Thursday – 1 August 2024, 6.30pm Wattle and Queen: The Alexandra Club, a club like none other by Loreen Chambers, historian and former vice-chair of the La Trobe Society. Venue: Alexandra Club, 81 Collins Street, Melbourne. Cost: $120 per person. RSVP 19 July. Enquiries to secretary@latrobesociety.org.au, Ph: 0412 517 061. (La Trobe Society event – […]
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Rare Book Week Lecture
Thursday – 18 July, 6.30pm. Noted Donors and Donations to the Melbourne Public Library Collections – by Shane Carmody, Historian and former Director State Library Victoria. Venue: Tonic House, 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Refreshments. No charge. RSVP Friday 12 July. Enquiries to secretary@latrobesociety.org.au. (La Trobe Society event, sponsored by Roy Morgan Research and Tonic House)
Open Day at La Trobe’s Cottage
Sunday – October 2024 to April 2025, 1.00 – 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 […]