Past events - 2022

Sunday – 4 December 2022, 11am St Peter’s Eastern Hill. 15 Gisborne Street, Melbourne. Charles Joseph La Trobe was remembered at this service, coinciding with a memorial service at St Michael the Archangel, Litlington, Sussex, where he is buried. The Vicar of St Peter’s, Rev’d Dr Michael Bowie, invited La Trobe Society members and their […]

Friday – 2 December 2022, 6-8pm Christmas Cocktails. Viewing of the Bank’s original Royal Charter and a presentation by artist Jeffrey Makin on the ANZ Bank’s art collection in the Verdon Chambers, the former residence of the General Manager of the English, Scottish and Australia Chartered Bank (forerunner of the ANZ Banking Group). Host: Mr […]

Tuesday – 8 November 2022, 6.30pm 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 provided glimpses of impolite society in early Melbourne. Venue – Melbourne Savage Club, 12 Bank Place, Melbourne. Cost: $95 per person. Pictured: The Eagle […]

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. (La […]

  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 scheduled to take place at 1.15, 2.15 and 3.15pm. Guided tours of the Cottage also were available throughout the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – guests […]

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). […]