|
Events |
search the society and
FOLTC web sites |
|
Tuesday – 5 August 2014 C J La Trobe Society Annual General Meeting and Dinner: 6.30pm The guest speaker will be Caroline Clemente, art historian and curator, who will talk about ‘La Trobe and the Pre-Raphaelites: launching a brilliant career in Melbourne, 1853’– with particular reference to Thomas Woolner. Cost $85 per person. Enquiries Ph 9646 2112, email: secretary@latrobesociety.org.au (La Trobe Society event) |
 |
|
Saturday – 30 August 2014 Melbourne Day: 10am – 12pm A Lord Mayoral celebration of the 179th anniversary of the founding of Melbourne in 1835. Official flag raising ceremony, followed by live entertainment and a rifle volley & cannon fire by the Historical Re-enactment Society of Australia. Venue: Enterprize Park, near the corner of Flinders and William Streets. Click here to visit the Melbourne Day website |
 |
|
Early Melbourne Paintings: 2pm Mondays (or as arranged for groups) Exhibition of Early Melbourne paintings, lithographs, watercolours and sketches, from the Roy Morgan Research collection. Special tours in conjunction with historic furniture. Venue: Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, Melbourne. Cost: $8 adults. Bookings essential: Ph 9651 2233, email bookings@oldtreasurybuilding.org.au Catalogue Images |
 |
Past events |
|
|
Friday – 18 July 2014
La Trobe’s Other Library: Charles La Trobe, Redmond Barry and the Library of the Supreme Court of Victoria, 6.30 – 8.30pm An illustrated lecture highlighting the cultural foundations on which Victoria is built, with a focus on the establishment and development of the Supreme Court. Guest speaker: Dr Sue Reynolds, Senior Lecturer in Information Management, RMIT University. Venue: Morgans at 401, 401 Collins Street, Melbourne. (Presented by The La Trobe Society for Melbourne Rare Book Week 2014 and generously sponsored by Mr Gary Morgan, Executive Chairman, Roy Morgan Research.) |
 |
|
Tuesday – 1 July 2014
Victoria Day: 10.30am – 12pm Victoria Day Council celebration of the 163rd anniversary of the Separation of the Port Phillip District from New South Wales. Victorian flag raising ceremony and the re-enactment of Lieutenant-Governor La Trobe's reading of the proclamation, followed by the presentation of the Victoria Day Awards. Venue: Melbourne Town Hall. Click here to visit Victoria Day Council website |
 |
|
Tuesday –17 June 2014 Superintendent La Trobe and the Wreck of the Cataraqui: 6.30 – 8pm  C J La Trobe Society/ RHSV A G L Shaw lecture. Guest speakers: historians Andrew Lemon and Marjorie Morgan OAM, authors of Poor Souls, They Perished. Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, cnr William and A’Beckett Streets, Melbourne. (La Trobe Society event) |
 |
| Tuesday – 29 April 2014
Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage Annual Lecture: 6 – 8pm ‘Mrs Walas is “ded and beried”: birth and other perils for women in mid-nineteenth century Victoria’ was the topic of Dr Madonna Grehan, Director, Australian Nursing and Midwifery History Project, University of Melbourne, and La Trobe Society Fellow for 2013. Venue: Domain House, Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne 3004 (next door to La Trobe’s Cottage). Cost: $10 per person (to assist with catering). Bookings: phone 9646 2112, email secretary@latrobesociety.org.au. |
 |
| Sunday – 20 & 27 April 2014
Australian Heritage Week: Cottage open 2 – 4pm Visitors were able to learn how Charles Joseph La Trobe, Victoria's first Governor, and his family lived in early Melbourne. They were also able to hear of La Trobe’s spirit of adventure and see some of his drawings and watercolours depicting scenes of his travels. Click here to visit the Australian Heritage Week website |
 |
| Sunday - 30 March 2014 La Trobe’s Birthday Celebration: 4 – 6pm Guest speakers were Professor Emeritus John Barnes and Loreen Chambers, and their topic was ‘Prologue and Epilogue’ – the early and later life of Charles Joseph La Trobe. Their presentation was followed by a ceremonial cutting of a birthday cake and champagne in celebration of La Trobe’s 213th birthday. Venue: Domain House (next door to La Trobe’s Cottage). (La Trobe Society event) |
  |
Sunday - 26 January 2014 Australia Day at La Trobe’s Cottage: Cottage open 1 – 4pm Visitors joined in the celebration of Australia Day in the Domain with guided tours of the Cottage, flag raising ceremonies and rifle salutes. It was Open Day at nearby Government House so they were able to visit the homes of both the first and current Victorian Governors. Click here to visit the Australia Day website. |
 |