World Fragile X Day
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 […]
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Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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In Conversation with Megan Herbert, Political Cartoonist of the Year
Online , AustraliaJoin ‘Behind the Lines 2024’ curator Matthew Jones and Political Cartoonist of the Year Megan Herbert as they explore the exhibition and Megan's work. Megan Herbert is a cartoonist, illustrator, […]
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Old Treasury Building: Public Tour (July 2025)
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe Old Treasury building is one of very few gold rush buildings still in use in the city. This monthly tour will showcase the exhibitions, including the beautiful building. See areas of the building inaccessible to the general public, including the Executive Council Chamber. This historic room is where the Governor of Victoria has met […]
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Brain Injury Awareness Week
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaEach year a week in August is dedicated to raising awareness for brain injury awareness week. Locations across Australia light up purple and gold to highlight this event. Over 70 […]
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Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall
Online , AustraliaThe next installment in the seminar series from Deakin University, Australian Catholic University and Old Treasury! ‘Material Histories’ presents new scholarship from a wide range of speakers, all united by their passion for objects! First Speaker: Spoils from ‘The Tour of the East’ In 1930, the white colonials, Jack Mortlock, of Martindale Hall, near Clare […]
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Wear it Purple Day
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaWear 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 […]
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International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThis September we’re lighting up red for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month. FASD is the leading preventable developmental disability in Australia, which occurs due to prenatal alcohol exposure. […]
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Making Public Histories: Australian Fathering and Family Life: Learning Lessons from History
Online , AustraliaOver 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, AustraliaGlobal 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, […]
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The Great Australian Dream- A Home of our Own
Online , AustraliaHome 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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