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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 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
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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...