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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Rare Disease Day
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaRare Disease Day is a globally coordinated movement dedicated to rare diseases, striving for equity in social opportunities, healthcare, and access to diagnosis and therapies for people living with a […]
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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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World Kidney Day
Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaKidney disease is projected to become the 5th leading cause of death worldwide by 2050, rising from the 18th leading cause in 1990. Sadly, 1.8 million Australians are completely unaware […]