by Mark Hassed | 7 Oct 2024 | Announcement, Talk
Join the Fitzroy History Society on 15 November 2024 at 6.30pm for a free event, in the upstairs community room (Bagung Magali) at Bargoonga Nganjin (Fitzroy North Library), 182-186 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North – and the launch of Fitzroy People 2. Fitzroy...
by Mark Hassed | 30 Sep 2024 | Announcement, Talk
25th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGWednesday 16 October 2024 – 7.30 p.m. After the AGM we will celebrate 25 years since the founding of our Society. Dr Liz Rushen AM, co-founder, will tell us the how the Society began.Professor Richard Broome AM, President of the Royal...
by Mark Hassed | 18 Sep 2024 | Announcement, Talk
Join the Collections Librarian Ellen Coates, on a journey through the fascinating history of Victoria’s second oldest library as they celebrate their 170th year. Beginning when the Library declared itself into existence in on the 1st of May 1854. The challenges of the...
by Mark Hassed | 11 Sep 2024 | Talk
The shadow Minister for the Arts & Creative Industries and Member for Southern Metropolitan Region, The Hon. David Davis MP, invites local historical groups and societies to join him and celebrate History Month. Date:Tuesday, 1 October 2024 Time: 11:00am –...
by Mark Hassed | 4 Sep 2024 | Talk
On Monday 14 October from 6.30 – 8.00pm, Chris Lermanis will present an author talk at the Fitzroy Library Reading Room. As a refugee, and as a child who spoke no English when he arrived in Melbourne, Chris Lermanis often felt he was looking in at a world...
by Mark Hassed | 14 May 2024 | Talk
Thursday May 23, 6-8pm. Gertrude St Fitzroy walking tour and film screening highlighting footy and Sir Doug. Start Atherton Gardens, finish Builders Arms. The AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round is coming! How much do you know about Sir Doug Nicholls? “Running,...