• World Meningitis Day

    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.

  • Light it Red for Dyslexia

    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 […]

  • International Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Diseases Day.

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

    Today is the seventh International Mastocytosis & Mast Cell Diseases Awareness Day. Old Treasury Building is proud to support The Australasian Mastocytosis Society (TAMS) as part of its annual #SpotOurSpots campaign. Landmarks and venues across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are lighting up tonight to raise awareness of Mast Cell Activation Disorders (MCADs), including mastocytosis […]

  • 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 green for this event from sunrise to sunset.

  • World Pancreatic Cancer Day

    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 World Pancreatic Cancer Day along with 126 other landmarks in the country to raise awareness and pay tribute to those living with the disease and to honour those who have lost their lives to pancreatic cancer. In […]

  • Rare Disease Day

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

    Friday 28th February 2025 is Rare Disease Day, a patient-led awareness day to raise awareness for the over 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease. Rare Disease Day began in 2008 with 18 countries. Today, participation has grown significantly with events in over 100 countries in 2020. Old Treasury Building will be lit […]