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Auburn Heritage Walk

Auburn Heritage Walk

   SATURDAY 20 MAY 2023, 1pm Our guide, Biruta Don will take us for a delightful stroll around Auburn showing the range of heritage buildings from fine Victorian, Federation and interwar dwellings, commercial and public buildings, and from industrial beginnings to...

The Printer and the Painter

The Printer and the Painter

The story of Australia's official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II     Saturday 22 July 20232.00pm           Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Yewers  This story connects two Boroondara residents: printer James Beveridge and artist William Dargie. In 1954, Beveridge, a...

Dame Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba

  - an aurally illustrated talk with nine recordings, 1895 - 1926         Sunday 26th March 2023  2.00pm     Guest Speaker: Albert Isaacs    A combined event with Richmond & Burnley Historical Society      As well as some magnificent original early...

Kinkora Road Walk

Kinkora Road Walk

 SUNDAY 23rd April 2023, 2pm This guided history walk was oversubscribed last year so here is your opportunity if you missed out.  Our guide Elizabeth Love will explore an area of Hawthorn that was first settled by some wealthy landowners and  home to many musical,...

Hawthorn Schools Exhibition

Hawthorn Schools Exhibition

Discover the history of some of the lost schools of Hawthorn and some which have survived.
Free Entry
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Kinkora Road Walk

Kinkora Road Walk

 SUNDAY 6th March 2022 This walk will explore an area of Hawthorn that was first settled by some wealthy landowners. This interesting region was home to many musical, literary and visual artists – some well-known and others less so. The walk includes a part of the...

Hawthorn City Council and The Boroondara Amalgamation

Hawthorn City Council and The Boroondara Amalgamation

Sunday 20th March, 2022  2.00pmGuest Speaker: Jane Nathan Jane Nathan was elected onto the Hawthorn City Council in 1987, and was Mayor of Hawthorn in 1990-91.  She has extensive experience through her enormously varied rôles and has established herself as a...

Early Chinese Market Gardens in Melbourne

Early Chinese Market Gardens in Melbourne

        Sunday 1st May 2022  2.00pm Guest Speaker: Terry Young   Hawthorn was home to a number of Chinese market gardens, notably on the Urquhart Estate, but also along the river flats. Terry Young has made a study of the Chinese market gardeners of Melbourne who...

Hawthorn’s Ernest Peacock and Mustafa Kemal in 1918

Hawthorn’s Ernest Peacock and Mustafa Kemal in 1918

Sunday 15th May, 2022    2.00pmGuest Speaker: Dr Adrian Jones OAM Ernest Peacock’s substantial home, Pax, was on the corner of Riversdale and Glenferrie Roads. Dr Adrian Jones is researching  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s speech directed to the mothers of the fallen...