IDAHOBIT Day

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

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) Day is recognised internationally on May 17 each year. Founded in 2004, this day aims to raise awareness of violence and discrimination […]

Huntington’s Victoria’s May Awareness Campaign

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

Raising awareness for Huntington's Disease. We are joining hands with Huntington's Victoria and other Melbourne landmarks to light up blue on May 22nd to raise awareness and support those living […]

National LGBTIQ+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day

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

Creation of the LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day in 2020, was the first time in history that an awareness day was formed to highlight domestic, family and intimate partner violence […]

World Fragile X Day

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

World Fragile X Day is 22 July. This day is celebrated in many countries around the world including Australia. Since 2016 Fragile X Association of Australia has invited significant landmarks […]

Green & Gold Day

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

To acknowledge Green & Gold Day and show support of the Australian Olympic Team, buildings in Melbourne be lit in green and gold (yellow) on Friday 2 August 2024. ‘Green […]

Wear it Purple Day

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

Wear it Purple Day (WIPD) was founded in 2010 in a global response to many rainbow youth taking their lives after being bullied and harassed as a result of a […]

World Duchenne Day

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

World Duchenne Day is on September 7th and the colour red represents DMD. One in 5000 newborn boys in the world is affected by a rare and fatal disease: Duchenne Muscular […]

International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day

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

The 9th day of the 9th month is globally acknowledged as International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day, and the whole of September is now known as FASD Awareness […]

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 […]

Diwali

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

To celebrate Diwali, the building will be lit in the Indian Tricolours on 26th October and on 1st November 2024. Old Treasury Building will be lit in saffron, white and […]