Heritage Icon and Museum
Upcoming Events
Events List Navigation
The Wild Colonial Boy
Join us in an examination of the bushranger who is said to be the inspiration for the folk song, 'The Wild Colonial Boy', John Doolan (Dooling). The youngest bushranger convicted in Victoria, and given one of the longest prison sentences.
Find out more »Flinders Street Station
This free floor talk will discuss the history of Flinders Street Station.
Find out more »Foundations of a City
In 1836 the town that would be Melbourne was little more than a scattering of tents near the Yarra. Less than a generation later it was home to 125,000 people and about to overtake Sydney as the largest colonial city. The rise of Melbourne as a New World city was the wonder of the age, as gold, then land boom, created ‘Marvellous Melbourne’. In this introduction to the exhibitions at the Old Treasury Building historian Margaret Anderson discusses the extraordinary…
Find out more »Paintings of Early Melbourne- September Tour
Discover the rare and little known paintings of Melbourne from the 1840s to the 1870s, from the Roy Morgan Research Centre Collection. These paintings, watercolours and lithographs provide an insider’s glimpse of the early beginnings of colonial Melbourne and offer an insight into the life of Melbournians, from a swamp town to the opulence and wealth of the gold rush era. Due to the location of this display, viewing is only available on a tour.
Find out more »Closure of Corranderk
James Fiford discusses the closure of the reserve at Corranderk.
Find out more »Melbourne in the era of Art Deco
This beautifully illustrated lecture examines Melbourne in the twenties and thirties…the era of Art Deco as reflected in the buildings, art, fashion and much more. The lecture will complement the National Gallery of Victoria exhibition – “Brave New World” showing until October 15.
Find out more »Melbourne: From Village to National Capital
In 1836 the town that would be Melbourne was little more than a scattering of tents near the Yarra. Less than a generation later it was home to 125,000 people and about to overtake Sydney as the largest colonial city. The rise of Melbourne as a New World city was the wonder of the age, as gold, then land boom, created ‘Marvellous Melbourne’. In this introduction to exhibitions at the Old Treasury Building historian Margaret Anderson discusses the extraordinary history…
Find out more »Paintings of Early Melbourne- October Tour
Discover the rare and little known paintings of Melbourne from the 1840s to the 1870s, from the Roy Morgan Research Centre Collection. These paintings, watercolours and lithographs provide an insider’s glimpse of the early beginnings of colonial Melbourne and offer an insight into the life of Melbournians, from a swamp town to the opulence and wealth of the gold rush era. Due to the location of this display, viewing is only available on a tour.
Find out more »Colonial Melbourne No 3
This is the third walk in our series of explorations looking at colonial Melbourne and this time we will explore the western corner of the city. We will walk from the Queen Victoria Market through a rabbit warren of lanes and streets to find reminders of colonial Melbourne to finish at the RACV City Club for morning coffee.
Find out more »Museums of Copenhagen
We continue our popular lecture series profiling cities which boast a fine a collection of museums with a look at the capital city of Denmark, Copenhagen. This beautiful city and its immediate environs has much to offer the museum lover with museums devoted to a broad range of subjects the likes of the Carlsberg Visitor Centre (brewing), Danish Architecture Centre, Danish National Gallery, Frederiksborg Museum (history), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, North Atlantic House (cultural history of Greenland, Iceland, Faroe…
Find out more »