Making Public Histories: Australian Fathering and Family Life: Learning Lessons from History

Online , Australia

Over the best part of a decade, we've been researching the history of Australian fathering and family life, from 1919 to the present day, working alongside a team that's also included John Murphy, Johnny Bell and Mike Roper. Drawing upon hundreds of oral history interviews from several national collections, as well as memoirs, wartime letters […]

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Global ITP Awareness Week—LightUp4ITP—I sporT purPle for Platelets Day 2025

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Global ITP Awareness Week 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of uniting voices across the globe to shine a light on Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP). From Monday, 22 September to Sunday, 28 September, countries around the world will come together to increase understanding, share patient stories, and support those living with this rare autoimmune condition. Global ITP Awareness […]

The Great Australian Dream- A Home of our Own

Online , Australia

Home ownership is once again a hot political issue. As house prices rose inexorably in the early twenty first century, many young people found themselves locked out of home ownership. And yet the desire to own ‘a home of our own’ is still as strong as ever. Join Margaret Anderson as she reflects on the […]

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World Meningitis Day

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

World Meningitis Day is an international day to raise awareness of Meningitis and supports the CoMO (Confederation of Meningitis Organizations) Global Road Map to defeat Meningitis by 2030. Old Treasury Building will be lit in purple for this event from sunrise to sunset.

Diwali 2025

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

To celebrate Diwali, the building will be lit on 8-11 October 2025, and again on 20 October. Old Treasury Building will be lit in purple and gold for this event from sunrise to sunset.

Light it Red for Dyslexia 2025

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Ask any dyslexic about their school experience and they will tell you about the gut wrenching fear of receiving back their school work covered in red crosses and comments. When Light it Red started in 2015, it was about taking back the power of that colour to raise awareness. The colour influenced our name Code […]

Diwali 2025

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

To celebrate Diwali, the building will be lit on 8-11 October 2025, and again on 20 October. Old Treasury Building will be lit in purple and gold for this event from sunrise to sunset.

Dysautonomia Awareness Month

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

October 2025 marks Dysautonomia International’s 14th Global Dysautonomia Awareness Month campaign. Each year building and monument owners are asked to light up the night sky turquoise for Dysautonomia Awareness Month On Friday October 24th, the world joins to 'Turn the Town Turquoise'. Dysautonomia Dysautonomia (pronounced dis-oughta’-no-me-uh) is an umbrella term that includes many different diseases […]

World Pancreatic Awareness Month 2025

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Today we stand alongside the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Alliance and the World Pancreatic Alliance by turning purple for for beginning of World Pancreatic Awareness Month. They aim to raise awareness and pay tribute to those living with the disease and to honour those who have lost their lives to pancreatic cancer. Patients diagnosed early and […]

World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence 2025

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

This day is to raise awareness of prevalence and impact, and is a call to action for governments and the public to focus on preventing child sexual abuse, supporting healing for survivors, and ensuring justice. #18novworldday #PreventionHealingJustice #EndChildSexualAbuse Old Treasury Building will be lit in blue for this event from sunrise to sunset.