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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A black papier-mâché sewing box, now on display in the Old Treasury Building’s ‘Belongings’ exhibition, would once have been both commonplace in and essential for many homes. This box and others […]
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.
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 their passion for objects! First speaker: Batavia and the personification of hope with Corioli Souter This cordon pulle, or jug, is reconstructed from sherds collected from Batavia (1629), which was […]
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 […]
World Children’s Day, celebrated on November 20 each year, offers an opportunity to both look back on the history of childhood and of children’s rights and forward to the ways in which childhood is changing and child rights are contested. How do historians investigate and recover the lives, experiences and perspectives of children in the […]
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 […]
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 their passion for objects! First speaker: All the Latest Novelties: Modernity, Luxury and Consumer Desire in Australia’s Nineteenth-century Arcades with Nicole Davis Nineteenth-century arcades were […]
