Celebrate 25 years of friendship between the City of Port Phillip and Suai, East Timor. Since 2000, this unique partnership has been guided by a formal Friendship Agreement. Funding has enabled vital programs in education, health, gender equality, livelihoods and sustainability. The exhibition will showcase treasured items from Suai and include a short film screening. …

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Womin Djeka! Journey into Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, a significant cultural site for the local Kulin Nation, with a First Peoples guide. Gain insight into the rich history and thriving culture of the First Peoples of Australia through a journey of identifying significant native plants within the Gardens. Learn about Aboriginal plant uses, customs and …

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Join us at the Victorian Archives Centre for an extraordinary artist talk with Maree Clarke (Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung), one of Australia's most influential voices in the reclamation and celebration of southeast Aboriginal cultural practices. Maree works with both traditional and contemporary materials - including glass, 3D printing, and photography - to produce groundbreaking work. …

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Early twentieth-century Persia and the Persian Gulf presented a largely blank slate to the British, best known only as a vital conduit to India and a site of contest – the ‘great game’ – with the Russian Empire. As oil discoveries and increasing trade brought new attention, the expanding telegraph and river shipping industries attracted …

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After travelling 1.5 million miles across the globe, the Polly Woodside now welcomes you aboard! Built in Belfast in 1885, the three-masted cargo vessel carried coal and wheat between England and South America. You can join the crew, come aboard for a tour of the ship and discover what life was like on a tall …

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See what life was like in Melbourne during the gold rush era See what life was like in Melbourne during the gold rush era when you visit one of the few remaining prefabricated buildings in the world. The three houses in South Melbourne are among the last nineteenth-century prefabricated iron buildings. With gold discovered in …

Portable iron house open day Read More »