Apr 25, 2017
Wednesday 17th May 1.30 pm Perhaps you know what PMG stands for! Or you might remember the mechanical speaking clock. Housed in the old Hawthorn Telephone Exchange building, the Telecommunications museum holds a collection of old telecommunications equipment from the...
Apr 25, 2017
Sunday 18th June, 2 pm Charles Dalley was Mayor of Hawthorn in 1906 – 1907 and it was from the back of his motor car that the famous Living Hawthorn movie was shot. But the Dalley family has a much longer connection to Hawthorn having operated market gardens off...
Apr 18, 2017
Ted Baillieu will be speaking on Thursday night about the decorated military commander Sir John Monash and his career as one of Victoria’s most successful and distinguished engineers. 8pm in the Hawthorn Community Precinct. Hosted by the Camberwell Historical...
Apr 18, 2017
We are fortunate to have 4 copies for sale of the wonderfully successful book Remembering Melbourne 1850- 1960 which was published last year by the Royal Historical Society and is now in very short supply. This 366 page book is full of fantastic photographs, text and...
Apr 18, 2017
Join us on Saturday 22nd for Ian Hundley’s talk and discussion about the urban landscape changes that have taken place in Boroondara over the decades – a different but important perspective on our history and built...