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SUMMARY:Ghosts of the Goldfields: Hauntings\, Hoaxes\, and Halloween
DESCRIPTION:History Matters: Ghosts of the Goldfields – Hauntings\, Hoaxes\, and Halloween\nJoin Dr. David Waldron for a spine-chilling exploration of ghostly tales from Victoria’s gold rush era. \nDrawing on his extensive research\, Dr. Waldron will uncover how ghost stories emerged as a cultural response to trauma\, blending history\, folklore\, and the eerie tradition of ‘playing the ghost.’ \nFrom the haunted halls of the Ararat Lunatic Asylum to Ballarat’s spectral legends\, discover the strange and supernatural world of 19th-century Australia.
URL:https://historymonth.org.au/event/ghosts-of-the-goldfields-hauntings-hoaxes-and-halloween/
LOCATION:Sovereign Hill\, Bradshaw Street\, Golden Point\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat
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SUMMARY:Book Tour: The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop by Peter FitzSimons
DESCRIPTION:This year\, Peter FitzSimons is embarking on his biggest book tour yet . . . \nFrom Benalla and Wangaratta\, Weary’s hometown and birthplace\, to Port Macquarie and Brisbane\, where Weary Dunlop’s legacy still endures. Other highlights include: The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne’s CBD\, The Australian War Memorial in Canberra and a Sydney launch alongside Richard Glover to discuss The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop. \n26 days\, 7\,819 kilometres\, all to remember the heroic life of an extraordinary man. \nPlease come along to learn and celebrate the legend that is Weary Dunlop with Australia’s greatest storyteller! Event details and booking links below. \nBENALLA\nBenalla Visitor Information Centre\nTuesday 28 October\, 6:00PM – 9:00PM\n14 Mair Street\, Benalla\nBook Tickets Here \nBEECHWORTH \nBeechworth Servicemen’s Memorial Hall\nWednesday 29 October\, 6:00PM – 8:00PM\n101 Ford Street\, Beechworth\nBook Tickets Here \nWANGARATTA \nWangaratta Performing Arts & Conversation Centre\, Memorial Hall\nThursday 30 October\, 6:00PM – 8:00PM\n33-37 Ford Street\, Wangaratta\nBook Tickets Here \nSHEPPARTON \nShepparton Library\nFriday 31 October\, 6:30PM – 7:30PM\n41-42 Marungi Street\, Shepparton\nBook Tickets Here \nSWAN HILL \nSwan Hill Library\nSaturday 1 November\, 1:00PM – 2:30PM\n53-67 Campbell Street\, Swan Hill\nBook Tickets Here \nECHUCA \nEchuca Library\nSaturday 1 November\, 7:00PM – 8:30PM\n310 Hare Street\, Echuca\nBook Tickets Here \nMELBOURNE \nBrighton Town Hall with Michael Veitch\nMonday 10 November\, 6:00PM – 7:00PM\nCorner Carpenter Street And Wilson Street\, Brighton\nBook Tickets Here \nMELBOURNE \nShrine of Remembrance\, Auditorium\nRemembrance Day\, Tuesday 11 November\, 6:00PM – 7:00PM\nBirdwood Ave\, Melbourne\nBook Tickets Here \nMELBOURNE \nWeary Dunlop Retirement Village\nWednesday 12 November\, 10:00AM – 11:00AM\n242 Jells Rd\, Wheelers Hill\nBook Tickets Here \nMELBOURNE \nIvanhoe Library and Cultural Hub\, Theatrette\nWednesday 12 November\, 6:30PM – 8:00PM\n275 Upper Heidelberg Rd\, Ivanhoe\nBook Tickets Here \nPHILLIP ISLAND\nBerninneit Cultural Centre\nThursday 13 November\, 10.30AM – 12:00PM\n91-97 Thompson Avenue\, Cowes\nBook Tickets Here \nBENDIGO \nThe Capital Theatre\nFriday 14 November\, 6:30PM – 8:00PM\n50 View Street\, Bendigo\nBook Tickets Here \nGUILDFORD\nThe Guildford Family Hotel\nSaturday 15 November\, 12:00PM – 3:00PM\n35 Fryers Street\, Guildford\nBook Tickets Here \nSTAWELL\nStawell Library\nMonday 17 November\, 11:00AM – 1:00PM\nSloane Street\, Stawell\nDetails here; RSVP for light lunch on 03 5358 1274. \nHORSHAM\nHorsham Library\nMonday 17 November\, 6:30PM – 8:00PM\n28 McLachlan Street\, Horsham\nBook Tickets Here \nHAMILTON\nHamilton Performing Arts Centre\nTuesday 18 November\, 7:00PM – 8:30PM\n113 Brown Street\, Hamilton\nBook Tickets Here \nWARRNAMBOOL\nWarrnambool Library and Learning Centre\nWednesday 19 November\, 6:30PM – 8:00PM\n8 Kepler Street\, Warrnambool\nBook Tickets Here \nBALLARAT\nOld Colonists Club\, Collins Booksellers on Lydiard Street\nThursday 20 November\, 6:30PM – 8:00PM\n16 Lydiard Street\, North Ballarat Central\nBook Tickets Here
URL:https://historymonth.org.au/event/book-tour-the-courageous-life-of-weary-dunlop-by-peter-fitzsimons/
CATEGORIES:Ballarat,Beechworth,Benalla,Bendigo,Echuca,Guildford,Hamilton,Horsham,Melbourne,Phillip Island,Shepparton,Stawell,Swan Hill
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SUMMARY:Weston Bate Memorial Lecture – Women and Dress in Rural Australia\, 1840s-1860s
DESCRIPTION:Curator and historian Laura Jocic presents ‘Women and Dress in Rural Australia\, 1840s-1860s’\nAs emigrants arrived in the Australian colonies\, many prepared themselves for a life on the land. Whether settling as farmers\, or heading to the goldfields in the hope of finding their fortune\, all had to contend with managing their dress\, often in harsh and remote environments. \nWhile women lived active and productive lives in these localities\, it is the image of the male digger and bushman dressed in his loose shirt\, trousers and boots and wearing a neckerchief and wide-brimmed hat that dominates understandings of how the quintessential Australian colonial settler dressed. \nLess is known about how women dressed and adapted to these environments. In focusing on a number surviving items of women’s dress\, including those at Sovereign Hill’s Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections\, this lecture will discuss what women on the goldfields and in rural areas wore and how they purchased\, made\, mended and managed their often limited supply of clothing. \nAbout the Presenter\nLaura Jocic is a curator and historian with a specialisation in dress and textiles. She recently completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne investigating the significance of dress in Australian colonial society. Laura has worked in galleries and museums in Australia and New Zealand. She was a Registrar at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and in 2001 she co-founded the Costume & Textile Association of New Zealand. \nFrom 2007 to 2012 Laura was a curator of Australian Fashion and Textiles at the National Gallery of Victoria\, where she curated the exhibitions Australian Made: 100 Years of Fashion and Linda Jackson Bush Couture. \nLaura is a Research Associate at Museums Victoria and has undertaken projects for RMIT Design Archives and Kew Historical Society and curated the exhibition Louis Kahan: Art\, Theatre\, Fashion for the Town Hall Gallery\, Hawthorn. She has taught in the areas of art curatorship and cultural heritage and museums studies and has had her research published in various catalogues and journals.
URL:https://historymonth.org.au/event/weston-bate-memorial-lecture-women-and-dress-in-rural-australia-1840s-1860s/
LOCATION:Sovereign Hill\, Bradshaw Street\, Golden Point\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat
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