• Safe Steps 2024 Candlelight Vigil

    Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    On Wednesday 1 May 2023, people across Australia will light a candle to remember those who have been killed by domestic and family violence. By joining this evening of reflection and remembrance, we honour their memories and help bring light to this national crisis. To learn more about the event and RSVP go to the […]

  • Apraxia Awareness Day

    Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Today we are lighting up BLUE for Apraxia Awareness Day (May 14th). Apraxia can affect children from birth (childhood apraxia of speech) or can be acquired in childhood/adulthood due to a brain injury/stroke/degenerative condition. Childhood Apraxia of Speech is a lifelong motor speech disorder that affects 1-2 in 1000 children. Communication is a basic human […]

  • The Teapot in Victoria: Connections in Time

    Online , Australia

    The teabag may be ubiquitous in contemporary life, but for most of the period from 1840 tea was brewed in a teapot, or in a billy over the fire. Almost every family owned a teapot, and often they owned several, for Victorians were prodigious tea drinkers. So much so, that in 1883 visiting author Richard […]

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