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Oct
10
Tue
My Grandfather’s Clock
Oct 10 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
My Grandfather's Clock

🕰️ My Grandfather’s Clock

This is a joint Family History Connections and PMI Victorian History Library event.

Join us for a story of an ordinary family’s journey from frontier warfare and dispossession through economic turmoil and emigration to modest prosperity. At each step, we are led to reflect on the puzzles of personal identity and the mystery of time. Based on a lifetime of creative scholarship, My Grandfather’s Clock is a moving testament to the power of family history to illuminate the present.

Graeme Davison is Emeritus Sir John Monash Professor of History at Monash University. He has written widely on Australian history. His previous family history, Lost Relations: Fortunes of My Family in Australia’s Golden Age, won a Judges’ Special Prize in the Victorian Community History Awards.

Bookings are essential with a gold coin donation for entry.

Click here to register: https://www.trybooking.com/CLFUC

 

 

Oct
11
Wed
Chapel Street Walks
Oct 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Chapel Street Walks

🏛️ Meet at the PMI Victorian History Library then step into a charming adventure. Discover the tales of yesteryear’s department stores on Chapel Street, Prahran. An all-inclusive experience, perfect for everyone – families, individuals, and even your beloved pets!

The tour will be led by Steve Stefanopoulos OAM, architectural historian, former Mayor of the City of Stonnington and President of the PMI Victorian History Library.

Image: https://stonnington.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/ARCENQ/59432044/22945613,1?FMT=IMG

Bookings are essential.

Available dates 11th and 25th: https://www.trybooking.com/CKQBO

 

 

Oct
24
Tue
Bushrangers, Bushfires and Possum Pies
Oct 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Bushrangers, Bushfires and Possum Pies

🥧 Bushrangers, bushfires and possum pies: the archaeology of the Old Bridge Inn, Mernda

In 2015, the Level Crossing Removal Authority (LXRA) commissioned Dr Vincent Clark & Associates to carry out cultural heritage investigations for the Mernda Rail Extension Project. In the course of excavations the team came across the Old Bridge Inn. This is one of the earliest commercial structures outside of Melbourne. It was granted a hotel license in 1841, and this business is still in operation today as The Bridge Inn Hotel. Dr Michelle Negus Cleary will share with us the trials and joys discovered along the way with this cultural investigation.

Michelle is an Archaeologist with specialist expertise in ancient and historical archaeological survey and excavation, remote sensing, photogrammetry and more. She has also been a member of the library board since 2018.

Bookings are essential with a gold coin donation for entry.

Click here to register: https://www.trybooking.com/CKQCP

 

 

Oct
25
Wed
Chapel Street Walks
Oct 25 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Chapel Street Walks

🏛️ Meet at the PMI Victorian History Library then step into a charming adventure. Discover the tales of yesteryear’s department stores on Chapel Street, Prahran. An all-inclusive experience, perfect for everyone – families, individuals, and even your beloved pets!

The tour will be led by Steve Stefanopoulos OAM, architectural historian, former Mayor of the City of Stonnington and President of the PMI Victorian History Library.

Image: https://stonnington.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/ARCENQ/59432044/22945613,1?FMT=IMG

Bookings are essential.

Available dates 11th and 25th: https://www.trybooking.com/CKQBO

 

 

Oct
31
Tue
Family History Social Group @ PMI Victorian History Library
Oct 31 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Family History Social Group @ PMI Victorian History Library

Do you enjoy friendly conversation and family history? Share your knowledge and skills with other group members in a friendly and supportive environment while making use of the many resources available at the PMI Victorian History Library. Whether you are just starting out with your family history research or have many years of experience you are welcome to come along.

LAST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH – 1:00pm-2:30pm

Click here to register: https://www.trybooking.com/CBBZX