The Australian Women’s Weekly cookbooks and their influence on Australian food culture The Australian Women’s Weekly’s cookbooks were (and still are) remarkably popular. The Weekly, Australia’s most popular women’s magazine, […]
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 […]
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 (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 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 […]
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 […]
The 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
