• Making Public Histories: Oral History, Migration, Generations

    Online , Australia

    This panel brings together three esteemed speakers to share approaches to our theme of "Oral History, Migration, Generation". Associate Professor Francesco Ricatti is Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the Australian National University, where he is also the Deputy Head of the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. He is a former Deputy and Acting Director […]

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  • 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.

  • ‘Princess for a day’: the wedding dress in Victoria, 1840-2024

    Online , Australia

    In elaborate white dresses, with filmy veils, happy brides smile at the world in countless photographs. But where did the many ‘traditions’ of the wedding day come from, and did the bride always wear white? Join Margaret Anderson as she looks at the history of weddings and the wedding dress in Victoria, with some surprising […]

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