Diwali 2025
To celebrate Diwali, the building will be lit on 8-11 October 2025, and again on 20 October. Old Treasury Building will be lit in purple and gold for this event […]
To celebrate Diwali, the building will be lit on 8-11 October 2025, and again on 20 October. Old Treasury Building will be lit in purple and gold for this event […]
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! The 1960s is a period defined by change. An era of unprecedented growth in youth culture and synthetic fibres saw the […]
October 2025 marks Dysautonomia International’s 14th Global Dysautonomia Awareness Month campaign. Each year building and monument owners are asked to light up the night sky turquoise for Dysautonomia Awareness Month […]
Today we stand alongside the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Alliance and the World Pancreatic Alliance by turning purple for for beginning of World Pancreatic Awareness Month. They aim to raise awareness […]
In Australia, more than 15,122 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year — that’s 41 every day. Almost 85% will be diagnosed at a late stage, making it our country’s most devastating cancer. Every November, Shine a Light on Lung Cancer brings Australians together to raise awareness and funds for life-changing lung cancer […]
To celebrate AC/DC’s return to Melbourne on the Power Up Tour this November, buildings light up red across the city to pay homage to the rock legends. Old Treasury Building will be lit in red for this event from sunrise to sunset.
This day is to raise awareness of prevalence and impact, and is a call to action for governments and the public to focus on preventing child sexual abuse, supporting healing for survivors, and ensuring justice. #18novworldday #PreventionHealingJustice #EndChildSexualAbuse Old Treasury Building will be lit in blue for this event from sunrise to sunset.
Bully Zero is a key actionist driving awareness for Yellow Day – the International Stand Up to Bullying Day. As part of this day, a global organisation will be donating $10 for every photo that is shared of yellow day activities with the hashtag #rideoutintimidation. What is Yellow Day Yellow Day is to show support for International […]
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. Patients […]
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 gap’, or think nostalgically of a time of full employment, buoyant wages, and high rates of home ownership? In truth the sixties was about all […]