Events

Old Treasury Building is pleased to announce the release of &amp;#039;JJ Clark: Architect of the Australian Renaissance&amp;#039; a book by Dr Andrew Dodd. This book is available at Old Treasury, rrp $59.95

Old Treasury Building is pleased to announce the release of &#039;JJ Clark: Architect of the Australian Renaissance&#039; a book by Dr Andrew Dodd. This book is available at Old Treasury, rrp $59.95

Speaking at Old Treasury

'The Real Squizzy' with Barry Dickens

Come and hear Melbourne’s best-loved literary identity Barry Dickins’ present his stories about the notorious Fitzroy gangster Squizzy Taylor. Squizzy gained notoriety in Melbourne as a race fixer, thug and bootlegger. Dickins will give a different perspective to this criminal as he recounts his own personal memories and encounters with Squizzy’s gang including the story of Squizzy’s fatal wounding in a shootout in 1927.

Don’t forget to see the display of documents from the Squizzy Taylor coroners inquest now at Old Treasury.

Date: Sunday 16 June at 2 pm
Tickets: $15 Adults / $12 Concession
Bookings: 9651 2233 or rsvp@oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

'People's Passion for Words' with Kate Burridge

Professor Kate Burridge is a prominent Australian and International linguist specialising in the Germanic languages. Burridge currently occupies the Chair of Linguistics in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University. Burridge's work has mainly focused on Pennsylvania German-speaking communities in Canada, linguistic taboo, and on English grammatical structure in general. She has written numerous books and is currently co-editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics.

Burridge is an engaging, knowledgeable and humorous presenter of language segments on ABC Radio. She appeared as a panellist on ABC TV's Can We Help? And has also appeared on The Einstein Factor.

Her talk will examine the passion we all have when using words to express our selves.

Date: Sunday 21 July at 2 pm
Bookings: 9651 2233 or rsvp@oldtreasurybuilding.org.au

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Detail of the original poster. This particular poster was rediscovered in 2009, in a police file in the custody of Public Record Office Victoria. The police had become involved with the film in 1906 when it was banned in towns, such as Benalla, where the Kelly gang had operated and where, in some cases, their descendants still lived. Only three original Kelly film posters are known to exist.Kelly Historical Collection, VPRS 4965/P0, unit 7

Ned Kelly

Unique Kelly documents including the only existing letter written by Ned himself! Discover clips and a rare advertising poster from one of the world’s first feature films – The Story of the Kelly Gang - and find out why the film was banned in Victoria.

Find out more at Public Record Office Victoria - Ned Online.