Looking back on the Swinging Sixties
What comes to mind when we think about the ‘Swinging Sixties’? Is it miniskirts and pop music, street protest, or the Pill? Do we remember rebellious youth and ‘the generation […]
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Making Public Histories: Thinking about the weather heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia
Online , AustraliaHeatwaves are forgotten killers as deaths occur silently, in homes and institutions. In urban and temperate areas heatwaves evaporate from our memory, erased by the drama of fire, flood and […]
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Marfan Awareness Month 2026
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaConnective Tissue Disorders Network Australia (CTDNA) support, advocate and bring awareness to people living with a heritable connective tissue disorder (HTCDs). HCTDs are a group of genetic conditions affecting the body’s connective tissues. […]
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World Cholangiocarcinoma Day
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaLight Australia Green (LAGi) is an ongoing, year-round initiative that includes a series of events, culminating in World Cholangiocarcinoma Day, held on the third Thursday of February each year. Light […]
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Crinoline, Flapper & Mini: Transformative Fashion Moments
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaWomen’s fashion is ever evolving, but there have been 3 major moments of significant change: the introduction of the crinoline — an innovation that maintained shape but relieved women from […]
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Material Histories: Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Fashionable Consumption and Australian Wool ‘Waste’
Online , AustraliaWe live surrounded by material things. Some are mundane and utilitarian, others exotic objects of desire, but all our belongings have something to say about who we are and how […]
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National Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Awareness Week 2026
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaEvery three days, an Australian is diagnosed with a Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome. The aim of National Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Awareness Week is to raise awareness of Bone Marrow […]
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World Lymphoedema Day 2026
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaMarch is Lymphoedema Awareness Month, and Old Treasury Building is lighting up in blue and teal to raise awareness of lymphoedema. Lymphoedema is the term given to swellingresulting from malfunction […]
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International Long Covid Awareness Day
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaSince 2019 SARS-CoV-2 has been destroying and taking lives across the globe. Over the years, more and more people have been devastated by the long-lasting health and financial impacts of […]
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In Conversation with Matt Golding, Political Cartoonist of the Year
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJoin Political Cartoonist of the Year Matt Golding and last year’s winner Megan Herbert as they discuss Behind the Lines 2025 with the exhibition curator Matthew Jones. Both hailing from Melbourne […]
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