Tuesday – 2 May 2023, 5.30–7.30pm The Golden Age: La Trobe’s Journey Home, by John Botham, Chair of the Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage. The illustrated talk described La Trobe’s journey home to England on the paddle steamer Golden Age on the first commercial passage across the Pacific in 1854. […]
Past events - 2023
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Joint La Trobe Society/ RHSV AGL Shaw Lecture
Tuesday – 18 April 2023, 5.30–7.00pm Law and Order Under La Trobe: The First Prisons of Port Phillip, by Dr Ashleigh Green, the 2022 La Trobe Society Fellow at State Library Victoria, tutor in classics and archaeology at the University of Melbourne and author of the book Birds in Roman Life and Myth..Venue: Royal Historical […]
La Trobe’s Birthday Celebration
Sunday – 19 March 2023, 4.30–6.30 pm The Cottage Samplers, a talk by Catherine Gay, PhD candidate, University of Melbourne, and National Trust volunteer guide. Our speaker enlightened us on how the samplers we have on display in La Trobe’s Cottage, and the reproduction of Rose Pellet’s beautiful sampler, reflect the importance placed on developing […]