Sunday – 2 October 2022, 1 – 4pm Garden Day at La Trobe’s Cottage. Spring Opening of the charming garden, with an emphasis on the heritage plants that La Trobe favoured. Tours of the garden will take place at 1.15, 2.15 and 3.15pm. Guided tours of the Cottage also will be available throughout the […]
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History Month Lecture
Wednesday – 19 October 2022, 5.30–7.30pm The Bishop and the Lieutenant-Governor. Speaker: Dr Liz Rushen AM, historian and author of Bishopscourt Melbourne: official residence and family home. Venue: 5.30pm, refreshments at Bishopscourt, 120 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. 6.30pm, lecture at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 193 Hotham Street (corner Clarendon Street). Admission $25 per person. Enquiries: secretary@latrobesociety.org.au, […]
Open Day at La Trobe’s Cottage
Sunday – October 2022 to April 2023, 1 – 3.30pm Spend your afternoon in the beautiful Domain, with a guided tour of the home of our first governor Charles Joseph La Trobe and his family. You will be able to see their elegant yet simple prefabricated house from Melbourne’s early days, surrounded by plants from […]
La Trobe Society Annual General Meeting and Dinner
Tuesday – 8 November 2022, 6.30pm Postponed from 2 August Mary Mitchell: A Port Phillip Virago. Speaker: Susan Priestley FRHSV, historian and committee member of the Society and member of its editorial team. This presentation will offer some glimpses of impolite society in early Melbourne. Venue – Melbourne Savage Club, 12 Bank Place, Melbourne. Cost: […]
Paintings of Early Melbourne
Exhibition of early Melbourne paintings, lithographs, watercolours and sketches, from the Roy Morgan Research collection. Special tours for groups in conjunction with historic furniture. Venue: Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, Melbourne. Cost: $10 adults. Bookings