Wednesday – 14 September, 5.30-7.30pm The Lady of St Kilda: a link between the Outer Hebrides and the Antipodes. Speaker John Botham, Chair of Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage, who visited the island of St Kilda in June. This illustrated talk explained how the Schooner Lady of St Kilda connected La Trobe’s naming of St […]
Past events - 2022
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Winter Lecture
Tuesday – 12 July 2022, 5.30-7.30pm Victoria’s Earliest Potteries. Guest Speaker Gregory Hill, who is recognised as the leading authority on Australian Colonial Pottery and Australian Art Pottery. His book, Victoria’s Earliest Potteries, featured convict era potters and Victoria’s earliest pottery which was close to La Trobe’s Jolimont estate. A small exhibition accompanied the lecture […]
Joint La Trobe Society/ RHSV AGL Shaw Lecture
Tuesday 5 April 2022, 6.30 – 8pm. The Barristers of the Port Phillip District, 1839-1851, by Dr Peter Yule, FRHSV, member of the RHSV Council, an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, and La Trobe Society member. Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Cnr A’Beckett and William […]
La Trobe’s Birthday Celebration
Sunday – 20 March 2022, 4.30–6.30 pm. La Trobe’s Plant Hunting Endeavours, a talk by Helen Botham followed by an informal tour of the Cottage garden, highlighting new plantings in light of the recent discovery of La Trobe’s 1851 order from Macarthur’s Camden Nursery. Sparkling wine and birthday cake. (La Trobe Society event)
Joint Lecture with the Anglican Historical Society
Wednesday – 23 February 2022 * POSTPONED * Rescheduled October ‘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). […]
Special Open Day at La Trobe’s Cottage
Wednesday – 26 January 2022: 1 – 4pm (last tour 3.30pm) Cancelled due to extreme heat. 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. Visitors will be able to compare the small charming cottage with the magnificent […]