABLE 10AM–2PM For tour times and bookings visit: mountbuffalochalet.eventbrite.com.au Alpine National Park, Road, Falls Creek FREE EVENT Bookings: parkstay.vic.gov.au/alpine-discovery FREE EVENT

Photo: Wallace’s Hut by Sheryl Tedford

Parks Victoria

Parks Victoria is an Official Partner of the 2019 Australian Heritage Festival. Parks Victoria is an independent statutory authority responsible for managing an estate covering more than four million hectares, or about 18 per cent, of Victoria. Parks Victoria manages the largest and most diverse collection of heritage places on public land in Victoria, including around 140 places of state significance. Come and explore the range of opportunities and activities offered at Parks Victoria places during the festival. Photo: Quarantine Station by John Gollings

Buchan Caves Tours Underground Mine Tours Buchan Caves Reserve hides an underground world of Operating from 1909 to 1968, the colour and enchantment just waiting to be discovered. produced almost 17 million tonnes of coal for Victoria’s Join a guided daily tour of the Royal or Fairy Caves industries and railways. Venture underground through which boast elaborate stalactites and stalagmites and the network of tunnels to get hands-on at the coal face beautiful calcite. and learn how Victoria’s hard working men extracted the black gold! DAILY TOURS THUR 18 APRIL– SUN 19 MAY Buchan Caves Reserve Visitor Centre, 18 APRIL–19MAY DAILY TOURS 11:30AM & 2PM 98 Caves Rd, Buchan ABOVE GROUND SELF GUIDED 10AM–4.30PM For tour times and bookings visit: State Coal Mine, 19 - 37 Garden Street, parkstay.vic.gov.au/buchan-cave-tours Bookings: parkstay.vic.gov.au/state-coal-mine-wonthaggi ADULT $22.8 CONC $19.1 CHILD $13.4 FAMILY $63.1 ADULT $21.3 CONC $18.4 CHILD $10.9 FAMILY $53.2

6 | | 7 Quarantine Station Heritage Tour Monster Meeting Walk Langwarrin Military History Walk Join a Ranger led guided tour revealing the complex and in partnership with Chewton Domain Society With a military history spanning almost 100 years, the intriguing history of the Quarantine Station in Portsea. On 15 December 1851, 15,000 gold diggers gathered Langwarrin Flora & Fauna Reserve site has been used This informative tour will explain the many uses of the on a site within Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage for various military activities from 1886 to 1979. Join site since opening in 1852. Following the tour, come Park to protest about an increased gold mining licence us for a Ranger led walk and talk to learn about the rich and try heritage games on the Parade Ground. fee. Join us for a guided walk around this historic military history, and the significant native flora of the Monster Meeting site. site. VARIOUS TOURS TUE 23 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY 10.30AM & 1.30PM SAT 27 APRIL 2–3.30PM THUR 2 MAY 4–5.30PM Quarantine Station, Monster Meeting site, Castlemaine Diggings National Langwarrin Flora & Fauna Reserve, Langwarrin Point Nepean National Park, Portsea Heritage Park, Chewton Bookings: langwarrinmilitary.eventbrite.com.au For tour times and bookings visit: Bookings: monstermeeting.eventbrite.com.au FREE EVENT nepeanquarantine.eventbrite.com.au FREE EVENT FREE EVENT , , , , ,

Days Mill Open Days Point Gellibrand Walking Tour Come and see the recent conservation and repair What’s for Lunch? In partnership with City Council works to the Gatehouse, Mill and Residence, and Life in a Victorian Kitchen enjoy the ambience of this well-preserved nineteenth Join Parks Victoria rangers and local historians to century Flour Mill complex. Discover opportunities to Starting before dawn, kitchen staff would transform discover the fascinating history of Williamstown’s Point get involved as a volunteer in caring for this special home-grown produce into elaborate meals for the Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park. Point Gellibrand has heritage-listed place. family and guests of Werribee Mansion, using nothing rich social, cultural, and natural values. Come along but a wood fired range and hand tools. Come and see to hear the many diverse stories that have played out SAT 11 MAY & SUN 12 MAY 10.30AM–3PM costumed staff demonstrate how the kitchen wing was across this significant landscape. GUIDED TOURS AT 11AM, 12.30PM & 1.30PM run. SAT 27 APRIL 11AM & 1PM Days Mill, 75 Days Road, Murchison FRI, SAT & SUN 26 APRIL–19 MAY 1–3PM TIMEBALL TOWER (GROUND LEVEL ONLY) FREE EVENT INCLUDED WITH MANSION ENTRY OPEN 11AM-2PM’ Werribee Park Mansion, Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park, Williamstown , , , Gate 2, K Road, Werribee Bookings: heritagehobsonsbay.eventbrite.com ADULT $10.4 CONC $7.6 CHILD $7.6 FAMILY $33 FREE EVENT

Photo: Coolart Homestead Eureka Reef Walk In The Steps of Phar Lap Coolart Wetlands You can see the story of the gold rush etched into Come and walk where Phar Lap – the famous Australian the landscape within Castlemaine Diggings National and Homestead tours ‘Wonder-Horse’ – trod, cantered, and trained. Learn Heritage Park. Join us for a guided walk around Eureka about trainer Harry Telford’s former racehorse training In partnership with Friends of Coolart Reef and see some of the earliest quartz mining relics in grounds, enjoy the park’s wooden sculptures and Victoria including a massive exposed quartz reef, and a Join us for a guided tour around the property, and hear artworks, and hear about the significant natural and mining village. stories about early European settlement and farming of cultural heritage of the site now known as Braeside the . You will be guided through SAT 27 APRIL 10–11.30AM Park. the homestead, stables, old machinery shed, and the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park, Chewton MON 29 APRIL 9.30–10.30AM charming garden. Bookings: eurekareef.eventbrite.com.au Braeside Park, Braeside TUE & WED 23 APRIL–15 MAY 10.30AM & 2PM FREE EVENT Bookings: braesidepharlap.eventbrite.com.au Coolart Wetlands & Homestead, FREE EVENT 40 Lord Somers Road, Somers FREE EVENT

Photo: Sculpture by Rob Bast

8 | | 9 Language As Ownership Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council, and National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Aboriginal How have colonisers used language to create ownership and how are Aboriginal people using those systems to reclaim it? This panel discussion will explore the power of language and what this means for Traditional Owners and communities today. Cultural TUE 30 APRIL 5.30–7.30PM Museum Theatrette, Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton Bookings: trybooking.com/BARPL FREE EVENT Heritage

Aboriginal Heritage Walk Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Celebrating our Aboriginal Womin Djeka! Journey into the ancestral lands of the Cultural History Kulin (Koolin) Nation in this immersive tour with an Colac & District Family History Group Inc Aboriginal guide. Gain insight into the rich history and thriving culture of the local First Peoples, and Conscious of the lack of documented history of the discover their connection to plants. regions Traditional Owners, Colac & District Family History Inc. have embarked on a research project in DAILY THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY consultation with Indigenous communities to fill this 11AM–12.30PM. CLOSED SATURDAY gap. Visitors are invited to view the opening of the Meet at Visitor Centre, Royal Botanic Gardens exhibition. Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, SUN 5 MAY 1–5PM Melbourne History Centre, COPACC, Bookings: (03) 9252 2429 Cnr Rae & Gellibrand Streets, Colac ADULT $35 CON $29 For more informatoin visit: colacfamilyhistory.org.au CHILD $12 BY DONATION

Tour to Wil-im-ee Moor-ring Birrarung Wilam Walk Melton City Council and Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation Wil-im-ee Moor-ring is one of the most important green With one of our friendly Koorie guides, you will learn stone quarries in Australia. It is a site of international how the land on which Melbourne is located has significance and is a cultural site managed by Wurundjeri changed over time and learn the significance of the Woi wurrung people. This tour will be guided by a The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) is The events presented throughout this theme will Birrarung Wilam to the local Kulin peoples. Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Elder who will explain the committed to Reconciliation, and have actively engage communities to promote, recognise, and FRIDAYS 19 APRIL–17 MAY 3–4PM significance of the site, and its role in Indigenous trade pursued our vision for a respectful and embracing celebrate Aboriginal cultural heritage. Events are networks and cultural practices. society since 2011. The Aboriginal cultural presented from a range of organisations and peak Koorie Heritage Trust, Swanston Street, Melbourne heritage theme celebrates over 40,000 years of bodies, including Victorian Registered Aboriginal WED 8 MAY 10AM–1PM Bookings: trybooking.com/BALTB culture in the place we now know as Victoria. Parties, Traditional Owners and Native Title Melton Civic Centre, 232 High Street, Melton We recognise the role of custodians, advocates, holders. ADULT $30 CONC $15 CHILD $15 Bookings: melton.vic.gov.au/heritageweek and community members in preserving and Photo: Wurundjeri Woi wurrung celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander FREE EVENT Elder Uncle Bill Nicholson, cultural heritage, shaping the legacy we leave for by Barbara Oehring Photography. future generations. Aboriginal Cultural Heritage | 11 Photo by Tamara Dean

dhumba-njan (speak-I) dhumba-njarr (speak-you) Connect With Wurundjeri Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Woi wurrung People and Country A new exhibition curated by Wurundjeri woman Brooke Wandin to commemorate the International Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Cultural Heritage Year of Indigenous languages. Aboriginal Corporation Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Elder, Uncle Bill Nicholson, FORMAL OPENING SAT 11 MAY 2PM leads an unmissable cultural journey, commencing with a EXHIBITING SAT 11 MAY–SUN 1 SEP, Welcome to Country and traditional Smoking Ceremony. 10AM–4PM DAILY. Hear about the complexities of preserving Wurundjeri’s Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, cultural heritage in Melbourne, visiting the MCG, Barak 35-37 Castella Street, Lilydale Bridge, Birrarung Marr, culminating in an exclusive Bookings: culturetracks.info private viewing of Ngurungaeta, William Barak’s work at the National Gallery of Victoria. FREE EVENT

THUR 9 MAY 10.30AM–1.30PM , Brunton Ave, Richmond Bookings: trybooking.com/BASOH ADULT $70 NT MEMBER $63

Buckley Opera The Dark Sky Renaissance: Buckley Opera Project Image: William Barak (c. 1824–1903): Figures in possum skin cloaks 1898. Astronomical Heritage Buckley tells the story of two cultures drawn together by extraordinary circumstances, after Australian Indigenous Astronomy convict William Buckley escaped from the Collins Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures have long Settlement Site in Sorrento in 1803. Indigenous used the stars to navigate, develop calendars, and soprano Shauntai Batzke takes the role of Purran- Riverside Reserves: A Guided understand our origins, but urban expansion is Murnin Buckley’s Indigenous wife and Buckley is Walk in Little River threatening our collective heritage. Join astronomer played by Michael Lampard. Directed by David Dr Duane Hamacher, Kamilaroi woman Krystal De Lampard with the Rosebud Theatre Group and Little River Mechanics Institute Library Napoli, and Gunnai and Yorta Yorta man Wayne Peninsula Chamber Musicians. Little River Community Landcare with the Thorpe as they discuss the importance of us Wadawurrung Corporation preserving our dark skies. FRI 26 APRIL 8PM & SAT 27 APRIL 2PM Join a traditional Wadawurrung Welcome to Country FRI 17 MAY 7PM Rosebud Memorial Hall, & Smoking Ceremony before a guided walk through 994 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud Riverside Reserves with Cultural Educators. Learn about Rippon Lea Estate, Bookings: trybooking.com/BATLO, the Wadawurrung and settler history of Little River. 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick 0422 366 907 Bookings: trybooking.com/BAXEJ SAT 11 MAY 9.30AM–12.30PM ADULT $35 CONC $30 John Rees Reserve, ADULT $60 NT MEMBER $55 Old Melbourne Road, Little River

Bookings: youyangsregion.org ADULT $15 CON $12 NT MEMBER $14 CHILD FREE

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage | 13 Mateship with Birds National Archaeology Week 2019 Maryborough Midlands Historical Society National Archaeology Week Committee Advocacy, The memory of distinguished author and naturalist, National Archaeology Week aims to increase public Alexander Hugh, will be revived through a display at awareness of Australain archaeology and the work Central Highlands Library. His book Mateship with Birds, of archeologists, while promoting the importance of recently republished, exemplifies his passion for nature protecting Australia’s unique archaeological heritage. and bird life. Learn about Hugh’s long career and his Visitors can explore behind the scenes of archaeological Activism, and ongoing legacy. digs and examine artifacts. 23 APRIL–18 MAY MON–FRI 10AM–5PM SUN 19–SAT 25 MAY SAT 9.30AM–12.00PM Various locations across Australia visit Central Highlands Library, archaeologyweek.com for details Cnr Alma & Nolan Streets, Maryborough FREE EVENT Conservation FREE EVENT

Green Bans Walking Tour—Heritage Heritage Awards 2019 Fought and Won National Trust of Australia (Victoria) & Region Branch in partnership with Earthworker Cooperative An evening celebrating the achievements of Many of Melbourne’s heritage buildings stand today only owners, artisans and expert tradespeople, who have through the union and community activism in Australia’s demonstrated excellence in heritage conservation in the famous ‘Green Bans’ (1960-70s). Walk through municipality of Greater Geelong. Melbourne like never before with Green Ban activist Dave Kerin. Visit these sites while learning the legacy of WED 8 MAY 6–7.30PM people power protecting heritage and public good. Provenance Wines, THURDAYS 19 APRIL–17 MAY 3–5PM Shop 6/100 Lower Paper Mills Road, Fyansford Melbourne Trades Hall, Bookings: [email protected], 54 Victoria Street, Carlton 0407 504 262 Bookings: FREE EVENT earthworkercooperative.com.au/green-ban-tour

ADULT $30 CONC $15 FAMILY $50 NT MEMBER $25 CHILD FREE

Protecing Victoria’s Natural Heritage Forever Trust for Nature Visit Snape Reserve for a morning tea and discussion on the history of the area, including adjacent Little Desert National Park. Learn about the history of the Trust and the ongoing conservation work to protect habitats in the context of climate change. Finish with a tour and catered lunch. WED 8 MAY 10AM–1.30PM Generations of Victorians have worked tirelessly neighbourhoods, to gardens and trees, rich natural Snape Reserve, Old Racecourse Road, Dimboola to conserve, protect, record, and research the and cultural landscapes, Indigenous heritage, and Bookings: [email protected] 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 FREE EVENT advocacy, activism, and conservation, and its be celebrated and acknowledged. ongoing contribution, is recognised, and highlights Photo: Our City, Our Square rally at the importance of community focused advocacy Snape Reserve , by Georgina Crosling from the preservation of individual places and Advocacy, Activism and Conservation | 15 Victorian Public Art Wikipedia Open Studios Edit-a-Thon Burrinja Cultural Centre The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) ALCHEMY exhibition marks the conclusion of the Public Art Committee Dandenong Ranges Open Studios, an invitation into the hidden creative spaces. This is an opportunity to meet The National Trust are working on creating a Wikipedia and learn from the extraordinary artists living in the hills. page documenting public artworks in Victoria. Join us (with your laptop) for a practical training session on THUR 18–MON 22 APRIL 11AM–4PM creating and edit a Wikipedia page. Information will Sherbrooke Art Gallery, also be available online to participate in the Edit-a-Thon 62 Monbulk Road, Belgrave throughout the festival. FREE EVENT TUE 7 MAY 6PM Tasma Terrace, 6 Parliament Place, East Melbourne Bookings: trybooking.com/BATKN FREE EVENT Food and Wine from the Goldfields

Beechworth Provender Housed in an 1860’s building, Beechworth Provender will be serving up and discussing food and wine from the Goldfield era. Step back in time to learn what gold Heritage Inspired Art miners were eating and drinking to both sustain and celebrate. Little Art Big Art Drawing inspiration from local and national heritage SATURDAYS 27 APRIL–18 MAY 12–3PM photos and artworks, budding young artists will enjoy Beechworth Provender, 18 Camp Street, Beechworth creating artworks about our heritage using natural Bookings: (03) 5728 2650 materials such as leaves, flowers, and nuts. Suitable for children 1-15 years of age. ADULT $20 CHILD $15 SAT 4 MAY 9.15AM–12.15PM

Woods Street Arts Space, 44 Woods Street, Laverton Bookings: eventbrite.com.au/e/54636574465 Shorsh FREE EVENT Kurdish Yasna Organisation for the Development of Zoroastria Philosophy of Victoria We welcome you to learn about the Kurdish religion, Zoroastrianism. Discovered 3750 years ago when Kurds were living under the Medea Empire, Zoroastrianism is Cultural based on three principles good words, good thoughts, How It Plays: Experiments and good deeds. in Tuned Percussion SUN 28 APRIL 2–6PM , Kurdish House, Join Grainger Museum Curator Heather Gaunt 36 Fawkner Road, Pacoe Vale as she provides insight into the innovations and Expressions FREE EVENT experimentation in tuned percussion in Melbourne, from the late nineteenth century to the present day.

THU 9 MAY 12–1PM Grainger Museum, Gate 13, Many of us celebrate our heritage in the distinctive characteristics. These events, through University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville languages we speak, the food we eat, the music musical performances, storytelling, artistic Bookings: eventbrite.com.au/e/55011171896 we make and stories we tell. Our communities endeavours, markets, dance, and the love of food, have a rich and diverse tapestry of cultures will immerse everyone in the history and heritage FREE EVENT that have made their indelible mark throughout of our communities. Victoria. It is the stories, cultures, and ongoing Photo: The Mirka Mora Mural at Flinders Street traditions of our shared heritage that have given Station, Melbourne our suburbs, towns, and communities their Cultural Expressions | 17 Twilight Chamber Music Grand Collectables & Ephemera Fair Team of Pianists Ephemera Society of Australia This event promises to be a memorable evening of Experience an ‘informal museum’ of the records chamber music with some of Australia’s finest chamber of ordinary life. A treasure trove of wonderful rare musicians and music literature. Featuring pianist materials is on offer for inspection and sale from Darryl Coote with artists from the Melbourne over 40 stallholders and passionate collectors. Symphony Orchestra. SUN 19 MAY 9.15AM–2PM SUN 28 APRIL 6.30–8.45PM Parkview Room, Camberwell Library, Rippon Lea Estate, 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick ADULT $5 CONC $4 Bookings: trybooking.com/ZOKW, [email protected] ADULT $ 45 CONC $20 CHILD $20 NT MEMBER $35

Collecting Cookery Booklets Ephemera Society of Australia Most of us collect something. Cookery booklets are a Classic Music in Historic Venues record of social history, design, women’s work, food Team of Pianists technology, fashion and more. Join Richard Overell, a Experience three piano quintets in the magnificent rare books’ librarian discuss these delightful records of domestic life. ELEURA bluestone mansion, Barwon Park. Enjoy an afternoon B tea and the opportunity to view this fascinating house SUN 19 MAY 11AM–12PM and grounds. A THEATRE OF THE PAST Camberwell Library, 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell SUN 5 MAY 2PM Bookings: [email protected] Barwon Park, FREE EVENT 105 Inverleigh Road, Winchelsea Bookings: trybooking.com/ZOTB, [email protected] ADULT $ 45 CONC $20 CHILD $20 NT MEMBER $35

Twilight Chamber Music—Recital #2 Team of Pianists Nautch Much loved mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell joins Urban Layas and National Trust of Australia (Victoria) pianist Darryl Coote in this beautiful presentation. Watch us recreate the dance, music and exotic A tribute to the team of Janet Baker and Gerald Moore splendour of the ‘Indian Court’, the Crown Jewel of the with a selection of their favourite Lieder in the British Empire, in atmospheric nineteenth century Tasma delightfully fitting surrounds of the salubrious Terrace. Come join us for a sip of fragrant tea, a whiff Rippon Lea Ballroom. of aromatic spices, and be mesmerised by the ‘allure’ To visit, telephone or see our website. of the East. Open: Select days throughout the year SUN 19 MAY 6.30–8.45PM A: PO Box 1198, Mornington Vic 3931 FRI 17 & SAT 18 MAY 7.30–8.30PM Rippon Lea Estate, T: 03 5975 2027 E: [email protected] 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick Tasma Terrace, 6 Parliament Place, East Melbourne W: www.beleura.org.au Bookings: trybooking.com/ZOKW, Bookings: trybooking.com/BAJYK [email protected] ADULT $20 CONC $15 NT MEMBER $15 ADULT $ 45 CONC $20 CHILD $20 NT MEMBER $35 m p accredited museum Photo by Abin Mathew Varghese, Designer Pictures

18 | Cultural Expressions Cultural Expressions | 19 J Ward Lunatic Asylum Ghost Tour Maddest Place on Earth Lantern Ghost Tours National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Visit Australia’s home to the criminally insane, J Ward Journey back to the intriguing and little-known world Lunatic Asylum. Explore the museum followed by a of Melbourne’s early lunatic asylums with clinical ghost tour of the home of notorious criminals. psychologist and winner of the Victorian Premier’s FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS 19 APRIL–18 MAY 9.30PM History Award, Jill Giese for a fascinating discussion of her book, Maddest Place on Earth. J Ward Gaol, Girdlestone Street, Ararat THUR 30 APRIL 6–7PM Bookings: lanternghosttours.com, 1300 390 119 Tasma Terrace, 6 Parliament Place, East Melbourne ADULT $36 FAMILY $96 Bookings: trybooking.com/BAGYW

ADULT $10 CONC $5 NT MEMBER FREE

Pentridge Prison D Division Ghost Tour Benevolent Asylum Lantern Ghost Tours 1860–1940 Walk in the footsteps of notorious Chopper Reed, Bendigo Family History Group discover the famous outlaw ’s remains and experience the final moments of Ronald Ryan, the last A presentation of archival research on the Bendigo man to be executed in Australia. Benevolent Asylum, come along to learn the history from the myths and understand how the many policy FRIDAY–SUNDAY 19 APRIL–18 MAY 7.30PM changes throughout its operation impact the lives of Pentridge Prison, Corner Urquhart Street those treated here. & Wardens Walk South, Coburg WED 1 MAY 10.30AM Bookings: lanternghosttours.com, 1300 390 119 Bendigo Library, ADULT $48 251-259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo

FREE EVENT

Gaols, Stories Behind the Death Masks Bundoora Homestead: The Old Melbourne Gaol has one of the largest The Hospital Era 1920–1993 collections of Death Masks in the world, extending Bundoora Homestead Art Centre from the 1850’s to 1900. Each one tells a diverse story of crime, a life lost and the hardships of the nineteenth Join Sophie Kahl, Collections & Heritage Officer for a Hospitals, century. Come on a guided tour and learn more about unique guided experience. Hear stories that shaped this fascinating collection. Bundoora Homestead, a repatriation mental hospital for over 70 years. The tour will include a curated viewing of WEEKENDS 20 APRIL–19 MAY 10AM & 11AM key heritage collection items and special guests. Old Melbourne Gaol, 377 Russell Street, Melbourne THUR 2 MAY 2–3.15PM ADULT $5 Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, and Asylums 7 Prospect Hill Drive, Bundoora

Bookings: [email protected], (03) 9496 1060 Victoria’s history of institutions are dark, rich, and They reveal the lives and deaths of some of our ADULT $15 CON $10 CHILD $10 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 in wards, cell blocks, and beneath the gravestones. of Victoria’s penal and medical establishments. Photo: City Watch House Gaols, Hospitals, and Asylums | 21 Victorian Tree of the Year Voting National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Voting for the Victorian Tree of the Year will be open to everyone on our National Trust Facebook page throughout the Festival. The winner will be a tree that has captured the hearts of Victorians. It doesn’t have to be the biggest or the oldest of its kind, just the tree we love the most. VOTING OPEN 18 APRIL–19 MAY Vote at facebook.com/NationalTrustVictoria/ FREE EVENT

Rippon Lea Fernery Tour National Trust of Victoria (Australia) Landscape Art Tour The Rippon Lea Estate Gardens are a tranquil oasis Winton Wetlands in the heart of suburbia. Within these lush pleasure A free self-drive tour or guided cycle tour that gardens stands the largest surviving Victorian Fernery in weaves through the skeletal Red Gum forests of the Southern Hemisphere. Come along for an immersive the site incorporates the works of internationally garden tour. renowned street artists, local Indigenous and TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 23 APRIL–15 MAY contemporary artists. Rippon Lea Estate, The artworks are coupled with interpretive signage 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick and a phenomenal history, encouraging visitors to connect with the landscape. ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD Gardens, & NT MEMBER FREE THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY 9AM–4PM Winton Wetlands,

652 Lake Mokoan Road, Chesney Vale GUIDED BIKE TOUR $20 Landscapes, Gardens of the National Trust

of Australia (Victoria): Conversations with Anne Vale. National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and the Join author Anne Vale, for an intimate talk on her book, Gardens of The National Trust of Australia (Victoria). The Picturesque in Landscaping The talk will be followed by light refreshments around National Trust of Australia (Victoria) the pool terrace and the opportunity to purchase a Geelong & Region Branch signed copy of the book. Learn about 1850s garden design through a self guided WED 24 APRIL 2–4PM tour of the grounds and conservatory of this 160 year Environment old home. Included in ticket price is a choice of teas, Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick plunger coffee and a selection of home-made cakes and biscuits. Bookings: trybooking.com/BASLH FRI 26 APRIL 9.30AM–12PM, ADULT $4 Victoria contains some of the most beautiful and of our history. Experience significant landscapes SAT 27 APRIL 1.30PM–4PM CHILD, CONC AND FREE NT MEMBER FREE highly valued natural and cultural landscapes and scenic features throughout Victoria, including Barwon Grange, in Australia, many of which are recognised for the importance and diversity of our flora and 25 Fernleigh Street Newtown their design and connections to our history fauna along our coastlines and rural landscapes, Bookings: trybooking.com/445955 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. ADULT $15 CONC $12 NT MEMBER $12 and engage with the natural environment that Photo: Botanic Gardens by Open2View surrounds our everyday life, while discovering the Warrnambool, courtesy Warrnambool City Council. visible features which highlight important aspects Gardens, Landscapes, and the Environment | 23 Convoy of Conservation Heritage Walk Through Convoy of Conservation the Gardens Join us in Australia’s bushland backyard with a self- Friends of Warrnambool Botanic Gardens drive guided tour followed by a guided bushwalk in Join us for a walk through the gardens. You will be the homes of Victoria’s faunal emblems, the Helmeted delighted with the guides’ passion for the gardens Honeyeater and Leadbeaters Possum! Meet some of the revealed in the stories they tell. Friends of the WBG biggest trees on mainland Australia, and help with the celebrates a 30 year anniversary this year! revegetation of habitat. SUN 5 MAY 2PM SAT 27 APRIL & SAT 18 MAY 9AM–4.30PM Belgrave Train Station, Belgrave Warrnambool Botanic Gardens, Cockman Street, Warrnambool Bookings: [email protected] BY DONATION BY DONATION

After Dark at Mount Rothwell Hidden Treasures of Inverloch Little River Community Landcare and Mt Rothwell National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Bass Coast Branch Conservation & Research Centre Join us for a bus tour along Bunurong Marine Coastal Experience a torchlit walk in Victoria’s largest Park, visit historic sites and hear about the mystique predator free ecosystem. Perhaps see some of of the area–from dinosaurs, hidden gold treasures and Australia’s most threatened animals such as the tales from early life as a port town and later as a seaside Eastern Barred Bandicoot, or the Red Bellied resort. Enjoy lunch and a guest speaker in Inverloch. Pademelon in their largely remnant native grassland SAT 4 MAY 9AM-4.30PM habitat near the . Cowes Cultural Centre, SAT 11 MAY 6.30PM 91 Thompson Avenue, Cowes Mount Rothwell Road, Little River Bookings: visitbasscoast.com.au, 1300 366 422 Bookings: youyangsregion.org $45 $25

Explore Endeavour Fern Gully Grand Victorian Picnic Grand Melbourne Gardens—In National Trust of Australia (Victoria) National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Conversation with Kimbal Baker Mornington Peninsula Branch Immerse yourself in the Victorian era in the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Rippon Lea Estate Gardens. Bring along a picnic and Bring the family to enjoy the unique wonders of the relax on the sweeping lawns, indulge in homemade From private spaces to grand public places, Gully. Learn to recognise important Indigenous plants, sponge cake and lemonade, or try your hand at Victorian Melbourne is blessed with an abundance of gardens. find the fire stick trees, the tall Manna gums, and the leisure games or boating on the lake. There’s something Join photographer Kimbal Baker for an intimate twining silk-pod. There’s something for everyone within for everyone! conversation on his collaboration with David this oasis on the Peninsula. Wilkinson. SUN 5 MAY 12–3PM SUN 19 MAY 10AM–2PM WED 15 MAY 2.30–4PM Rippon Lea Estate, Endeavour Fern Gully, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick Rippon Lea Estate, 195 Arthur Seat Road, Red Hill 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick Bookings: [email protected], ADULT $10 CONC $7 CHILD $7 NT MEMBER FREE Bookings: trybooking.com/BAWUF (03) 5900 9780 FREE EVENT BY DONATION

Image: Endeavour Fern gully by Jessica Hood

24 | Gardens, Landscapes, and the Environment Gardens, Landscapes, and the Environment | 25 Garden Explorer Gardens Uncovered Discover the beauty of this inner-city oasis in the Explore behind the scenes at Melbourne Gardens, comfort of the Explorer bus. Enjoy live commentary and uncover the stories of one of Melbourne’s most and stunning views as you wind your way through the significant historical landmarks. Gain backstage access picturesque landscapes of Melbourne Gardens. to buildings and locations, and experience the Gardens from a new perspective. MON–FRI 18 APRIL–17 MAY EVERY HALF HOUR FROM 12–5PM DAILY 18 APRIL–19 MAY 1.30–3PM WEEKENDS & PUBLIC HOLS 20 APRIL–19 MAY EXCLUDING 19 APRIL & 21 APRIL EVERY HALF HOUR FROM 11AM–5PM Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne Melbourne Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne ADULT $18 CONC $15 CHILD $15 ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD $8 FAMILY $25

Secret Life of Birds Snapshots of Australia Walking Tour From coots to cormorants, swallows to stately swans, Travel through the Australian Garden and enjoy beautiful experience the sights and sounds of the diverse range native flora, landscapes and architecture. Be led by a of birds that reside in Melbourne Gardens. knowledgeable guide along the Rockpool Waterway, across the Waterhole Bridge and into the Arid Garden. SAT 20 APRIL & SAT 11 MAY 10–11.30AM Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, DAILY 18 APRIL–19 MAY 11AM–12PM Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens, Cnr Ballarto Road & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne ADULT $20 CONC $15 CHILD $15 FAMILY $60 ADULT $7.5 CONC $6.5 CHILD $6.5

Starry Southern Skies The Explorer Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Discover the fascinating history of Melbourne Discover the iconic Australian landscape on this open-air Observatory, built in the early 1860s as Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria bus tour led by one of our expert guides. From the home of weather forecasting, time keeping and star Red Sand Garden, journey along the east coast of Bookings required: Melbourne Gardens (03) 9252 2429 charting. Gain a backstage view of the Observatory and Australia around the river bend before winding back see the amazing night sky brought into focus with our Cranbourne Gardens (03) 5990 2200 through the Peppermint Garden, taking in the wonders powerful heritage . and beauty of the native bush. Image: Cranbourne Gardens by Jessica Hood MONDAYS 29 APRIL–13 MAY 8–9.30PM DAILY 18 APRIL–19 MAY EVERY HALF HOUR 10AM–4PM Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens, Cnr Ballarto Road & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne ADULT $24 CONC $20 CHILD $20 FAMILY $70 ClimateWatch Walk Bushland Bike Tour ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD $8 FAMILY $25 On this guided walk, understand how climate change Bring your bike and join a guide to explore the affects seasonal behaviour of our plants and wildlife. Cranbourne Gardens. Weave through the bushland and Learn how to monitor the biodiversity in the Gardens open grasslands for over 6kms stopping throughout to by collecting valuable information via the hear the wonderful stories depicted in our unique ClimateWatch app. environment. THU 11 APRIL & WED 22 MAY 10.30AM–12PM MON 15 APR & SAT 4 MAY 9.30–11.30AM Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Cranbourne Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne Cnr Ballarto Road & Botanic Drive, Cranbourne BY DONATION ADULT $14

Queenscliffe Maritime Museum & Tour Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Immerse yourself in the early settler history of Southern and the Bass Strait interface through a guided tour of the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum. Enjoy the opportunity to survey this stunning landscape from the top of Point Lonsdale Lighthouse. Various dates see: queenscliffemaritimemuseum.com.au or (03) 5258 3440 for details Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, 2 Wharf Street, Queenscliff Bookings: [email protected], (03) 5258 3440, 0490 550 837

ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD $5 NT MEMBER $8

Stories of the Past Mission to Seafarers Victoria Younghusband Tour: From Wool Take a guided tour and discover the stories of the Mission building and the community that built Store to Beautiful Industrial Village a place for the Seafarers that is their ‘home away Younghusband by Impact Investment Group from home’. Explore Kensington’s impressive 19th-century industrial The new Heritage Room on the ground floor will Younghusband woolstore precinct on a guided tour have displays from the archive, and exhibitions and discover its unique past, present and future. Be of Seafarers and the Mission’s stories. part of the Younghusband story as it embarks on a rejuvenation process to become a diverse urban village THUR 25 APRIL & SAT 11 & 18 MAY that celebrates the site’s heritage. 10.30AM–12PM Mission to Seafarers Victoria, TUESDAYS 23 APRIL & 14 MAY 3–4PM 717 Flinders Street, Docklands SUNDAYS 5 & 19 MAY, 11AM–12PM Industrial Bookings: eventbrite.com.au/e/53517238501 Meet at entrance of bluestone laneway near corner of Chelmsford Street, 8 Elizabeth Street, Kensington ADULT $15 Bookings: younghusbandwoolstore.com.au/events and Maritime ADULT $10 CONC $5 CHILD $5

Practice Makes Perfect: Artisans Demonstration Weekend Mission to Seafarers Victoria Heritage Rare trades practitioners will showcase crafts relevant in the time the magnificent home of the Mission to Seafarers was designed and constructed. See displays and demonstrations by master artisans in the unique setting of the Spanish Mission style It is easy to overlook the importance Victoria’s as an integral aspect of Victoria’s commerce building. Explore further with a self-guided tour. maritime and industrial history has played on history—evident in the remnants of shipwrecks shaping our contemporary lives. Our industrial along our rugged coastline and in the maritime SAT 27-SUN 28TH APRIL heritage traces the history of development, infrastructure of wharves, docks, and Mission to Seafarers Victoria, technology, and labour through the factories, that sits upon it. 717 Flinders Street, Docklands mines, mills, and machinery that shape our Photo: Photo: The Stick Shed exterior, Murtoa by BY DONATION physical landscape. Maritime heritage explores Bruce Thomas, Heritage Victoria and Heritage the significance of shipping and seafaring Council of Victoria Lighthouse Tours Seaworks Museum Tour Pirate Day The Lady of History at the Cape Schanck Lighthouse Williamstown Historical Society, Seaworks, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Join us for a tour to learn about the history of the and Williamstown Maritime Association We invite all scallywags and buccaneers to join us lighthouse, and the site and stories of the lighthouse Visitors can enjoy huge array of models and seafaring at Polly Woodside for a day of adventures and fun. keepers. The Museum will feature communication with items, some made by a local maritime historian Cliff Children will get to scrub the decks, swing on a rope, semaphore flag demonstrations and talks on Morse Gibson. Enjoy a guided tour and learn more about sing in the pirate choir or participate in fun pirate games. code and maritime signal flags. Williamstown’s maritime history. Children with loud voices and ability to pull scary faces are encouraged to attend. SAT 27 & SUN 28 APRIL HOURLY TOURS 11AM–4PM SUN 28 APRIL 12–1PM, 1–2PM, 2–3PM MUSEUM OPEN 10.30–5PM Seaworks, 2 Nelson Place, Williamstown SUN 5 MAY 10AM–4PM Cape Schanck Lighthouse, Bookings: heritagehobsonsbay.eventbrite.com Polly Woodside, 420 Cape Schanck Road, Cape Schanck 21 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf BY DONATION ADULT $13 CHILD $7 FAMILY $38 NT MEMBER $2 ADULT $16 CONC $13 CHILD FREE NT MEMBER FREE

Open Day at The Stick Shed

Fossil Beach Cement Works Murtoa Stick Shed Committee of Management Prepare to be stunned when you walk through Alma Doepel Restoration Meet Fossil Beach Interest Group and Mornington Peninsula Shire Cape Nelson Lighthouse Talk the small door to behold the massive historic the Makers Discovery Tours Join us in a rambling bush walk at Fossil Beach to learn and Tour structure. Walk the length and width and be Alma Doepel Supporters Club about the mysterious history of Victoria’s first cement amazed at the vastness of the space, while learning works. National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Portland Branch Come on a behind the scenes tour and ‘meet the and Isabella’s Cafe Cape Nelson Lightstation about the historic importance of the Stick Shed makers’ of the Alma Doepel Tallship Restoration. Visitors SAT 4 MAY 10AM–12PM to the region and the country from those who Have you ever wondered how lighthouses were worked in the shed. will have the chance to witness the restoration of a Trail to Fossil Beach begins at Esplanade Carpark near constructed without the use of powered machinery? 115 year old Australian built three masted top sail the corner of Bentons Road & Esplanade, Mornington. Join National Trust member Gordon Stokes for a talk SUN 5 MAY 10AM–4PM schooner, the last of her kind. and tour of the Cape Nelson Lightstation to find out. FREE EVENT The Murtoa Stick Shed, SUN 28 APRIL 11AM–4PM SUN 5 MAY 2PM 1465 Wimmera Highway, Murtoa

Alma Doepel Shed 2, North Wharf Road, Docklands Cape Nelson Lightstation Isabella’s Café, ADULT $10 CONC $9 CHILD $5 Bookings: eventbrite.com.au/e/54383692087 Cape Nelson Road, Portland West FAMILY $20 NT MEMBER $9 Bookings: 0438 012 352 BY DONATION See Where Gunpowder Was Made ADULT $10 CHILD $5 FAMILY $25

Friends of the Black Powder Mill Incorporated

Learn about the history of gunpowder, its production, its applications and connect with the workers of this once National Steam Centre Museum thriving industry. See the unique design of an explosives processing building, the only remaining building of its Open Day kind in Melbourne that is still accessible. Maritime Talk and Slide Show Boats, Beer and Beheading Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club Inc. Williamstown Historical Society SAT 4 MAY 10.30AM–3.30PM South Wharf Association Inc. A showcase of Victoria’s agricultural and industrial Join us for a talk and slide show to discover the Black Powder Mill, Parklea Avenue, Cairlea Go beyond the style and glamour of Melbourne’s newest heritage with operating steam and internal combustion influence of maritime heritage on Williamstown today, dining precinct on this one-off tour especially designed machines used to build the solid foundations of FREE EVENT from trade, convicts, the Victorian gold rush, export of for the Festival. Visitors will step back to discover how Victoria’s early economy. wheat, and shipbuilding. South Wharf was a bustling commercial shipping hub SUN 28 APRIL 10AM–5PM THUR 9 MAY 6.30PM and one of Melbourne’s busiest and most dangerous places. Nation Steam Centre, Pirates Tavern, 82 Nelson Place, Williamstown 1200 Ferntree Gully Road, Scoresby Bookings: heritagehobsonsbay.eventbrite.com SUN 12 & 19 MAY, WED 15 MAY 1.30–4PM BY DONATION South Wharf, FREE EVENT South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf Bookings: [email protected]

ADULT $30 NT MEMBER $25

30 | Industrial and Maritime Heritage Industrial and Maritime Heritage | 31 Job # Date created Owner Designer 2019-10 20/02/2019 Kim Wilson Reuben Lenoir

Status Approved Approved by Mark Knower

HISTORY WITH A VIEW From cliff-topping lighthouses to bluestone mills and majestic homesteads, explore Victoria’s special places

Cape Schanck Lighthouse

National Trust Anderson’s Mill Whaleboat Tour of Portland Harbour Heritage Weekend Promoting Portland Maritime Heritage Inc. and the National Anderson’s Mill Heritage Weekend Inc. Trust of Australia (Victoria) Portland Branch Smeaton comes alive with a weekend of heritage, This is a unique opportunity to tour Portland Harbour crafts, machinery, and classic trades. Join us for the from the water! Take to the seas in the replica 19C opportunity to explore the heritage mill with local tour whaleboat, ’William Dutton’ to learn about the business guides and meet the passionate community groups that of whaling in Portland Bay in the 1800s. are working to keep these trades and skills alive. SUN 12 MAY 11AM, 12.30PM, 2PM SAT 11 & SUN 12 MAY 10AM–4PM Boat Ramp Jetty, Anderson’s Mill, Lee Breakwater Road, Portland Alice Street, Smeaton Bookings: 0438 012 352

FREE EVENT BY DONATION

Photo: Anderson’s Mill by Jessica Hood

32 | Industrial and Maritime Heritage Open Day at Gulf Station National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Living Museums, Visit Gulf Station as the volunteers go about their work maintaining this historic farm complex. Take a tour, meet the friendly Clydesdales, see sheep dogs and working horses demonstrate their skills, and make sure to visit Galleries, the station’s plant stall. THUR 18 APRIL 11AM–3PM Gulf Station, 1029 Melba Highway, Yarra Glen Bookings: trybooking.com/BAFMY Archives, and ADULT $9 CONC $6 CHILD $3 FAMILY $20 Collections Explore a Hut of the Bogong High Plains Kiewa Valley Historical Society Museum This interactive exhibit gives you a glimpse into the lives of the people who built the Bogong High Plains. Go on a virtual tour of the huts and find out how they were built and how the cattlemen and women lived during the famous cattle muster. Pursuits of Passion and Principle THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY 10AM–4PM Buda Historic Home and Garden Castlemaine TOURS SUNDAYS 2–3PM Visit Buda to view this special exhibition featuring Mount Beauty Information Centre and Museum, Australian-made Arts and Crafts era jewellery and 31 Bogong High Plains Road, Mount Beauty decorative art objects c1900-1930. This exclusive display has been brought together from public and BY DONATION private collections, and is sure to delight and inspire those with an appreciation of William Morris and his

influence on aesthetics and the hand-crafted during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. While at Buda enjoy a walk through the historic Heritage Stone Cottage house and garden, home to the creative Leviny family, dating from the goldrush era. Join us during Bendigo Historical Society the Festival for guided tours and a special Mothers Join Bendigo Historical Society for a tour of the State Day High Tea Heritage listed Specimen Cottage. Built by stonemason James Brierley, the site features unique brickwork and is WED–SAT 17 APRIL–19 MAY 12PM–5PM the first on many cottages Brierley built in Sandhurst. SUNDAYS & PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 10AM–5PM Buda Historic Home and Garden, 18 APRIL–19 MAY TUE & THUR 10AM–4PM 42 Hunter Street, Castlemaine SAT 1–4PM For more information and bookings visit: Specimen Cottage, budacastlemaine.org The collections and archives of our galleries, an archivist or a curator, and enjoy an opportunity 178 - 180 Hargreaves St, Bendigo ADULT $12 CONC $10 CHILD $5 FAMILY $30 museums, and historical societies aim to unearth to take a look behind the scenes at a significant FREE EVENT the stories that have shaped the communities of collection or archive in your community, NT MEMBER $10 Victoria. Millions of items in collections across or further afield. Get a glimpse of the objects, Victoria will be on display in exhibitions which both ordinary and extraordinary, which tell trace community histories and personal narratives, our stories. including the use of artistic expression to Photo: Porcelain Chandelier made by Minton at interpret our history, along with discussions and National Trust property Barwon Grange, Geelong, events which bring these histories to life. Meet by Jessica Hood. YesterYear in the Yarra Valley Tour Mont De Lancey Historic Homestead Ever wonder what it would be like to live in the 1880s? Our tour highlights the comparisons between a modern home and the Pioneer Homestead. The tour includes the house, gardens, 1920’s St Mary’s Chapel, historic kitchen, home dairy, blacksmiths and vintage machinery shed. After your tour you are welcome to stay and continue to explore the exhibitions. WED–SUN 18 APRIL–19 MAY 10AM–4.30PM Mont De Lancey Historic Homestead, 71 Wellington Road, Wandin North Melbourne Observatory 1861–2019–onwards ADULT $10 CONC $8 NT MEMBER $7 Sharing the Universe, Restoring this National and World Treasure

Narrapumelap Homestead Friends of Melbourne’s Domain Parkland and Memorial SUN 5 MAY 2PM Precinct, Friends of Melbourne Observatory, Narrapumelap Homestead The Astronomical Society of Victoria Inc., Melbourne Observatory, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne Connecting with Old Friends Narrapumelap is considered the best example of the and Walk in St Kilda Road and Environs French Gothic style in rural Australia. All the details In this 150th Anniversary year of the installation of Bookings: trybooking.com/460739 Lady Northcote Childrens Farm School are stylistically complete from the front gates to the Great Melbourne (GMT) at Melbourne FREE EVENT First established as an initiative by Lady Northcote in the exceptional courtyard at the rear of the house. Observatory, join astronomers and historians of the The architects, Davidson & Henderson described 1937 to educate migrant boys in agriculture, this event Astronomical Society of Victoria, custodians from 1922 is an opportunity to view a collection of photographs Narrapumelap as their finest country estate. and prime instigators of the GMT restoration underway, Panorama of part of and objects that provide insight into the life and SUN & MON 21–22 APRIL 10.30AM–5.30PM THUR for a tour of Melbourne Observatory, including viewings Melbourne Observatory, experience of the children who learnt here. 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY BY APPOINTMENT through historic telescopes. A ‘wow’ experience! Our by Russell Cockman, ASV. Inc. aim is the authentic restoration of the entire historic site SAT 20 APRIL 11AM–3PM Narrapumelap Homestead, and all its buildings. Lady Northcote YMCA Recreation Camp, 153 Narrapumelap Road, Wickliffe 1273 Glenmore Road, Glenmore Bookings: (03) 5350 3220 BY DONATION ADULT $10 NT MEMBER $8

Coragulac House Open Day Behind the Locked Doors Coragulac House Open Day Committee University of Melbourne Archives People and Places Display Coragulac House will open its doors to visitors to If you have ever wondered why archives are kept or how Chewton Domain Society explore this stunning property built in 1873. Learn about you can access them, take the opportunity to go behind Drop in and have a cup of tea and a chat with local the history of the homestead from owners Gary and the locked doors with an expert and learn about the history experts from Chewton Domain Society and Open House at La Trobe’s Cottage Sharyn and enjoy guided tours, market and food stalls, people, places and communities that have shaped our Parks Victoria about the historic Chewton area, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and a classic car show and shine. society. including the many fascinating people and places Charles Joseph La Trobe was a visionary administrator, SUN 21 APRIL 10AM–4PM WED 24 APRIL & FRI 17 MAY 10AM–12PM associated with the discovery of gold at Golden Point, who lived with his wife Sophie and their four children Coragulac House, University of Melbourne Archives, and the Monster Meeting of 1851. for nearly 15 years in the family’s elegant prefabricated 895 Corangamite Lake Road, 120-122 Dawson Street, Brunswick cottage. Take a tour of La Trobe’s Cottage and hear some WEEKENDS 20 APRIL–19 MAY 1–4PM Coragulac fascinating stories from the family’s letters about life in Bookings: (03) 9035 4337 Chewton Town Hall, early Melbourne. ADULT $15 CHILD $10 FAMILY $50 145 Main Road, Chewton FREE EVENT NT MEMBER $13 SUNDAYS 21 APRIL–5 MAY 2–4PM FREE EVENT La Trobe’s Cottage, Cnr Birdwood Avenue & Dallas Brooks Drive, South Yarra ADULT $5 CONC $4 CHILD $4 NT MEMBER $12

36 | Living Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Collections Living Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Collections | 37 Kilmore Open House Tara House Open Day & Exhibition Family Fun Day–McCrae Homestead Mrs O’Brien’s Victorian Games Kilmore Historical Society The Lady of History National Trust of Australia (Victoria) for Kids Victoria’s oldest inland town will open the door of five Tara House, built in 1890, will be open its doors for their Bring the whole family to experience what life was like National Trust of Australia (Victoria) of its most historic homes and buildings, including annual Open Day. Now operating as a B&B, visitors will for the McCrae family who lived on the Peninsula over Ever wonder what kids did before Lego and Playstation? the very historic Assumption College constructed in have the chance to view this historic home and garden 150 years ago. Young and the young at heart can enjoy Come and find out as Mrs O’Brien and some helpers 1875. Visitors will have the chance to hear the many as well as view an exhibition of exquisite ball gowns old fashion games, dress ups, scavenger hunts and show you how to play games like Victorian kids did wonderful stories of local residents and those with from the The Lady of History collection. guided tours as you step back in time and explore in 1850. connections to Kilmore. one of Victoria’s oldest homestead. SAT 4 MAY 10.30AM–3PM SAT 4 MAY 10AM–3PM SAT 27 APRIL 10–4PM Tara House, SUN 28 APRIL 11AM–4PM Barwon Grange, 4 Powlett Street, Kilmore 37 Day Street, Bairnsdale McCrae Homestead, 25 Fernleigh Street, Newtown 11 Beverley Road, McCrae ADULT $15 FAMILY $25 BY DONATION FREE EVENT Bookings: trybooking.com/BAVWZ

ADULT $10 CONC $7 CHILD FREE NT MEMBER FREE

When The Horse Was King Devonshire Tea by the Sea Open House at Hardhill Blacksmith’s Cottage and Forge Friends of Black Rock House Inc. National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Bendigo & Region Branch Visit the blacksmith’s home and workplace for an Ever wondered how Melbourne’s elite relaxed by the authentic glimpse into a past era. Explore the yard, the sea? For one afternoon step back 163 years for a guided The Victorian Kitchen Experience the ambience of the old world living by sheds and the forge to connect with the working life of visiting this humble cottage, built from mud bricks in tour and Devonshire Tea at the recently restored Black National Trust of Australia (Victoria) the smith. As you wander through the cottage, contrast Rock House. 1874. The history of the house will be on display along the chores of the women and children of the household Rippon Lea’s kitchen complex is a rare survivor of its with the story of the family who lived here. with those of today. SUN 5 MAY 11AM–2PM kind and offers visitors a glimpse into a world very SUN 5 MAY 10AM–4PM Black Rock House, 34 Ebden Avenue, Black Rock different to that enjoyed by the by the families who SUN 28 APRIL 10AM–4PM lived ‘upstairs’. Hardhill, Bookings: [email protected], Blacksmith’s Cottage and Forge, 57 Green Street, California Gully (03) 9589 5763 100 Main Street, WED 1, 8 & 15 MAY 1PM, 2PM, 3PM ADULT $8 CONC $5 FAMILY $13 ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD $5 FAMILY $30 Rippon Lea Estate, FREE EVENT NT MEMBER $8 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick Bookings: trybooking.com/BAZBW

ADULT $6 CONC $4 CHILD $2 FAMILY $12 NT MEMBER $4 Portable Iron House Open Day Guest House: Villa Alba Museum Open Day National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Open Day & Exhibition Villa Alba Museum Come and experience the original prefab home! These Phillip Island & District Historical Society Join the Villa Alba Museum for their regular monthly rare and fascinating corrugated iron houses were all Come along to our Open Day to experience Open Day with a special addition! Festival visitors will Twilight Heights prebuilt in factories across Britain and arrived flat Phillip Island’s Guest Houses through the words and packed ready to be assembled across Victoria during have the opportunity to view a comprehensive display of National Trust of Australia (Victoria) memories of those who stayed and worked here. Enjoy late nineteenth century Aesthetic Movement domestic the Gold Rush era of the 1850s. an interactive exhibition which reveals theses personal ceramics, influenced by Japanese and Chinese design. Made to order in Hamburg, Germany and exported experiences through photographs and visitors books, to Australia in 1854 for Geelong businessman SUN 5 MAY 11AM–4PM and learn further about the Guest Houses’ place within SUN 5 MAY 1–4PM Charles Ibbotson, The Heights is the largest Portable Iron Houses, life on the Island. Villa Alba Museum, 44 Walmer Street, Kew prefabricated dwelling of its kind in Victoria. On Friday 399 Coventry Street, South Melbourne nights in May, visitors can enjoy the house and the story OPEN DAY FRI 3 MAY 10AM–4PM ADULT $10 CONC $8 of three generations of one family. ADULT $6 CONC $4 CHILD $4 FAMILY $14 EXHIBITION OPEN THURDAYS & SATURDAYS 18 APRIL–18 MAY 10AM–12PM CLOSED ANZAC DAY FRIDAYS 3–17 MAY 6PM–9PM Phillip Island Heritage Centre & Museum, The Heights, 89 Thompson Avenue, Cowes 140 Aphrasia Street, Newtown EXHIBITION BY DONATION OPEN DAY FREE FREE EVENT

38 | Living Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Collections Living Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Collections | 39 Family Fun Day–Mulberry Hill Bundoora Homestead: The Smith National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Family era 1899–1920 Step back in time to the home of writer Joan Lindsay Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and artist Daryl Lindsay. There’s something for the Join Sophie Kahl, Collections & Heritage Officer for this whole family. Explore the beautiful homestead’s garden, unique guided experience. Hear stories that shaped challenge each other in a game of croquet, or write your Bundoora Homestead, built in 1899 and originally own story on a vintage typewriter, inspired by the one home to the Smith family. A prominent horse racing and Joan used to write the classic novel Picnic at breeding property, the Homestead is a glorious example Rock. of Queen Anne style architecture. SUN 5 MAY 11AM–4PM SUN 5 MAY 2–3.15PM Mulberry Hill, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 385 Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South 7 Prospect Hill Drive, Bundoora Bookings: trybooking.com/BAVYE Bookings: [email protected] ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD FREE NT MEMBER FREE (03) 9496 1060 ADULT $15 CON $10 CHILD $10

Mooramong Spode and Lalique Expo National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Octagonal Reading Room As a finale to the 80th anniversary celebrations of this Bendigo TAFE extraordinary property, a unique opportunity is on offer An unassuming red-brick building from the outside, it’s to view 1930’s fashion, homewares, and Impressionist a different story once you step inside. Enjoy a self- paintings that make up the most comprehensive guided tour of the upper gallery of the former Sandhurst Mackinnon collection yet. The collection is rarely opened Mechanics Institute Library. Rarely open to the public, for the public but is available on this occasion for a low this is a special opportunity for a closer look at the grand entry fee. domed skylight and impressive interior. SUN 5 MAY 12–4PM SAT 11 MAY 10AM–3PM Mooramong Estate, Restaurant 18eightyseven, 635 Mooramong Road, Carranballac 136 McCrae Street, Bendigo ADULT $12 CHILD $12 CONC $12 FAMILY $40 FREE EVENT

High Tea at The Heights Geelong Museum Association Inc Enjoy an exquisite selection of teas, sweets and Flemington Racecourse Heritage savouries in historic surroundings with an opportunity Tour and Raceday Experience to tour the homestead and its iconic gardens. Victoria Racing Club SUN 5 MAY TOUR 1PM HIGH TEA 2PM Home of the Melbourne Cup since 1861, Flemington Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Road, Flemington The Heights, Racecourse is one of Australia’s most iconic cultural Meeting point confirmed at time of booking 140 Aphrasia Street, Newtown and sporting venues. Explore the rich history of Bookings: 1300 757 575 Bookings: trybooking.com/BAFWP, Thoroughbred racing and Flemington Racecourse [email protected] -its characters, legends and unforgettable moments, ADULT $25 CONC $20 CHILD $10 NT MEMBER $10 followed by a day of racing action. ADULT $48

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Living Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Collections | 41 Anything But Standard The Hardy Survivor National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library Established over 160 years ago, the Federal Standard The PMI Victorian History Library is the second oldest Printing works is one of the last remaining newspaper library in Victoria, and has been continuously providing printers from the gold mining era. Come in and view access to books and knowledge for its members since its the machines that met North East Victoria’s printing foundation. Visitors can learn more about the Institute’s demands for 110 years, and even watch it print you a fascinating history on a guided tour of the library. personalised souvenir! THUR 16 MAY 2–2.45PM SUN 12 MAY 10AM–4PM Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library, Federal Standard Printing Works, 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran Main Street, Chiltern Bookings: trybooking.com/BAEFP FREE EVENT BY DONATION

Mothers Day Devonshire Tea Labassa Treasures National Trust Australia (Victoria) Friends of Labassa Mornington Peninsula Branch Labassa presents a display of rare treasures and Treat the mother in your life to a relaxing Devonshire artefacts from its heyday as a magnificent mansion Tea in the picturesque gardens of McCrae Homestead. to the mid-twentieth century when it was a rundown Enjoy a guided tour and the opportunity to view the tenement. Highlights include porcelain, fine furniture, Burrell Galleries. the menu for an elegant Edwardian dinner party, and a SUN 12 MAY 11AM–3PM quirky door buzzer panel from ‘Labassa Flats’. McCrae Homestead, SUN 19 MAY 10.30AM–4PM 11 Beverley Road, McCrae Labassa, 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North Bookings: [email protected], 0418 596 701 ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD $9 FAMILY $35 ADULT $20 CONC $17 CHILD $10 NT MEMBER FREE

Samson’s Cottage: A Gold Rush Era Treasure National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Bendigo & Region Branch Samson’s Cottage is a rare and virtually intact example of a typical nineteenth century miner’s cottage. Not normally open to the public, join a local guide for an Archaeology Uncovered exclusive tour as they explain the history of the cottage and working life in nineteenth to early twentieth century Heritage Council of Victoria and Heritage Victoria Victoria. Thousands of historical archaeological treasures reside FRI 10 MAY 10AM, 11AM, 2PM, 3PM SUN 12 MAY 1.30–2.30PM in Heritage Victoria’s Artefact and Research Centre. The Artefact and Research Centre, Samson’s Cottage, Heritage Council of Victoria and Heritage Victoria are 4 Harper Street, Abbotsford joining forces to open the centre for public tours for one 21 Doye Street, Golden Square Bookings: [email protected] day only. Numbers are limited, get in quickly Bookings: [email protected], to secure a place. FREE EVENT (03) 5446 7409 FREE EVENT

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Living Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Collections | 43 Golden Horseshoes Festival Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Festival Committee Relive the legend of Hon. Daniel Cameron who in 1855 led a colourful parade through the streets of Beechworth on a horse shod with shoes of gold to celebrate his election to the first Victorian Legislative Council. The parade will features dozens of colourful floats from schools, community groups and businesses from the area. FRI 19 APRIL 11AM, SAT 20 APRIL 8AM–9PM, SUN 21 APRIL 6.30AM–11AM & 5–9PM, MONDAY 22 APRIL 10AM–2PM Beechworth Historic Precinct, Ford Street, Beechworth FREE EVENT

Chiltern–The Town that Sparked the Kelly Outbreak Chiltern Athenaeum Museum Who was George? Explore Chiltern’s links to the Kelly gang through Nepean Historical Society Inc. a two day lecture series. Learn about the Kelly George Coppin is often regarded as the Father of Outbreak through the eyes of those who have made Sorrento, and is credited with the idea of developing it their life work to study the escapades of this Sorrento as the seaside resort that many know and notorious family. love today. Join us to learn more about this influential SAT 6 APRIL 9AM–4PM & character in Sorrento’s history. SUN 7 APRIL 10AM–12PM THUR 18 APRIL SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS Star Theatre, Main Street, Chiltern 20 APRIL–19 MAY 1.30–4.30PM Bookings and full program: Sorrento Museum, Mechanics’ Institute, Local and eventbrite.com.au/e/49975141995 827 Melbourne Road, Sorrento PRICE ON BOOKING ADULT $5 FAMILY $10 NT MEMBER FREE Residential Photo: Dan Kelly 100 Years of History We invite you to take a self-guided journey through Kurth Kiln Heritage Festival Mallee’s pioneering past. Join in on activities showcasing Heritage Friends of Kurth Kiln the resourcefulness of the Mallee Pioneers. There is This annual event is supported by Parks Victoria, something for everyone, so bring the whole family and the Red Cross Society and community organisations. enjoy the sights and sounds of 100 years of history. Featuring historical and environmental displays, THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY 9.30AM–4.30PM Local and residential heritage tells the stories active, as they trace their stories through the blacksmithing demonstration, live music, races and of communities through architecture, history, trees, landscapes, houses, factories, and artworks, guided bush walks. Pioneer Settlement, 1 Monash Drive, industry, and artwork. Our neighbourhoods while maintaining its oral histories, exhibitions SUN 14 APRIL 10AM–4PM OFFICIAL OPENING 11AM are imprinted with generations of Aboriginal and house museums. In this theme, local experts ADULT $30 CONC $27 CHILD $22 FAMILY $82 Kurth Kiln Regional Park, NT MEMBER $22.50 heritage and living tradition, and the fabric of expose the stories embedded Cnr Beenak Road & Soldiers Road, Gembrook these neighbourhoods has been shaped by layers in the transformation and shifts of our urban of economic hardship and mobility, waves of and regional landscapes. FREE EVENT migration, labour and industrial history, and urban Photo: By DJ Paine on Unspalsh development. Local historians play a significant role in keeping residential heritage alive and Local and Residential Heritage | 45 Stars of Warrandyte Built to Last Warrandyte Historical Society Eaglehawk Heritage Society Inc. An exhibition featuring past and present residents of Those who found wealth on the Eaglehawk diggings Warrandyte whose work, art, performance, community used it to turn a canvas tent town into a thriving service, and knowledge have enriched this old gold- Borough. Hear the stories these pioneers—their lives, mining township. their homes, their deaths and their legacies. SATURDAY & SUNDAYS 20 APRIL–19 MAY SUN 21 APRIL & 19 MAY 10–11AM 1.30–4.30PM Eaglehawk Town Hall, Warrandyte Museum, 111 Yarra Street, Warrandyte Brassey Square, Eaglehawk FREE EVENT Bookings: [email protected], (03) 5446 9528 ADULT $5

Amazing Tour and High Tea Thornebridge Thornebridge, located on the banks of the Goulburn River, was built in 1868 by Hently Thorne as Commercial Travellers Inn. To celebrate its reincarnation, Thornebridge is conducting tours and high teas. Be amazed by the artisan skills used in the restoration and enjoy high tea in the beautiful dining room. Crank Up Museum Reverse Tour SUNDAYS 21 APRIL–19 MAY 12–3PM Upper Yarra Museum Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Thornebridge, Crank Up is a two-day celebration of the people, Enjoy a fun museum tour with a difference. This one 10 High Road, Murchison East machines and animals that have powered the history starts at the back door and ends at the front! Discover Bookings: [email protected] and heritage of the Upper Yarra region. Bring the whole the workings of a real museum as we reveal the life family and enjoy a range of heritage activities and of a new collection artefact: You! ADULT $85 demonstrations. WED 1 & SUN 19 MAY 11AM–1PM SAT 6 & SUN 7 APRIL 10AM–4PM Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, Upper Yarra Museum, 35-37 Castella Street, Lilydale Moora Working Draught 2415C Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction Bookings: 1300 368 333 Horse Muster ADULT $10 For more information: culturetracks.info ‘Our Ned’—First Librarian Moora Working Draught Horses Inc FREE EVENT of the Geelong Public Library The big horses will be putting on a show for the Geelong Regional Library Corporation annual Moora Working Draught Horse Muster. See them in action pulling drays, buggies, wagons Meet the first librarian of the Geelong Public Library, and many other vehicles and join locals who will Mr Edward Purdue, played by Ben Mitchell from answering questions and demonstrating ploughing Geelong Rep Theatre Company. In this theatrically- Connections: Stories People Place Photo: Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Collection and harrowing techniques. There will be a variety inspired presentation, Dr Coralie Jenkin presents Yarra Ranges Regional Museum of children’s entertainment, including a reptile show, the story of the rather rascally ‘Our Ned’. Connections: Stories People Place is a permanent and workshops to make damper and learn Australian TUE 23 APRIL 6:30–7.30PM exhibition at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum in poetry, as well as a range of craft stalls and live music Geelong Library & Heritage Centre, Lilydale, which tells the story of the Yarra Ranges region for the whole family. 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong through its people, environment and histories. SUN 21 APRIL 10AM–4PM Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on THUR 18 APRIL–19 MAY 10AM–4PM Moora Racecourse and Recreation Reserve, CLOSED PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Heathcote-Moora Road, Moora FREE EVENT For more information: culturetracks.info ADULT $10 CONC $5 CHILD $5 Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, 35-37 Castella Street, Lilydale FREE EVENT

Local and Residential Heritage | 47 Business, Bunfights & Brawls Catholic Museum Open Day Castlemaine Historical Society Inc Catholic Museum of Bacchus Marsh This exhibition will highlight the atmosphere of the Come along to St Joseph’s Chapel to hear a presentation Goldfields when Local Government by Mrs Carmel Shea, a distant relative of Australia’s first commenced in 1855. Hear the stories of the Local Saint, Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Government’s establishment, the personalities involved, and the events that took place. SUN 28 APRIL 1–4PM, TALK 2.30PM TUE 23 & 30 APRIL, 7 & 14 MAY 9AM–3PM, Catholic Museum of Bacchus Marsh, SAT 4 & SUN 5 MAY 10AM–3PM Convent Lane, Bacchus Marsh Former Court House, BY DONATION 7 Goldsmith Crescent, Castlemaine

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Two Scottish Architects in Geelong National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Rochelle’s Mystery Tour Geelong and Region Branch Port Phillip Bike Users Group A coach tour through Geelong City revealing the style and work of two Scottish architects, Alexander Davidson Enjoy a leisurely guided bike ride tour to discover the and George Henderson. From modest commercial beauty and history of Port Melbourne. This unique tour premises, grand homes and churches, this partnership will traverse the Waterfront up to West Gate Park, created a lasting legacy of late nineteenth century one of Melbourne’s hidden gems, through the historic significant buildings. Garden City, and finish at Gasworks Park. Maldon—Notable Town Hidden Stories of Your House THUR 2 MAY 10AM–2.30PM SUN 28 APRIL 9.30AM–1PM Maldon Incorporated Maldon Focus Incorporated Barwon Grange, Visit historic Maldon, the National Trust’s first Notable Rotunda on the Bay Trail, 25 Fernleigh Street, Newtown Every house has its own unique, and sometimes 88 Beach Street, Port Melbourne Town classification, where the town’s rich past and mysterious, stories to tell. Learn from a panel of research Bookings: trybooking.com/BAIMX vibrant present combine to provide a rare and authentic experts how to utilise and interpret local archives and Bookings: trybooking.com/book/event?eid=361903& experience. Discover historic gems or immerse ADULT $30 resources to uncover the hidden histories of your house FREE EVENT yourself in photographer’s heaven—Maldon is totally and its occupants.

Instagrammable! SUN 5 MAY 2–3.30PM THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY Maldon Community Centre, 6 Francis Street, Maldon Historic Areas of Maldon, 1 Main Street, Maldon ADULT $5 CHILD FREE For more information visit tours.maldonmuseum.com.au Ravenswood Shearing Shed Journey to the Dead Centre of Town Hobsons Bay City Council, in partnership with National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Friends of Williamstown Cemetery Bendigo & Region Branch The Williamstown Cemetery Bus Tour takes you on Constructed of granite stone and brick in the nineteenth a journey to the dead centre of town. Visit the local century, Ravenswood shearing shed has never been morgue and the original 1842 burial ground. Drive-by Ephemeral Artworks Reveal open to the public. This impressive building still Maldon Easter Procession: local hotels connected to early inquests, and finally functions as a shearing shed today. Join a guided to Maldon History return to the Williamstown Cemetery to view the largest An Enduring Thread learn about the history and use of this historic site. Maldon Incorporated mass grave in Australia. Maldon Museum & Archives Association Inc A temporary installation of faux plaques reveals strange, SUN 28 APRIL 11AM Come and enjoy our annual Easter Procession Pictorial SAT 4 MAY 10AM–1.30PM funny, inspiring and intriguing views of Maldon history. Ravenswood Shearing Shed, where photographs reveal some of Maldon’s rich social Williamstown Cemetery, Developed by Castlemaine Secondary College students, Calder Highway, Ravenswood and cultural history. The Maldon Easter Fair Procession supervised by renowned local artist Clayton Tremlett. Champion Road, Williamstown North Bookings: [email protected] has been part of our community since 1878, and each Bookings: heritagehobsonsbay.eventbrite.com year another quirky, and often humorous, chapter is THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY FREE EVENT added to this enduring story. Maldon Central Historic Area, ADULT $12 1 Main Street, Maldon SAT 20 & SUN 21 APRIL 1.30–4PM MON 22 APRIL 12–2PM FREE EVENT Maldon Museum, 93 High Street, Maldon

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Local and Residential Heritage | 49 Paint the Gardens Ada Cambridge Walking Tour Friends of Williamstown Botanic Gardens Williamstown Literary Festival 2019 Bring a picnic to the beautiful, heritage listed Walk a mile in the shoes of Australia’s doyenne Williamstown Botanic Gardens and enjoy this popular of letters, Ada Cambridge. Author, poet, and outdoor exhibition showcasing the talents of local autobiographer, Ada was a woman ahead of her time. artists. This event is a great family day out, including free Spend an hour taking in the air and view the world of art workshops, musical entertainment and tours. Cambridge, her life at the Manse on Nelson Place and her well-worn paths of Williamstown. SUN 28 APRIL 11AM–4PM Williamstown Botanic Gardens, WED 24 APRIL 10AM SUN 28 APRIL 11AM Osborne Street, Williamstown Ada Cambridge Forecourt, 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

Truganina Explosives Reserve Open Day Connecting Back to Childhood Truganina Explosives Reserve Preservation Society and the Altona-Laverton Historical Society National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Inner West Branch Oh to be a kid again, when times were simpler and there Have you ever travelled down Queen Street in Altona was just your imagination to keep you entertained. Step and wondered what is behind the long corrugated iron back in time at Altona Homestead and take a peek at fence? Now is your chance to find out by taking a guided games, toys and activities that provided entertainment tour of Truganina Explosives Reserve. Learn all about in years gone by. the history and the indigenous plants in the area. Bring a TUESDAYS 11AM–2PM SATURDAYS 10AM–1PM picnic to enjoy in the Keeper’s gardens. SUN 5 MAY 10.30AM–2.30PM SUN 5 MAY 1–4PM Altona Homestead, Logan Reserve, Altona Truganina Explosives Reserve, FREE EVENT 276 Queen Street, Altona Heritage Hobsons Bay FREE EVENT

Explore Hobsons Bay in the west of Melbourne during the Australian Heritage Festival. Discover history and heritage from waterfront Williamstown, the original port of Melbourne, to the 177-year-old Altona Homestead built by the Langhorne family. Join us for a program of events; Williamstown Town Hall Centenary including guided walking tours, exhibitions and open days that tell some of our unique heritage Tour and High Tea stories. Spotswood Industrial Heritage Tour Hobsons Bay City Council For further information visit hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/heritagehobsonsbay Hobsons Bay City Council Enjoy a 100th anniversary tour of the recently restored Come on a journey from Spotswood’s agricultural front building of the Williamstown Town Hall. Learn Photo: Truganina Explosives Reserve beginnings and through its industrial transformation, more about the history of the building and the role that using the Museum Victoria Spotswood Industrial Tour it has played in the community. The tour will be followed App. Non-app users are also welcome to attend. by a high tea and champagne in the Chamber. Memories of Williamstown Town ANZAC Day Cemetery Tour WED 24 APRIL 9.30AM–1PM MON 13 MAY 9.30AM–12PM Scienceworks, 2 Booker Street, Spotswood Williamstown Town Hall, Hall: 100 Years a City Exhibition Friends of Williamstown Cemetery Bookings: (03) 9932 4310 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown Hobsons Bay Libraries Visit the Williamstown Cemetery and be guided around Bookings: heritagehobsonsbay.eventbrite.com FREE EVENT We asked the community to share their fondest graves and memorials of local service people. You are welcome to bring a small posy of flowers to lay on a ADULT $18 memories of the historic Williamstown Town Hall through stories, photographs and ephemera resulting in grave of your choice. a snapshot of the social history of a city. THUR 25 APRIL 11AM THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY DURING LIBRARY Williamstown Cemetery, OPENING HOURS Champion Road, Williamstown North Williamstown Library, Bookings: heritagehobsonsbay.eventbrite.com 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

Bears’ Castle Tours A Bundle of Sticks Whittlesea Courthouse Association Chewton Domain Society This unique historic castle sits high on the hilltop in A musical gold rush story from Bushwackers Band the closed catchment area of the Yan Yean Reservoir. founder Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky. Jan tells of the hitherto Normally closed to the public, join us to discover the unknown 15,000 strong 1851 Monster Meeting of story behind this distinctive buildings and learn why Diggers on Forest Creek. They came for gold and dug up its origins have mystified historians for years. democracy. Come prepared for raucous, political fun. SUN 5 MAY 10AM–12.30PM, 2–4.30PM FRI–SAT 10–11 & 17–18 MAY 7.30–8PM Bear’s Castle, Chewton Town Hall, Cnr Church & Beech Streets, Whittlesea 145 Main Road, Chewton Bookings: [email protected], 0412 907 937 Bookings: trybooking.com/BAFO ADULT $30 CHILD $20 ADULT $25 CONC $20 CHILD $15 NT MEMBER $20

Why Van Diemen’s Land? SAT 18 MAY 2–4PM Collins Settlement Visitor Centre, National Trust Australia (Victoria) Mornington Peninsula 6 Leggett Way, Sorrento Branch and Friends of Collins Settlment Bookings: [email protected], 0407 099 855 Join us as we examine the events surrounding European settlement in 1803 and unlock the reasons why ADULT $12 CONC $10 NT MEMEBR $10 Lieutenant Governor David Collins removed from the site to re-settle in Van Diemen’s Land. A Secondary Education for All? The Entrepreneurial Spirit Come along to hear former teachers and authors This exhibition showcases the makers, manufacturers Collins Settlement John Andrews and Deborah Towns discuss the and magnates who lived and worked in Stonnington. process of writing A secondary education for all? and its Read early letters, marvel at the household goods once compendium, Unlocking the Past and ponder to what locally produced, and remember past brands and slogans extent have governments fulfilled their promises to in photographs and ephemera. provide ‘a secondary education for all’? LAUNCH EVENT WED 8 MAY 5–7PM, WED 1 MAY 5.30–6.30PM EXHIBITION OPEN WED–SAT 12-5PM Stonnington History Centre, 8 MAY–SAT 1 JUNE 1257 High Street, Malvern Stonnington History Centre, Bookings: bit.ly/2WVdeRk, (03) 8290 1360 1257 High Street, Malvern FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

Tour of the Stonnington History Centre Guided tour of Malvern Town Hall Come on a behind-the-scenes tour of the working archives of the Stonnington History Centre. Housed in Come on a guided tour of the Malvern Town Hall with the Italianate villa Northbrook, hear about the history the Mayor of Stonnington, Cr. Steve Stefanopoulos, of this former home, view some of our precious records, and explore the beautiful interior architecture, which and learn how to conduct your own research. features maple panelled walls, terrazzo floors, intricate plaster ceilings and walls, and elaborate WED 15 MAY 10.30–11.30AM Victorian style staircase. Stonnington History Centre, WED 8 MAY 10AM–12PM 1257 High Street, Malvern Malvern Town Hall, 1251 High Street, Malvern Bookings: bit.ly/2SK5liw (03) 8290 1360 Bookings: bit.ly/2SrAkAt, (03) 8290 1360 FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

Local and Residential Heritage | 53 Heritage Festival at Fisherman’s Boat Tour Cottage in partnership with Western Port Biosphere Foundation and Tidemaster in partnership with Casey Cardinia Libraries and The Cranbourne Shire Historical Society Join Greg Hunt, Executive Officer of the Western Port Biosphere Foundation, on a guided boat trip Visit Tooradin’s quaint Fisherman’s Cottage built circa exploring the top end of Western Port. Discover the 1875 and discover the area’s early history. The cottage rich wonderland of diverse ecosystems that make this is one of the few remaining examples of fishermen’s an area of international conservation significance, as houses that originally dotted both sides of Sawtell’s Inlet recognised by the United Nations in proclaiming the in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Peruse the local Western Port region as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. heritage groups’ photographic displays and delve into your local family history with the Narre Warren Family SAT 4 MAY 1–3PM History Group. The floating pontoon at the Tooradin Boat Ramp, SAT 4 MAY 10AM–4PM south-end of Foreshore Road, Tooradin Fisherman’s Cottage, Bookings: trybooking.com/BAHNW Foreshore Road, Tooradin FREE EVENT FREE EVENT Bendigo Heritage Unwrapped

Bendigo Heritage Attractions Spend a day on a heritage adventure in Bendigo! ‘Heritage Unwrapped’ is your opportunity to discover Edrington High Tea many of the heritage experiences that Bendigo has in partnership with Aveo Edrington Park Berwick to offer for a gold coin donation at each site. Hop and the Edrington History Research Group on and off one of Bendigo’s themed heritage trams throughout the day and learn more about Bendigo’s Enjoy High Tea served in the formal dining room of the colourful gold rush history. To view a detailed historic ‘Edrington’ in Berwick. Designed in 1907 by program of all the activities happening on the day Rodney Alsop, the Federation Arts and Crafts mansion around the city visit the website below. and formal gardens are open for visitors to join a guided house tour to explore and learn the story behind this Bendigo Heritage Attractions maintains and operates stately building, once the residence of Lord and some of Bendigo’s most significant heritage sites; Lady Casey. Central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo Tramways and the Bendigo Joss House Temple. SAT 11 MAY 2–5PM Edrington, SAT 11 MAY 9.30AM–4.30PM 6 Melville Park Drive, Berwick 51 Pall Mall, Bendigo FREE EVENT Bookings: bendigotourism.com BY DONATION

Portland Book Launch A Stroll Down Julia Street, Portland Presented by Portland Workskills, the publication Join historian and tour guide Bernard Wallace Sealing and Whaling at Portland Bay 1828 to 1868 who will guide you through the historic Julia Street, Tour of the Toorak Mansion— Stonnington Mansions Bus will be launched in Portland some 150 years after highlighting the significant buildings and their Tour through Toorak, Armadale the end of the whaling industry. Written by historian different uses over time. Mandeville Hall Bernard Wallace, this book considers two key industries SUN 21 APRIL 2PM–3PM Come on a guided tour with architectural historian, and Malvern from Portland’s pioneering year—industries central and Mayor of the City of Stonnington, Cr Steve Enjoy a tour on an elevated bus through the streets to the establishment and survival of the Cnr Julia and Percy Street, Portland Portland Bay settlement. Stefanopoulos and discover the magnificent features of Toorak, Armadale & Malvern, conducted by local FREE EVENT and exquisite interiors and opulent rooms of this architectural historian and Mayor of the City of WED 15 MAY 5.30PM–6.30PM internationally significant mansion. Stonnington, Cr Steve Stefanopoulos, and discover the many mansions and grand homes Portland Library, SUN 5 MAY 2PM 32 Bentinck Street, Portland Mandeville Hall, 10 Mandeville Crescent, Toorak SUN 19 MAY 2PM FREE EVENT Booking: trybooking.com/ZSHQ, (03) 9823 8157 Mandeville Hall, 10 Mandeville Crescent, Toorak Victoria’s Oldest Anglican Church Booking: trybooking.com/ZSIC, (03) 9823 8157 ADULT $50 CONC $40 Visit Portland for a guided tour of Victoria’s oldest ADULT $50 CONC $40 Anglican Church and discover the buildings long history which stretches back to 1834 when Portland was first established. You Can Bank On It SATURDAYS 20 APRIL–18 MAY 10–11AM Join historian Bernard Wallace in this presentation Mother’s Day High Tea Photo: Mandeville Hall considering Portland’s rich banking history over time, St Stephens Anglican Church, including the long wait for a bank to be established, 57 Julia Street, Portland Enjoy a special Mother’s Day High Tea in historic bank building’s, past and present mergers, closures Mandeville Hall, one of the most lavishly-decorated BY DONATION and some colourful bankers! of Melbourne’s 19th century mansions. WED 1 MAY 5.30PM–6.30PM SUN 12 MAY 2PM Portland Library, Mandeville Hall, 10 Mandeville Crescent, Toorak 32 Bentinck Street, Portland Bookings: trybooking.com/CNMN, (03) 9823 8157 FREE EVENT $60

Beechworth Historic Walking Tours Queenscliffe Heritage Walk— Burke Museum and Beechworth Historic Precinct A Living History Walk in the footsteps of bushrangers Ned Kelly and Queenscliffe Visitor Information Centre Harry Power, and take in the sights and sounds of the wild gold rush days. During the Festival the tours will Enjoy a guided tour of the historical town of discuss a number of sites significant to the National Queenscliffe. From the to early Europeans Trust, including the Powder Magazine, Old Beechworth to the opulent Victorian period you will learn how Gaol, Beechworth Post Office, and many more. people have used and enjoyed the seaside town. Afterwards you will enjoy an afternoon tea with your THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 APRIL DAILY TOURS, guide. ECHOES OF HISTORY TOUR 10.15AM NED KELLY TOUR 1.15PM SATURDAYS 20 APRIL–18 MAY 2PM Beechworth Historic Precinct, Queenscliffe Visitor Information Centre, 103 Ford Street, Beechworth 55 Hesse Street, Queenscliffe Bookings: (03) 5258 4843 ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD $12 FAMILY $40 NT MEMEBR $10 ADULT $10

Step Back In Time—Williamstown Point Cook Homestead Ghost Tour Guided Walking Tour Lantern Ghost Tours Hobsons Bay City Council Discover the country home of the Chirnside family, Point Cook Homestead. Located at the end of an Join a guided walking tour and unlock the secrets of the isolated country track, you will be transported to historic Williamstown waterfront and seaport, as well as another world. its hidden lanes, monuments and buildings. SATURDAY 20 APRIL & SATURDAY 18 MAY 8.30PM TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS 19 APRIL–17 MAY 11.45AM–12.45PM Point Cook Homestead, 1 Point Cook Homestead Rd, Point Cook Visitor Information Centre, 1 Syme Street, Williamstown Bookings: lanternghosttours.com, 1300 390 119 Local Bookings: heritagehobsonsbay.eventbrite.com ADULT $36 FAMILY $96 (03) 9932 4310

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Walking Night Cemetery Tours Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust Old Melbourne Ghost Tour As the sun fades over the horizon, hear captivating Lantern Ghost Tours stories about fascinating and notable figures and explore the cemetery’s stunning landscape. Journey back to old Melbourne, a time when the spices of China Town masked the smoke of the opium dens, FRI 26 APRIL 7.30–9PM FRI 10 MAY 7–8.30PM Tours poor houses supplied bodies in the name of advancing SAT 18 MAY, MULTIPLE TIMES medical science and Federici gave his most dramatic Melbourne General Cemetery, performance, plummeting to death infront of his College Crescent, Parkville audience. Bookings: mgc.smct.org.au, (03) 8858 8210 Much of Victoria’s most celebrated heritage is as you walk, ride, bus, or sail in the footsteps of FRIDAYS–SUNDAYS 19 APRIL–19 MAY 8.30PM ADULT $25 CONC $20 CHILD $20 easy to miss and it takes the valuable knowledge some of Victoria’s infamous, and lesser known, Crn Swanston St & Flinders Street, Melbourne of a local or historian to reveal the hidden secrets characters. These tours explore the historical Bookings: lanternghosttours.com, 1300 390 119 of our streets and communities. Here, experts threads of migration, poverty, industry, commerce, will guide you along arcades and laneways, and affluence and the impact that has on shaping ADULT $36 FAMILY $96 through towns and regions to discover obscure the character of suburbs and towns as reflected in accounts, unique architecture, and local legends. architecture and streetscapes. See your community through a different lens Photo: Olympic Rings, Ballarat Local Walking Tours | 59 History Among the Tombstones Melbourne General Cemetery Walk Captain Bacchus’ Marsh: Niddrie History Walk City of Melton Princes Hill Community Centre The Township Then and Now Moonee Valley Libraries Local historian, Judith Bilszta will take you back to the Join local historian Jeff Atkinson for a tour of Melbourne Bacchus Marsh and District Historical Society Inc. Join our Community Heritage Librarian for a gentle past at the historic Melton Cemetery (1862). Her stories General Cemetery for stories of the famous, infamous Take a guided or self-guided tour of the central business guided walk of Keilor Road, Niddrie. This one hour of the sometimes tragic and sometimes amazing lives and forgotten. district of Bacchus Marsh and reconnect with the past. walk is an opportunity to learn more about historically and deaths of early residents of the district will enthral significant points on Keilor Road and the surrounding SAT 27 APRIL 10AM–12PM Visit local historical sites and displays while discovering you. some of the people who founded the settlement. Access area. Princes Hill Community Centre, the Society’s Archive and investigate your connections FRI 26 APRIL 10–11AM & SAT 4 MAY 2–3PM 5 Bagung Lane, Princess Hill WED 1 MAY 2–3PM to the families of the district. Melton Cemetery, 153A Centenary Avenue, Melton Bookings: princeshill.org.au, [email protected] Niddrie Library, 483 Keilor Road, Niddrie Bookings: melton.vic.gov.au/heritageweek SUN 28 APRIL GUIDED 10.30AM & 1.30PM Bookings: bit.ly/NiddWalk ADULT $10 CHILD $5 SELF GUIDED 10.30–3PM FREE EVENT ARCHIVE OPEN 10.30–4PM FREE EVENT

Lerderderg Library, 215 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh Bookings: [email protected] FREE EVENT Beechworth Historic Horsham Habitants, Haunts Photography Tour Heritage Walk: Department Stores and Happenings Beechworth Pictures of Chapel Street Wimmera Regional Library Step back to Beechworth in 1856 through the historic Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library Discover the hidden history of Horsham on your own photographs of Walter Woodbury. This is a unique Back Lanes of Williamstown Cr. Steve Stefanopoulos, Mayor of Stonnington and unique mystery tour! Visitors will collect a clue sheet opportunity to walk through Beechworth’s iconic streets Vice President of the PMI will take you for a wander from Horsham Library before setting off to discover the and buildings to understand how they’ve evolved Hobsons Bay City Council in partnership with Hobsons Bay along Chapel Street exploring former department stores habitants, haunts and happenings around town. Visitors from the nineteenth century to today. Bring along Visitor Information Centre between Malvern and Commercial Roads and High will need a vehicle, and a camera or sketchbook to your camera to capture the photographs for the next Gain a new perspective of the heritage of Nelson Place Street. complete tasks. generation! on a back lane guided tour of Williamstown. WED 1 MAY 10–11AM SAT 27 APRIL 10AM–4PM SATURDAYS 27 APRIL–18 MAY 10.30AM–12PM WED 1 MAY 10AM–1.30PM Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library, Horsham Library, Mibus Centre, Beechworth Post Office, Visitor Information Centre, 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran 28 McLachlan Street, Horsham Cnr Camp & Ford Streets, Beechworth 1 Syme Street, Williamstown Bookings: trybooking.com/BAEFY Bookings: [email protected] Bookings: heritagehobsonsbay.eventbrite.com FREE EVENT ADULT $20 CONC $15 NT & PMI MEMBER $15 FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

Werribee Heritage Trail Guided Walk Werribee District Historical Society Melbourne Central Unlocked Tour Join us in exploring a snap shot of Werribee City Melbourne Central Centre Heritage Trail. Visitors can explore the origins Join ‘The Gents’ for a behind the scenes tour of and history of Werribee to the present day through its Melbourne Central. Discover the hidden nooks and gain streetscapes, landscapes, and significant places. exclusive access to rarely-seen vantage points, including SAT 27 APRIL 10AM–12PM the rooftop, which provides amazing views of the Melbourne city skyline. Werribee Museum, 49 Watton Street, Werribee Bookings: werribeedhs.eventbrite.com SAT 27 & SUN 28 APRIL HOURLY 10AM–3PM Melbourne Central, FREE EVENT Cnr Latrobe & Swanston Street, Melbourne Bookings: eventbrite.com.au/e/54394244650 ADULT $10 REDEEMABLE FOR A $10 MELBOUNRE CENTRAL GIFT CARD AFTER TOUR

Photo: Melbourne Central by Heidi Sandstrom (@bravelyventure) on Unsplash

60 | Local Walking Tours Local Walking Tours | 61 Altona Homestead Ghost Tour Williamstown Cemetery Open Day Flemington Historical Buildings Lantern Ghost Tours Hobsons Bay City Council in partnership with Walk Visit one of Australia’s original homesteads, only 20 Friends of Williamstown Cemetery Moonee Valley Libraries minutes drive from Melbourne. The homestead has a Join a guided tour at the Williamstown Cemetery Open Join John Dickie from the Flemington Association for a long standing reputation for hauntings and has been the Day and learn about the various graves and memorials two hour walking tour of Flemington and Kensington’s centre of paranormal investigations. of the heritage listed cemetery. historic buildings. SATURDAY 4 MAY 8.30PM SAT 11 MAY 10AM–3PM SAT 18 MAY 11AM–1PM & 2–4PM Altona Homestead, Williamstown Cemetery, Flemington Library, 128 Queen Street, Altona Champion Road, Williamstown North 313 Racecourse Road, Kensington Bookings: lanternghosttours.com, 1300 390 119 Bookings: heritagehobsonsbay.eventbrite.com Bookings: bit.ly/FlemWalk ADULT $36 FAMILY $96 ADULT $10 FREE EVENT

Elsternwick Historic Walking Tour Truth and Lies—Dark History Tour Glen Eira City Council Art Deco Ballarat Walking Tour South Carlton Walk of North Melbourne National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Ballarat Branch Did you know that the first electric tram service ran Princes Hill Community Centre down Glenhuntly Road in 1913? Or that the site of Horrible Hotham History Tours Join the NTAV Ballarat Branch for a guided tour Walk through the historic streets of South Carlton to the cinema building in Gordon Street was originally Journey into the depths of North Melbourne’s history. of Ballarat’s Art Deco and Inter war architecture. find remnants of the 1860s, and learn something of earmarked as a skating rink? Join Council’s History Beware, not every story your guide tells you is true and Commencing at the Olympic Rings, enjoy a 45min walk Carlton’s most notorious crimes, notable migrants, and and Heritage Officer on a special tour to coincide it’s up to you to decide what is fact and what is fiction. as you learn about the history and development of the more recent public controversies. with the launch of the new mobile self-guided An interactive tour of yarns, mystery and tales that area. walking tour. SAT 18 MAY 10AM–12PM might send a shiver down your spine. SAT 11 & SUN 12 MAY 1.30–2.15PM Princes Hill Community Centre, WED 1 MAY 11AM–2.30PM WEEKENDS 4–5 MAY & 18–19 MAY 2–3PM Olympic Rings monument, 5 Bagung Lane, Princess Hill & SUN 5 MAY 2–3.30PM Corner Wendouree Parade and Meet at the water fountain outside North Melbourne Bookings: princeshill.org.au, [email protected] Elsternwick Plaza, Post Office, Cnr Errol & Queensberry Street, Hamilton Street, Ballarat Cnr Glenhuntly Rd ADULT $10 CHILD $5 North Melbourne ADULT $10 & Elsternwick Place, Elsternwick Bookings: [email protected]

Bookings: gleneira.vic.gov.au/history-events ADULT $10 CONC $6 $CHILD $5 FREE EVENT

Heritage Walk: Malvern Civic Precinct Queen’s Park History Walk Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library Moonee Valley Libraries Come on a guided heritage walk of the Malvern Civic Join our Community Heritage Librarian for a gentle Precinct with the Mayor of Stonnington and PMI Vice Shepparton’s Public Art guided walk of Queen’s Park. This one hour walk is an President, Cr. Steve Stefanopoulos. and History Walk opportunity to learn more about historically significant WED 15 MAY 10–11.30AM points in the Park and the surrounding area. Greater Shepparton Visitor Centre Clock Tower of Malvern Town Hall, Join a volunteer guide on a walking tour of Shepparton THUR 9 MAY 2–3PM 1251 High Street, Malvern and discover the many diverse stories that contribute to Sam Merrifield Library, Bookings: trybooking.com/BAEGN the history of the town. 762 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds ADULT $20 CONC $15 NT & PMI MEMBER $15 SAT 4 MAY 10AM–12PM Bookings: bit.ly/QParkWalk

Greater Shepparton Visitor Centre, FREE EVENT 33-35 Nixon Street, Shepparton Bookings: [email protected] FREE EVENT

62 | Local Walking Tours Local Walking Tours | 63 Robin Boyd Centenary Heritage Ranelagh Estate Walks Speaker Series National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Robin Boyd Foundation Mornington Peninsula Branch You’re invited to Robin Boyd’s own mid-century modern Visitors will be able to enjoy a guided walk through the home for a series of panel discussions with experts curvilinear streets of the Walter Burley Griffin designed across heritage, architecture, and design to debate the Ranelagh Estate and learn first hand about the history big questions surrounding heritage and its role in in of the heritage dwellings that line the streets of this modern-day culture. stunning estate. WED 24 APRIL WED 1 MAY & SAT 4 & 11 MAY 2PM THU 9 MAY 6.30–8.30PM The Ranelagh Club, The Robin Boyd Foundation, 3 Rosserdale Crescent, Mount Eliza 290 Walsh Street, South Yarra Bookings: [email protected], (03) 8774 1825 Bookings: robinboyd.org.au/whats-on ADULT $20 CONC $15 NT MEMBER $15 [email protected]

ADULT $35

Modernism Tower Hill Twilight Tour and Talk Parks Victoria in partnership with with Robin Boyd SAT 18 MAY 3–6PM Foundation and Worn Gundidj Aboriginal Cooperative Tower Hill Visitor Centre, Entrance Road, Tower Hill During the 1950s, 60s, and 70s Victoria included within this theme celebrate the optimism Join us for a twilight tour and presentation at the Tower Bookings: towerhilltwilight.eventbrite.com.au underwent a period of transformation and and inventiveness of the art, architecture, and Hill Visitor Centre, to hear about renowned architect change on a scale not seen since the gold rush. design produced during this highly influential Robin Boyd’s design, and to learn about Victoria’s first FREE EVENT The post-war boom saw Melbourne’s population period, highlighting the masterful minds and official national park—including its remarkable geology, history, and abundant flora and fauna. almost doubled, with the 1956 Olympics a key organisations that sort to reshape and redefine moment in the modernisation of the city. Despite the city around us. the historical importance of this period, progress Photo: 290 Walsh St, by Robin Boyd Foundation towards recognising and celebrating our post-war heritage has been difficult. Events Modernism | 65 #win

Design Generation Beaumaris Classics by Foot Meet the sons & daughters of the visionary creatives A 1956 publication from the Royal Victorian Institute who shaped Beaumaris. of Architects quoted Beaumaris as having ‘the greatest concentration of interesting houses in the metropolitan Design Generation is a celebration of the creative social area.’ Beaumaris remains a living treasure trove of history of Beaumaris. This special evening illuminates mid-century modernism. Come explore the streets and We’re giving you the chance to win a free National Trust of the life and times of the artists, designers, architects and peer behind the tea trees as we explore and appreciate Australia (Victoria) membership valid for one year. Simply attend creative spirits who grew up, came of age and designed the mid-century modern homes that define this unique the future from Beaumaris, all via fascinating anecdotes suburb. Learn about the architects, designers and artists an Australian Heritage Festival event and share your experiences from their children. who have called Beaumaris home. of the People, Places, Past theme on Instagram to enter. Some of Australia’s best-known architects designed their SUN 19 MAY 11AM, 1PM & 3PM earliest homes in Beaumaris: Grounds Romberg & Boyd, Peter McIntyre, Neil Clerehan, Chancellor & Patrick, Beaumaris Community Centre, How to enter: John Baird, Mockridge Stahle Mitchell, David Godsell Reserve Road, Beaumaris and Gordon Steele to name but a few. Bookings: beaumarismodern.com.au/bmclassics • Upload a photo on Instagram while attending a Festival event between 31 March–31 May Similarly, some of our country’s most well-regarded ADULT $25 BEAUMARIS MODERN MEMBER $20 designers & artists either grew up or lived in Beaumaris. • Tag @nationaltrustvic and @australianheritagefestival on the photo Fashion designers Sally Brown, Linda Jackson and Pru Acton. Artists Leonard French, Clarice Beckett and • Hashtag #AHF2019 and #PeoplePlacesPast in the comments Arthur Boyd. Fabric artist Michael O’Connor. Architect and historian Mary Turner Shaw. Lighting designers • Make sure your profile isn’t set on private Don Brown and Bill Iggulden. Gallery owner Christine Beaumaris Modern Open 2019 Abrahams and so many more. • Each photo represents one entry and you may enter Showcasing & celebrating a selection of the as many times as you like THUR 9 MAY 7.30–10.30PM special mid-century homes of Beaumaris. The winning post will be selected by the Festival team, and announced Beaumaris Bowls Club, SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER Martin Street, Beaumaris on Friday 7 June 2019. Your photos may also be re-shared throughout For more information visit: Bookings: beaumarismodern.com.au/designgeneration beaumarismodern.com.au/OPEN2019 the duration and following the conclusion of the Festival. ADULT $55 BEAUMARIS MODERN MEMBER $40

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Image: Guy Brown, son of Donald Brown @australianheritagefestival (designer & co-owner BECO Lighting) in front of their Beaumaris home, The Australian Home Beautiful, 1955. Powerhouse Car & Motor Museum Glenelg Shire Council Motoring, Car and vehicle enthusiasts will enjoy this museum, comprising a unique collection of veteran, vintage and classic cars, motor bikes, stationary motors, tractors, a fully restored Melbourne Cable Tram, and memorabilia. THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY 10AM–4PM Transportation, ANZAC DAY 1–4PM Powerhouse Car and Motor Museum, 23 Glenelg Street, Portland ADULT $8 CONC $6 CHILD $1 FAMILY $16 and Machinery

43rd Historic Winton Melbourne’s Suburban Electric Austin 7 Club Inc & Historic Motorcycle Racing Trains: 1919–2019 Association Victoria Newport Railway Museum In its 43rd year, Australia’s longest-running all-historic race meeting presents a weekend of In May 1919 Melbourne’s first electric suburban trains thrilling action. Experience the competition of 400 entered service. Visit the Railway Museum and see some historic cars and motorbikes from the 1920s to the of the many electric suburban trains that have run since 1980s plus a huge display of rare, old and loved cars, then as well as photographs and historic documents bikes, vans, postie bikes and more. that tell the story of the project to electrify Melbourne’s railways. SAT 18–SUN 19 MAY 8.30AM–5.30PM SATURDAYS 20 APRIL–18 MAY SUNDAY 21 APRIL 12–5PM Winton Motor Raceway, 41 Fox Street, Winton Newport Railway Museum, Bookings: historicwinton.org 26 Champion Road , Newport or purchase tickets at gate ADULT $8 CONC $4 CHILD $4 FAMILY $20 SATURDAY $30 SUNDAY $40 WEEKEND $60 CHILD FREE

Devonshire Tea on a Vintage Tram Ballarat Tramway Museum Climb on board the recently restored and award winning Cuthberts 939 vintage tram for a scenic Devonshire Tea. Cruise gently through Ballarat’s beautiful Botanical Gardens on the edge of Lake Wendouree completing the event with a tour of the Ballarat Tramway Museum and its workshops. FRI 3 MAY 11AM–12.30PM 1–3PM Ballarat Tramway Museum, Wendouree Parade Lake Wendouree Bookings: trybooking.com/BAFUB ADULT $40 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: Standard 1914 at The Heights, Geelong. locomotives. These events celebrate the growth By Jessica Hood. and achievement of Victoria through its arteries Motoring, Transportation and Machinery | 69 Beechworth Drive Back in Time Heritage of the Air Beechworth Old Cranks Motor Club Inc. City of Melton A huge variety of rare vintage cars and motorcycles will Join us for a bus tour of significant sites in the west take over Beechworth’s Historic Precinct for this annual of Melbourne that played a role in the development event. Come on down for your chance to view over 250 of early radio communications and aviation considered beautifully restored vehicles. to be the marvels of the early twentieth century. SAT 4 MAY 10AM & SUN 5 MAY 8AM FRIDAY 17 MAY 10AM–1PM Beechworth Historic Precinct, Melton Community Hall , Ford Street Beechworth 232 High Street Melton FREE EVENT Bookings: melton.vic.gov.au/heritageweek FREE EVENT

Pioneer Wagon Shed Glenelg Shire Council Along the Line Book Launch Heywood was a town built on timber and transport. Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library Enjoy a display on the agricultural and industrial history Glen Eira Historical Society are celebrating the launch of this township, including the most recent display, of Along the Line: Caulfield to Oakleigh rail stories. Come The Trucking Hall of Fame and the industries that along to hear author’s readings and hear about the funny supported the Australian Forces during conflict. personal and sometimes surprising stories of train travel. SAT 11, SUN 12, SAT 18 & SUN 19 MAY 10AM–4PM SAT 18 MAY 2–3PM Pioneer Wagon Shed and Museum, PMI Victorian History Library, Hunter Street East, Heywood 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran BY DONATION Bookings: trybooking.com/BAEDX

FREE EVENT

Victorian Colonial Express Victorian Goldfields Railway Join us for a memorable ride on Victoria’s oldest railway carriages. Over 130 years old these relics from a long past era are being operated especially for visitors to the Heritage Festival. Experience rail travel of the 1880’s when these quaint carriages were the latest in speed and comfort. SATURDAYS 27 APRIL–18 MAY 12–4.30PM Castlemaine Railway Station, Kennedy Street, Castlemaine Bookings: vgr.com.au/victorian_colonial_express.php ADULT $50 CONC $45 CHILD $20 FAMILY $110 NT MEMBER $40

Walhalla, Victoria

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Labassa, by Anthony Basheer Revel In The Roaring 20s in Walhalla Walhalla Goldfields Railway Inc. Celebrate the Australian Heritage Festival with a trip SAT 18 MAY 10AM–4PM on Walhalla Goldfields Railway a spectacular heritage Walhalla Goldfields Railway, As Australia’s leading force for Every gift of every size has narrow gauge line built in 1900s and set in the majestic 2 Main Road Walhalla mountain rivers region. By the 1920s when the world heritage conservation, caring for a lasting impact in keeping was celebrating the ‘roaring twenties’ of opulence and Bookings: walhallarail.com.au, (03) 5165 6280 our special places takes thousands Australia’s heritage standing. festivity the much touted premier mining town was ADULT $40 CON $25 FAMILY $90 slowing down. Help us recreate that fabulous period of of hours and millions of dollars. Be a keeper, and donate history as we revel in the decadence of the flapper and Founded in 1956, the National Trust embrace the excitement of the jazz age. Your journey today via our website starts at the Walhalla railway station where you climb of Australia (Victoria) is a registered aboard a heritage carriage and immerse yourself in our nationaltrust.org.au/donate recreation of the luxurious 1920s. The train will take charity relying on the support of you on an hour’s journey before returning you to the its members and the community at or by calling (03) 9656 9834 Walhalla platform where a sumptuous high tea awaits. Be charmed by flappers and sip champagne whilst large in the fight to preserve places partaking in this classic ritual amid the bedlam of social, cultural and historical of a dizzy jazz quartet. significance. Moving Melbourne: Living in the 1970s Cities Don’t Stand Still Geelong Regional Library Corporation Public Record Office Victoria Visit the Reading Room and immerse yourself in imagery Oral and This photo exhibition is focused on a city in constant and objects evoking memories of life in the 1970s. motion. From rowers parting the morning mist to TUESDAYS–SATURDAYS 18 APRIL–19 MAY protesters stopping traffic, Melbourne never stops moving. This exhibition displays historic archival Heritage Reading Room, photography alongside contemporary street Level 3, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre photography. Visit grlc.vic.gov.au/locate/heritage-centre for opening hours. Social MON–FRI 18 APRIL–15 MAY 10AM–4.30PM EVERY SECOND & LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FREE EVENT CLOSED SUN & PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Victorian Archives Centre, 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne History FREE EVENT Newport Archives The Substation Drawing on interviews with local residents, this self- Royal Children’s Hospital Fire guided tour explores the origins of Newport and the surrounding area. Step through Newport’s streets on a Brigade ‘Once a Year Club’ and the journey that knits local memories with the present. History of Bushfires THUR 18 APRIL–SAT 18 MAY 11AM–5PM Fire Services Museum of Victoria CLOSED SUN & MON These new exhibitions recognise and explore significant The Substation, anniversaries in Victoria’s bushfire history. 1 Market Street, Newport THUR & FRI 18 APRIL–17 MAY 9AM–3PM Bookings: [email protected] SUN TOURS BY APPOINTMENT 10AM–4PM FREE EVENT Fire Services Museum of Victoria, 39 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne Bookings: [email protected], (03) 9662 2907 ADULT $10 CONC $8 CHILD $8 FAMILY $18 People’s History of Brunswick

Moreland City Libraries Wander the streets of 1930s Brunswick where the Internationale could be heard spilling out of pubs and Remembering the 1970s on street corners. Use your smartphone to explore the Geelong Regional Library Corporation rich history of social struggle and political organising You are invited to leave a brief story on one of our with these self-guided audio tours. A printed map and memory postcards describing a favourite place or instructions will be available at Brunswick Library. significant happening that took place in the Geelong THUR 18 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY 10AM–6PM region during the 1970s. These cards will be preserved at the Heritage Centre, allowing your memory to Brunswick Library, become a permanent part of our region’s rich history. Rd & Dawson St, Brunswick Download the Echoes app via iTunes or Google Play TUESDAYS–SATURDAYS 18 APRIL–19 MAY Social history provides a window into the past of and communities to the physical fabric of our Heritage Reading Room, FREE EVENT ordinary people and oral history tells these stories heritage. Through stories, artefacts, recordings, Level 3, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre through songs, storytelling, folklore, and memory. places, and archives, these events will provide Visit grlc.vic.gov.au/locate/heritage-centre The secrets of our history tend to lurk in forgotten a window into the hearts and minds of ordinary for opening hours. archives and dwell within the intergenerational people who shaped the historical landscape of narratives that make-up our diverse heritage. The Victoria. FREE EVENT voices of the Victoria’s past continue to unravel Photo: Florado festival procession, c1961, the historical threads that binds places, families, Warrnambool & District Historical Society Inc. Oral and Social History | 75 Ballarat in Business & City Life Westgarthtown Settler Stories Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute Friends of Westgarthtown This exhibition explores historic local shops and Come and hear the stories of settler families, told by businesses through photography, advertising and their descendants, in the cemetery in which they are ephemera. Join curators, guest artists, and collectors buried. Whilst descendants have spread out across for the exhibition’s closing event for feature talks and Australia, many have kept a close relationship with the activities on 26 & 27 April. area through the Friends of Westgarthtown. LIBRARY HOURS: MON–FRI 10–4 SATURDAYS SUN 28 APRIL 1.30–4PM 9.30AM–12PM, EXHIBITION: SAT 20–SAT 27 APRIL, Lutheran Cemetery Lalor, SATURDAY 27 APRIL 10AM–4PM Cnr Gardenia Road and German Lane, Lalor Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central FREE EVENT BY DONATION

Remembering Footscray’s Spanish Influenza Social History Tour Footscray Historical Society Abbotsford Convent A century ago, war-weary nations faced a new Join a walking tour and discover Abbotsford Convent’s challenge, the flu pandemic that caused more than diverse history, from its use as a meeting point for the 12,000 deaths in Australia. Join a guided walk of the Kulin Nation, to its days as a monastic site run by the Footscray Cemetery to honour the Spanish Influenza Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and how it came to be victims buried there. the leading arts, culture and education community it is today. SUN 28 APRIL 2PM TUE 23 APRIL & THUR 2 MAY 11AM–12.30PM Footscray Cemetery, 501-511 Geelong Road, Yarraville Abbotsford Convent, 1 Saint Heliers Street, Abbotsford Bookings: [email protected], (03) 9689 3820 Bookings: eventbrite.com.au/e/54577013316 FREE EVENT

ADULT $15 CONC $12.5 CHILD $12.5

What’s in a name? Bonegilla Migrant Experience: Melbourne Architours Tour & Luncheon Photographic History of Mulberry Hill This tour, curated especially for the Australian Heritage Bonegilla Migrant Experience Festival, will explore how place names connect us to our National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Today, one in 20 Australians have links to Bonegilla OPEN MON-SUNDAY GUIDED TOURS ON 18 & past. From obvious street names to new places such as through parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts or 23–24 APRIL 11–12.15PM & 2–3.15PM LUNCH Join author and photographer Janelle McCulloch Federation Square, Birrarung Marr and , grandparents. The Bonegilla Migrant Experience brings 12.30PM–1.45PM on a pictorial journey through the social history of how does naming encode our histories? to life the stories and experiences of these people, Mulberry Hill. Janelle will unpack the life, experiences, Bonegilla Migrant Experience, SAT 4 MAY 10–11.30AM and their family’s contribution to the formation of our 132 Bonegilla Road, Bonegilla and mysteries surrounding Sir Daryl and Lady Joan multicultural society. Bonegilla Migrant Experience Lindsay during their residence at Mulberry Hill from Federation Square, Bookings: (02) 6020 6912 is an intimate glimpse into the hopes and dreams of 1926–1984. Cnr Flinders and Swanston Streets, Melbourne Australia’s post-war migrants. Take a guided tour of Bookings: bit.ly/2RQi0Mc ADULT $14 CHILD $11 FAMILY $40 WED 24 APRIL 6.30PM the remaining original buildings of Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre which housed 320,000 Mulberry Hill, ADULT $40 CONC $30 CHILD $30 NT MEMBER $30 people between 1947 and 1971. 385 Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South

Bookings: trybooking.com/BAVWD On these selected days a light lunch will be on offer to enjoy before or after your tour and you are welcome ADULT $25 to explore the site further if you wish.

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The Way We Were: Short Films Fitzroy Crime Tour 1880s-1920s Heritage of Scouting Open Day of Mid Twentieth Century Fitzroy History Society with Scout Heritage Victoria Melbourne Historical Crime Tours Explore the History of Scouting in Victoria at the largest Warrnambool Once one of Melbourne’s most fashionable suburbs, and most comprehensive Scouting Museum in Australia. Warrnambool & District Historical Society Inc. by WWI Fitzroy was known by police as ‘the home of Visitors can explore range of exhibits and artefacts with A screening of rare movies from Warrnambool Historical Melbourne’s criminals’. Come along on a walking tour to interactive activities, guided tours and research on past Society’s recently digitised collection. Films feature local consider the lives and experience of Fitzroy’s police as Scouting members. residents, street scenes, events and activities from they navigated bombings, brothels, and personal attacks. SUN 5 MAY 10AM–4PM 60-90 years ago. SUN 5 MAY 10–11AM Scout Heritage Victoria Centre & Archives MON 15 MAY 7.30PM Royal Terrace, Museum on Mackie, 62 Mackie Road, Bentleigh Mozart Hall, 50 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy BY DONATION Gilles Street, Warrnambool ADULTS $10 ADULT $10 CHILD $5 NT MEMBER $5

Oral History and Community: Transcribing Chinese Travels Risks, Challenges and Rewards The Calamitous New Year’s Day Bridal Fashions into Victoria’s History Professional Historians Association (Victoria & Tasmania) Floods of 1889 Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria CAFHOV and Oral History Australia (Victoria) of the 20th Century Harcourt Valley Heritage and Tourist Centre Inc Come and help us create an index of three historic Come along and hear four experienced historians Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library Combining newly discovered photographs and registers documenting Chinese Victorian travel. Under explore oral history in the context of community Join costume designer and author, Nicole Jenkins as contemporary accounts and analysis of more recent the White Australia Policy Victoria’s Chinese population histories. They will reflect on the risks, challenges and she presents an illustrated talk on changing bridal floods, this event will explore the extent and damage dropped by about 65%. Ironically, the systems used to rewards of working with communities—there is much fashions of the 20th century. of the region’s single most devastating flood event. control Australia’s immigration hold huge potential to to be learned and much to be put into practice. help us understand our multicultural past. SAT 11 MAY 2–3PM SUN 19 MAY 1.30–4PM THUR 9 MAY 6PM FOR 6.30PM START PMI Victorian History Library, Harcourt Heritage Centre, SUN 5 MAY 10AM–4PM Museo Italiano, 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran 7 High Street, Harcourt Chinese Museum, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne 199 Faraday Street, Carlton Bookings: trybooking.com/BAEEQ ADULT $5 ADULT $11 CONC $9 CHILD $9 FAMILY $26 Bookings: phavic.wildapricot.org/event-3273380 BY DONATION FREE EVENT

Laurie McCalman Presentation: Phonse Tobin–An Anything but Ordinary Life Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library, Stonnington History Centre Hear the story of Phonse Tobin, the founder of Australia’s most successful family-owned funeral service company, Tobin Brothers Funerals. From trapping rats for pocket money to being a long serving member of the North Melbourne Football Club committee, his life was rich with history. THUR 9 MAY 7–8PM PMI Victorian History Library 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran Bookings: trybooking.com/BAEBR

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78 | Oral and Social History Oral and Social History | 79 Behind The Scenes of Hotel Felton Story Esplanade Hotel Esplanade Hotel Esplanade A treat for culture lovers, history buffs and those who Traversing design, music, art, food and booze: a chance like a good yarn, this storytelling experience illuminates to hear first-hand the inspiration behind the restoration the little known life of former Hotel Esplanade resident of this beloved and historic St Kilda hotel. Lovingly Alfred Felton, Australia’s largest philanthropist to the known by locals as The Espy, Hotel Esplanade is a Gold Rush: 20 Objects, 20 Stories arts. Led by Melbourne publican Matt Mullins, an art and 140-year-old iconic seaside pub. Tours will be led by one Old Treasury Building in partnership history lover. Like many publicans he tells a great tale of the people behind the mammoth task of breathing life with Public Record Office Victoria and loves a few laughs. into the previously run down old pub. SUN–FRI 22 APRIL–17 MAY 10AM–4PM This exhibition presents the turbulent tale of Victoria’s CLOSED GOOD FRIDAY & EASTER SUNDAY Hotel Esplanade, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda Hotel Esplanade, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda gold rush through just 20 objects. From intriguing Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne For times and dates visit: For times and dates visit: archaeological artefacts, to a frilled crinoline dress, each hotelesplanade.com.au/arts-program hotelesplanade.com.au/arts-program object has an unexpected story to tell. FREE EVENT ADULT $30 FREE EVENT

Ghosts of the Hotel Esplanade For more Hotel Esplanade Hotel Esplanade experiences throughout Explore the 140-year-old iconic Hotel Esplanade the festival visit through the lens of the paranormal. Not your average hotelesplanade.com.au/arts-program ghost tour, this storytelling experience unveils the souls who float and have floated throughout the Hotel Esplanade, whilst exploring the newly reopened hotel. From seaside resort to live music institution, these walls bare the hallmarks of ghostly potential. The hotel has housed and hosted many famous (and infamous) residents and visitors. Hotel Esplanade, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda For times and dates visit: hotelesplanade.com.au/arts-program $30

80 | Oral and Social History Oral and Social History | 81 The Battle of Kapyong Stern Justice For two days in April 1951, the 3rd Battalion, Royal Shrine of Remembrance Australian Regiment fought a heroic rearguard action and helped to stop a massive Chinese force at the gates In the aftermath of the Second World War, Australia of Seoul. Join Dr Adrian Threlfall to explore Australia’s conducted hundreds of trials against Japanese wartime largest post-Second World War battle. leaders. Adam Wakeling considers whether these trials were acts of justice or revenge and what we can learn TUE 23 APRIL 12PM from them today. Shrine of Remembrance, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne WED 1 MAY 6PM Bookings: Shrine of Remembrance, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne shrine.org.au/Visit-the-Shrine/Talks-and-Events Bookings: $5 shrine.org.au/Visit-the-Shrine/Talks-and-Events

$5 Photo: Australian War Memorial

The ANZAC billy: Book Launch with War Heritage Claire Saxby The Pompey Pilgrimage Hobsons Bay City Council Libraries National Trust Wimmera Branch The experience of children and those on the home front Join a guided two day return coach tour of places from is often a peripheral narrative within WWI history. Join Harold ‘Pompey’ Elliot’s life. From Horsham to Ballarat, hear stories from guest speakers and see various places War heritage explores and commemorates the the Australian armed forces, the experience of award-winning children’s author, Claire Saxby, as she launches her brand new picture book The ANZAC billy. from Pompey’s life including his boyhood home in legacy of Australia’s involvement in conflict communities and families in war-time, the history Ballarat, Elsinore. Meals included in ticket price. and the contributions of those who served and of the anti-war movement and draft resistance, MON 29 APRIL 9.30AM 12–1PM SAT 4–SUN 5 MAY 8AM–4PM died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping and the commemoration of war in our national Altona Meadows Library and Learning Centre, operations. These events trace the personal identity. Through personal stories and artefacts, 2 Newham Way, Altona Meadows 28 McLachlan Street, Horsham stories of hardship and mateship embedded in local histories, and national exhibitions, events Bookings: [email protected] Bookings: [email protected] the birth of the ANZAC legend in Gallipoli in examine the nuanced and complex tapestry of (03) 5382 0707 FREE EVENT World War I to the evolution of Australia’s living loss, pride, sacrifice, and memory that comprises $125 heritage and commemoration of its ongoing the Victorian legacy of war and conflict. involvement in war and peacekeeping. War Photo: Australian War Memorial heritage tells the stories of those who served in War Heritage | 83 Find more festival events online at australianheritagefestival.org.au #AHF2019 #PeoplePlacesPast #nationaltrustvic

Australia as Peacemaker? Challenges and Joys Shrine of Remembrance of Preserving Heritage Join Dr Tania Miletic, specialist in peace and conflict studies, as she reflects on the Australian experience of B-24 Liberator Memorial Australia conflict prevention and peace building processes around Experience the ongoing restoration of a Liberator the world. Bomber A72-176. See the work that goes into WED 15 MAY 12PM preserving Australia’s aviation and wartime heritage. Shrine of Remembrance, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne TUE 7 MAY 10–11.30AM Bookings: Restoration Hangar, Cnr Farm Road & Princes Highway shrine.org.au/Visit-the-Shrine/Talks-and-Events Bookings: [email protected], (03) 9731 1263 ADULT $5 BY DONATION

Photo: Commonwealth of Australia

Little Yvette Paradiso Arts Gallery and Workshop These famous Mack trucks, built in Pennsylvania, USA, and personalised by British Royal Engineers, assisted the Allied Forces in the muddy battlefields of Northern France. Come and experience a modern day working 1:3.5 scale model created by Daylesford artisan, Stefan. SUNDAYS 12 & 19 MAY 2–5PM Paradiso Arts Gallery and Workshop, 1089 Telegraph Road, Sailors Falls BY DONATION Portarlington Mill, Portarlington.

Little Yvette by Stefan Nechwatal

84 | War Heritage The Women’s: Carers Advocates & Reformers Medical History Museum University of Melbourne Women’s First established in 1856 as a place for women on the fringes the Royal Women’s Hospital has played a critical role in the history and development of Melbourne. This exhibition will explore the role of key individuals public education and health campaigns that helped to improve History the welfare and safety of Melbourne’s women. THUR 18 APRIL–SAT 18 MAY WEEKDAYS 10AM–5PM SATURDAYS 1–5PM Medical History Museum, Grattan St Building 182, University of Melbourne, Parkville FREE EVENT

After the Ball is over—Debs & Belles of Echuca and District Echuca Historical Society Museum This an exhibition that will explore the Debutante and Belle of the Ball of the Echuca District from 1800 to Where Are All the Women? 2000 with gowns photographs and articles from across Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History the region. In December 2015, the Geoffrey Kaye Museum FRI 19 APRIL–SUN 19 MAY 11AM–3PM of Anaesthetic History at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, began exploring Echuca Historical Society, the seemingly invisible histories of early women Museum 1 Dickson St, Echuca anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand. These ADULT $5 CONC $5 CHILD $2 stories are inextricably bound to the struggles women experienced in gaining access to medical education and hospital appointments. Frequently, their work in anaesthesia was short lived with many of these women taking on leading positions in women’s and children’s health. While their career paths veered away from anaesthesia, this does not diminish their Como’s Women work within the field, nor should it render them National Trust Of Australia (Victoria) invisible within its history. Join the museum’s curator Join us to discover the history of Melbourne told to look at the professional lives of some of these through the experiences of the women of Como. women, followed by a guided tour of the museum. Hear these stories on a special house tour and follow the lives and work of the women who called Como home. THUR 18 APRIL 2–3.30PM Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, 20 APRIL–19 MAY WEDNESDAYS 2PM & SATURDAYS-SUNDAYS 11AM 12.30PM 2PM These events position the experiences and voices experience the domestic household as a crucial 630 Saint Kilda Road, Melbourne EXCLUDING 27 & 28 APRIL of women at the forefront of Victorian history window to understand the history of communities Bookings: [email protected] and across landmark historical events. Through and places. These events will explore the theme by Como House and Gardens, FREE EVENT Williams Rd & Lechlade Ave, South Yarra archival research and oral history, these events situating women as the historical focal point in the will unearth the forgotten voices and overlooked stories of our local communities, our significant Bookings: trybooking.com/BACQM contributions of women throughout Victorian events, and their contributions and achievements ADULT $15 CONC $12 CHILD $9 FAMILY $35 history and trace the struggles and achievements in both the private and public spheres. of women’s liberation. Come and trace the Photo: Female bank clerk and another woman on experience of Aboriginal women over thousands entrance steps National Bank of Australasia State of years, uncover the narratives of hardship Head office 279 Collins Street Melbourne. and burdens carried by women in wartime, and Courtesy of State Library of Victoria. Women’s History | 87 The Women of Collins Street Clarendon Terrace and HER First Isabel Simpson Neighbours Come along on a journey to discover the women HER Place Women’s Museum Australia that left their mark on one of Melbourne’s busiest In 1857 there were only 21000 adult males and 16000 streets. From architects to sculptors entrepreneurs to women in all of Melbourne. Come and hear Dr Liz philanthropists their contributions are weaved into the Rushen talk about these pioneering women who fabric of our city. comprised early Melbourne society. SAT 27 APRIL & 4 MAY 10AM–12.30PM THUR 9 MAY 6PM Tasma Terrace, 6 Parliament Place, East Melbourne Clarendon Terrace, Bookings: [email protected], 0407 404 629 208-212 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne ADULT $25 Bookings: trybooking.com/460931 BY DONATION

50 Years since the Menhennitt Ruling A Pharmacist’s Tale Supreme Court of Victoria National Trust of Australia (Victoria) It is 50 years since Justice Clifford Menhennitt made Learn the story of Hilda Gray, a young pharmacist, a ruling in the case R v Davidson permitting legal who set out to do business in Chiltern in 1930 when abortions. Come and view the exhibition to discover it was a dusty little town with a history of goldmining more about this historic decision public reactions and and drinking. Discover Gray’s pharmacy, complete with the introduction of female jurors. lotions, positions, tonics, and pills, and discover the life of this amazing woman. 18 APRIL–19 MAY MON–FRI 9AM–5PM CLOSED WEEKENDS & PUBLIC HOLIDAYS SUN 12 MAY 10AM–4PM Supreme Court Library, 210 William Street, Melbourne Dow’s Pharmacy, 42 Conness Street, Chiltern FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

Napier Waller House National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Join Bendigo Art Gallery curator Emma Busowsky Lake View House Revisited Cox and National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Property National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Heidelberg’s Busy Bee Manager Tony Armstrong for an exclusive one off tour of Napier Waller House. The history of Napier Waller Step back in time to when a young Florence Ethel Signature Quilt House is often associated with the life and career of Richardson ran through the rooms of her childhood Heidelberg Historical Society Inc. noted Australian artist Napier Waller. Less is known home Lakeview. Years later under the pseudonym In 1895 a group of Heidelberg women organised a however about the women who also worked within Henry Handel Richardson she wrote extensively and Busy Bee to raise funds for their church. They made a these walls. passionately about this charming home in her various novels. red-work signature quilt with distinctive lace panels WEDNESDAYS 8 & 15 MAY 10.30–11.45AM and 213 hand-embroidered squares. The quilt is now on 1.30–2.45PM SUN 12 MAY 10AM–4PM display as a tangible connection to Heidelberg and the women’s stories. Napier Waller House, 9 Crown Road, Ivanhoe Lake View House, 18 Victoria Street, Chiltern Bookings: trybooking.com/BALWJ SUN 19 MAY 2–5PM FREE EVENT Old Heidelberg Courthouse, ADULT $45 NT MEMBER $40 Jika Street, Heidelberg

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88 | Women’s History Women’s History | 89 PastPort Yarra Living in Bendigo, Past and Present Yarra Libraries Bendigo Library The City of Yarra has a rich heritage, and our new mobile Do you have a Bendigo connection? Bendigo Library Workshops, website called PastPort Yarra allows us to capture and is hosting two weeks of talks, workshops and help share these heritage stories with the wider community. sessions to assist you in unearthing elusive clues to life Learn how to use the website and join in sharing your in Bendigo from the mid 1850s to today. Full program stories and anecdotes with the Yarra community. available online. THUR 18 APRIL 6.30–7.30PM MON 29 APRIL–SAT 11 MAY Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library, Bendigo Library, Seminars, 182 Saint Georges Road, Fitzroy North 251-259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo Bookings: yarralibraries.vic.gov.au/libraryevents, Bookings: ncgrl.vic.gov.au/heritage, 1300 695 427 [email protected] FREE EVENT FREE EVENT and Lectures

Introduction to Family How to Research the History History Research of Your House Yarra Libraries Boroondara Library Service Navigating the many online genealogical sites can be Have you always wanted to trace the history of your difficult. This workshop will introduce you to the best house but don’t know where to start? Join us for this online resources to help you track down your ancestors workshop aimed at the novice researcher. Learn from and start building your family tree. the consulting historians from Way Back When about WED 24 APRIL 7–8PM the key resources available and the steps to follow to discover the history of your house. Fitzroy Library, 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy Bookings: yarralibraries.vic.gov.au/libraryevents, MON 29 APRIL 2–5PM 1300 695 428 Ashburton Library, 154 High Street, Ashburton FREE EVENT Bookings: boroondara.vic.gov.au/libraries

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Heritage Help Hobsons Bay Libraries If you’re new to family history and would like a few Rescuing Your Old Photographs pointers to get started, why not book a 45 minute Geelong Regional Library Corporation one-on-one introductory session with a member of the Learn how to rescue your photographs through this heritage team? We will point you in the right direction practical workshop. Gain skills on how to store original with principles of family research and a range of helpful photos, plus get ideas for digitising, storing and sharing resources. These workshops and seminars invite you a threatened heritage place or utilise digital photos. to participate in shaping the stories of your technology to map and share information about WED 24 APRIL & TUE 7 MAY 10AM–12PM WED 1 MAY 3–4PM MON 13 MAY & FRI 17 MAY 1.30–3.30PM community through citizen heritage and public the built heritage of your community, attend Corio Library, history. Have you ever wanted to learn how to workshops on writing historical fiction or Williamstown Library, Cox Road, Norlane research your ancestry and family history? Take biographies, and establish your skills as a novice 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown Bookings: grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on, (03) 5275 2388 up the mantle of local historian or learn the historian by learning how to use archives and Bookings: [email protected], practical skills of how to restore and conserve records. These workshops and seminars will (03) 9932 1342 FREE EVENT Victoria’s built heritage? These events will provide provide you with the skills and knowledge to FREE EVENT the hands-on tools and resources to become preserve and shape the stories of your community. a heritage advocate, or researcher. Get advice Photo: Rippon Lea Estate, Elsternwick on how to build a campaign and advocate for

Workshops, Seminars, and Lectures | 91 Treasures of Trove Preservation: Jock Serong Land Records at PROV Historians, Places and the Past Boroondara Library Service Hobsons Bay Libraries Yarra Libraries History Council of Victoria Inc. & Old Treasury Building Have you wanted to learn more about local history? Award winning writer, Jock Serong turn his talents to If you’ve always wanted to access land and property This seminar explores the role of historians in place- Trove is a great resource to explore. Learn how to best historical narrative in his latest book, Preservation. Based records at the Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV) making and heritage projects. Such projects can result utilise Trove to access millions of Australian books, on the true story of the wreck of the Sydney Cove, what but aren’t sure where to start, then this information in fresh interpretations of historic sites. Historians help images, digitised historic newspapers, maps, music and is the truth of these horrendous deaths? Come and session will help you navigate the amazing collection of preserve and reveal evidence of the past alongside new archived websites. find out. state and local government records that are available. modes of access, adaptive re-use, and (re)development. WED 1 MAY 2–4PM THUR 2 MAY 6.30PM–7.30PM WED 8 MAY 6–8PM TUE 14 MAY 6–7.30PM Balwyn Library, 336 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn Williamstown Library, Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library, Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne Bookings: boroondara.vic.gov.au/libraries 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown 182 Saint Georges Road, Fitzroy North Bookings: historycouncilvic.org.au/historians_places_ Bookings: libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/whats-on/ Bookings: yarralibraries.vic.gov.au/libraryevents and_the_past FREE EVENT 1300 462 542 1300 695 427 FREE EVENT FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

PastPort Yarra Yarra Libraries Digitising the Past Hidden Histories of South Werribee Heritage Talk—The Hume Melbourne The City of Yarra has a rich heritage, and our new mobile Hobsons Bay Libraries website called PastPort Yarra allows us to capture and and Hovell Expedition Termination City of Port Phillip Do you have items of historical significance to yourself share these heritage stories with the wider community. Examination Join Dr Sophie Couchman in uncovering one of the Learn how to use the website and join in sharing your or the community? Why not bring them into the Werribee District Historical Society hidden stories of the South Melbourne area—the See stories and anecdotes with the Yarra community. Williamstown Library and learn the basics of scanning Join Werribee District Historical Society member, objects into 3D. Get started with photogrammetry and Yup Temple. The See Yup Society has maintained a WED 1 MAY 6.30–7.30PM Lance Pritchard, as he discusses the termination point discuss the best ways to begin editing, viewing, and temple on this site since 1856, and is the oldest and longest-running Chinese community organisation in Richmond Library, 415 Church Street, Richmond of the Hume & Hovell Expedition at Werribee River. sharing your 3D models. Australia. Learn more about the history of the temple Bookings: yarralibraries.vic.gov.au/libraryevents, SAT 4 MAY 11AM–12PM THUR 9 MAY 6–8PM and its people. 1300 695 427 Werribee Museum, Williamstown Library, TUE 14 MAY 6.30–8PM FREE EVENT 49 Watton Street, Werribee 104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown Port Phillip Heritage Centre, Bookings: werribeedhs.eventbrite.com/ Bookings: libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/whats-on, 195 Bank Street, South Melbourne 1300 462 542 FREE EVENT Bookings: bit.ly/2SER46I FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

Family History Social Group Family Tree Workshop Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library Introduction to Family Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library Do you enjoy friendly conversation and family history? History Research Come along and share your knowledge and skills with Come along to this hands-on workshop to learn how other group members in a friendly and supportive to use DNA results to to gain greater knowledge about Yarra Libraries environment, while making use of the many resources your ancestry and create your family tree. Navigating the many online genealogical sites can be available at the PMI Victorian History Library. difficult. This workshop will introduce you to the best MON 13 MAY 10–3.30PM online resources to help you track down your ancestors MON 6 MAY 1.30–3.30PM PMI Victorian History Library, and start building your family tree. PMI Victorian History Library, 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran WED 15 MAY 6–7PM 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran Bookings: trybooking.com/BAEFB Collingwood Library, 11 Stanton Street, Abbotsford FREE EVENT BY DONATION Bookings: yarralibraries.vic.gov.au/libraryevents, 1300 695427 FREE EVENT

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Thank you to our Festival Partners: Thank

Official Partner: The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) thanks all the event organisers for their contributions to this year’s Australian Heritage Festival program. The you. 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

m beaum a ri s all the volunteers who have generously MODERN 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 Friends of the Festival for their contributions. To recognise their financial support, our Friends have a distinctive design to their events. Don’t forget to check out the Australian Heritage Festival website for even more events as well as the latest details on what is happening near you. Head to the website for full details. australianheritagefestival.org.au

Narrapumelap Homestead

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. #AHF2019 #PeoplePlacesPast 94 | #nationaltrustvic Event index Membership * Event falls before festival dates National Trust event week Application Form Daylesford & the Macedon Ranges Page 1 2 3 4 5 National Trust Anderson’s Mill Heritage Weekend 32 • Membership Categories – select one Connecting with Old Friends 36 • When The Horse Was King 38 • Household 1 year 3 years Catholic Museum Open Day 49 • Single 1 year 3 years (2 adults and 4 children under 18) Captain Bacchus’ Marsh: The Township Then and Now 61 • Household Single $75.00 $203 $105.00 $284 Little Yvette 84 •• Single Senior Household Senior Geelong & Bellarine $95.00 $257 (60+ years) $70.00 $189 (60+ years) Riverside Reserves: A Guided Walk in Little River 12 • Single Concession Household Concession (Pen- $85.00 $230 (Pensioner or Student) $55.00 $149 sioner or Student) Heritage Awards 2019 15 • The Picturesque in Landscaping 23 • After Dark at Mount Rothwell 24 • Senior/Pensioner/Student number TOTAL PAID Queenscliffe Maritime Museum & Point Lonsdale Lighthouse Tour 29 •• • •• Personal Details Mrs O’Brien’s Victorian Games for Kids 39 • Twilight Heights 39 • •• Name 1 Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss Date of Birth / / High Tea at The Heights 41 • Our Ned’—First Librarian of the Geelong Public Library 47 • Name 2 Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss Date of Birth / / Two Scottish Architects in Geelong 49 • Address Queenscliffe Heritage Walk—A living history 59 ••••• Street Remembering the 1970s 75 ••••• Living in the 1970s 75 ••••• Suburb State Postcode Rescuing your Old Photographs 91 • Contact Information Phone (H) (M) Buchan Caves Tours 6 ••••• Tara House Open Day & Exhibition 38 • Email Revel In The Roaring 20s 72 • Payment Details Goldfields Eureka Reef Walk 8 • Please charge my credit card Visa Mastercard Amex Monster Meeting Walk 9 • Mateship with Birds 15 Credit card number •••• Bendigo Benevolent Asylum 1860–1940 21 • Heritage Stone Cottage 35 ••••• Pursuits of Passion and Principle 35 ••••• Cardholder’s name Narrapumelap Homestead 36 ••••• People and Places Display 36 Expiry date / Signature ••••• Open House at Hardhill 39 • Cheque made payable to: The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Octagonal Reading Room 41 • Mooramong Spode and Lalique Expo 41 • Please return this completed form to the Samson’s Cottage: A Gold Rush Era Treasure 43 National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 6 Parliament Place, East Melbourne, VIC 3002. • Or scan and send to [email protected] Built to Last 47 ••••• 9696 week week

Goldfields continued Page 1 2 3 4 5 High Country continued Page 1 2 3 4 5 48 •• 59 ••••• Hidden Stories of Your House 48 • Beechworth Historic Photography Tour 60 •••• Ephemeral Artworks Reveal Maldon history 48 ••••• 43rd Historic Winton 69 • Maldon—Notable Town 48 ••••• Beechworth Drive Back in Time 71 • Business, Bunfights & Brawls 49 •••• A Pharmacist’s Tale 88 • Ravenswood Shearing Shed 49 • Lake View House Revisited 89 • A Bundle of Sticks 53 •• Melbourne Bendigo Heritage Unwrapped 54 • What’s for Lunch? Life in a Victorian Kitchen 8 •••• Art Deco Ballarat Walking Tour 63 • Point Gellibrand Walking Tour 9 • Devonshire Tea on a Vintage Tram 69 • In The Steps of Phar Lap 9 • Victorian Colonial Express 70 •••• Birrarung Wilam Walk 11 ••••• Living in Bendigo, Past and Present 91 ••• Tour to Wil-im-ee Moor-ring 11 • Grampians Aboriginal Heritage Walk 11 ••••• Protecing Victoria’s Natural Heritage Forever 15 • Language As Ownership 11 • JWard Lunatic Asylum Ghost Tour 21 ••••• Connect with Wurundjeri people and Country 12 • Open Day at The Stick Shed 31 • The Dark Sky Renaissance: Astronomical Heritage 13 • Horsham Habitants, Haunts and Happenings 60 • Green Bans Walking Tour—Heritage Fought and Won 15 ••••• Ballarat in Business & City Life 77 ••••• Victorian Public Art Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon 17 • The Calamitous New Year’s Day Floods of 1889 79 • Shorsh 17 • The Pompey Pilgrimage 83 • Heritage Inspired Art 17 • Great Ocean Road How It Plays: Experiments in Tuned Percussion 17 • Celebrating our Aboriginal Cultural History 11 • Nautch 18 • Classic Music in Historic Venues 18 • Twilight Chamber Music 18 • Heritage Walk Through the Gardens 24 • Twilight Chamber Music—Recital Two 18 • Cape Nelson Lighthouse Talk and Tour 31 • Grand Collectables & Ephemera Fair 19 • Whaleboat Tour of Portland Harbour 32 • Collecting Cookery Booklets 19 • Coragulac House Open Day 37 • Stories Behind the Death Masks 21 ••••• Portland Book Launch 57 • Maddest Place on Earth 21 • You Can Bank on It 57 • Pentridge Prison D Division Ghost Tour 21 • A Stroll Down Julia Street, Portland 57 • Bundoora Homestead: The Hospital era 1920–1993 21 • Victoria’s Oldest Anglican Church 57 ••••• Rippon Lea Fernery Tour 23 •••• Tower Hill Twilight Tour and Talk 65 • Landscape Art Tour 23 ••••• Powerhouse Car & Motor Museum 69 ••••• Gardens of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) 23 • Pioneer Wagon Shed 71 •• Grand Victorian Picnic 24 • The Way We Were: Short Films of Mid 20thC Warrnambool 79 • Grand Melbourne Gardens—In Conversation with Kimbal Baker 24 • High Country Starry Southern Skies 27 ••• Alpine Discovery Days 7 • Gardens Uncovered 27 ••••• Mount Buffalo Chalet Heritage Tour 7 ••••• Bushland Bike Tour 26 •• Food and Wine From the Goldfields 17 •••• Snapshots of Australia Walking Tour 27 ••••• Explore a Hut of the Bogong High Plains 35 ••••• The Explorer 27 ••••• Golden Horseshoes Festival 45 •• Secret Life of Birds 27 •••• Chiltern—The Town that Sparked the Kelly Outbreak* 45 ClimateWatch Walk 26 ••••• week week

Melbourne continued Page 1 2 3 4 5 Melbourne continued Page 1 2 3 4 5 Garden Explorer 27 ••••• Mothers Day High Tea 56 • Younghusband Tour: From Wool Store to Beautiful Industrial Village 29 ••• Stonnington Mansions Bus Tour 56 • Stories of the Past 29 ••• Tour of the Toorak Mansion—Mandeville Hall 56 • Practice Makes Perfect: Artisans Demonstration Weekend 29 • Night Cemetery Tours 59 ••• Alma Doepel Restoration Meet the Makers Discovery Tours 30 • Step Back In Time—Williamstown Guided Walking Tour 59 ••••• National Steam Centre Museum Open Day 30 • Point Cook Homestead Ghost Tour 59 ••••• See Where Gunpowder Was Made 30 • Old Melbourne Ghost Tour 59 ••••• Seaworks Museum Tour 30 • History Among the Tombstones 60 •• Boats, Beer and Beheading 31 •• Melbourne General Cemetery walk 60 • Pirate Day 31 • Melbourne Central Unlocked Tour 60 • Maritime Talk and Slide Show 31 • Werribee Heritage Trail Guided Walk 60 • Open House at La Trobe’s Cottage 36 ••• Back Lanes of Williamstown 61 • Melbourne Observatory 1861–2019–onwards 37 • Niddrie History Walk 61 • Behind the Locked Doors 37 •• Heritage Walk: Department Stores of Chapel Street 61 • Villa Alba Museum Open Day 38 • Elsternwick Historic Walking Tour 62 • Devonshire Tea by the Sea 38 • Truth and Lies—Dark History Tour of North Melbourne 62 •• Portable Iron House Open Day 39 • Queen’s Park History Walk 62 • The Victorian Kitchen 39 ••• Altona Homestead Ghost Tour 62 • Flemington Racecourse Heritage Tour and Raceday Experience 40 •• Williamstown Cemetery Open Day 63 • Bundoora Homestead: The Smith Family era 1899 - 1920 41 • Flemington Historical Buildings Walk 63 • Archaeology Uncovered 42 • South Carlton Walk 63 • Labassa Treasures 43 • Heritage Walk: Malvern Civic Precinct 63 • The Hardy Survivor 43 • Robin Boyd Centenary Heritage Speaker Series 65 ••• Stars of Warrandyte 47 ••••• Beaumaris on Foot 66 • Rochelle’s Mystery Tour 49 • Design Generation 66 • Journey to the Dead Centre of Town 49 • Melbourne’s suburban electric trains: 1919–2019 69 ••••• Memories of Williamstown Town Hall: 100 Years a City Exhibition 50 ••••• Heritage of the Air 71 • ANZAC Day Cemetery Tour 50 • Along the Line Book Launch 71 • Paint the Gardens 51 • Newport Archives 75 ••••• Truganina Explosives Reserve Open Day 51 • Moving Melbourne: Cities Don’t Stand Still 75 ••••• Spotswood Industrial Heritage Tour 51 • Royal Children’s Hospital Fire Brigade ‘Once a Year Club’ and the History of Bushfires Ada Cambridge Walking Tour 51 • 75 ••••• Connecting Back to Childhood 51 ••••• People’s History of Brunswick 75 ••••• Williamstown Town Hall Centenary Tour and High Tea 51 • Social History Tour 77 •• Guided Tour of Malvern Town Hall 52 • Remembering Footscray’s Spanish Influenza 77 • The Entrepreneurial Spirit 52 •• What’s in a name? 77 • Tour of the Stonnington History Centre 52 • Westgarthtown Settler Stories 77 • A Secondary Education for All? 52 • Oral History and Community: Risks, Challenges and Rewards 78 • Bears’ Castle Tours 53 • Transcribing Chinese ravels into Victoria’s History 78 • Fisherman’s Cottage Open House & Museum 55 ••••• Fitzroy Crime Tour 1880–1920’s 78 • Western Port Boat Tour 55 • Bridal Fashions of the 20th Century 79 • Edrington High Tea 55 • Phonse Tobin: An Anything but Ordinary Life 79 • week week

Melbourne continued Page 1 2 3 4 5 Mornington Peninsula continued Page 1 2 3 4 5 Felton Story 80 ••••• Family Fun Day—Mulberry Hill 41 • Ghosts of the Hotel Esplande 80 ••••• Mothers Day Devonshire Tea 43 • Behind the Scenes of Hotel Esplanade 80 ••••• Who was George? 45 •••• Gold Rush: 20 Objects, 20 Stories 81 ••••• Why Van Diemen’s Land? 53 • Stern Justice 83 • Ranelagh Estate Walks 65 •• The Battle of Kapyong 83 • Photographic History of Mulberry Hill 77 • The ANZAC billy: Book launch with Claire Saxby 83 • Phillip Island Challenges and Joys of Preserving Heritage 84 • Underground Mine Tour 6 ••••• Australia as Peacemaker? 84 • Hidden Treasures of Inverloch 24 The Women’s: Carers, Advocates & Reformers 87 ••••• Phillip Island Guest House: Open Day & Exhibition 38 ••••• Como’s Women 87 ••••• The Murray Where are all the women? 87 • Days Mill Open Days 9 • Napier Waller House 88 •• Kilmore Open House 38 • The Women of Collins Street 88 •• 100 years of history 45 ••••• 50 Years since the Menhennitt Ruling 88 ••••• Moora Working Draught Horse Muster 47 • Clarendon Terrace and HER First Neighbours 88 • Amazing Tour and High Tea 47 ••••• Heidelberg’s Busy Bee Signature Quilt 89 • Shepparton’s Public Art and History Walk 62 • Introduction to Family History Research 91 • Bonegilla Migrant Experience: Tour & Luncheon 76 •• PastPort Yarra 91 • After the Ball is over—Debs & Belles of Echuca and District 87 ••••• How to Research the History of Your House 91 • Various Locations Heritage Help 91 ••• National Archaeology Week 2019 15 • PastPort Yarra 92 • Victorian Tree of the Year Voting 23 ••••• Treasures of Trove 92 • Yarra Valley & Randenong Ranges Werribee Heritage Talk— dhumba-njar (speak-I) dhumba-njarr(speak-you) 13 • The Hume and Hovell Expedition Termination Examination 92 • Dandenong Ranges Open Studios 17 •• Preservation: Jock Serong 92 • Convoy of Conservation 24 •• Family History Social Group 92 • Open Day at Gulf Station 35 • Introduction to Family History Research 93 • YesterYear in the Yarra Valley Tour 36 ••••• Historians, Places and the Past 93 • Kurth Kiln Heritage Festival* 45 Land Records at PROV 93 • Crank Up* 46 Hidden histories of South Melbourne 93 • Connections: Stories People Place 46 ••••• Digitising the past 93 • Museum Reverse Tour 46 ••• Family Tree Workshop 93 • Mornington Peninsula Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Tour 8 •••• Quarantine Station Heritage Tour 8 •••• Langwarrin Military History Walk 9 • Buckley Opera 12 • Explore Endeavour Fern Gully 25 • Cape Schanck Lighthouse Tours 30 • Fossil Beach Cement Works 30 • Family Fun Day—McCrae Homestead 39 • Unlock over 800 timeless experiences around the world, with free entry for members.

Villa del Balbianello, Italy

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