Sunday – 5 December 2021, 10.30am Charles Joseph La Trobe was remembered at a service at St Peter’s Eastern Hill, 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 Hugh Kempster, invited La Trobe Society members and their friends to this […]
Past events - 2021
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Christmas Cocktails
Friday – 3 December 2021, 6-8pm Members’ end-of-year social function, hosted at the Banking Chamber, ANZ Gothic Bank, 380 Collins Street, Melbourne. Jock Murphy, a Director of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and Cultural Gifts Valuer, spoke on ‘Melbourne’s Banking Heritage’. (La Trobe Society event)
Garden Day at La Trobe’s Cottage
Sunday – 14 November 2021, 1 – 4pm We celebrating Spring this year with tours of the charming garden at La Trobe’s Cottage. Charles La Trobe took refuge in his beautiful garden from the stresses of his public life He also believed that the citizens of Melbourne should be able to enjoy public gardens, therefore […]
Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage Annual Lecture
Wednesday – 22 September 2021, 5.00–6.00 pm. ‘C J La Trobe: Jolimont plantsman’. Speaker: Helen Botham, garden history researcher, author of La Trobe’s Jolimont: a walk round my garden, and coordinator La Trobe’s Cottage management team. Via Zoom, no charge. This presentation explored how Charles La Trobe’s school days and his travel experiences as a […]
La Trobe Society Annual General Meeting and Dinner
Wednesday – 4 August 2021, 6.30pm ‘Land surveying in Port Phillip/Victoria in La Trobe’s era’. Guest speaker: Craig Sandy LS, Surveyor-General of Victoria. Venue: Lyceum Club, Ridgway Place, Melbourne. This presentation threw light on the role of the early surveyors as pictured by artist S T Gill. (La Trobe Society event)
Talk for Members and Friends
Wednesday – 23 June 2021, 5.30 – 7.30 pm ‘Extravagance, Tradition and Power: Charles La Trobe’s uniform’ Speaker: Megan Anderson, 2019 La Trobe Society Fellow at State Library Victoria. Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne (corner of William Street). This presentation outlined the history of La Trobe’s official uniform, and the […]
Open Day at La Trobe’s Cottage
Sunday – 23 May 2021, 1 – 4pm. Visitors spent the afternoon in the beautiful Domain, with a guided tour of the home of our first governor Charles Joseph La Trobe and his family. They were able to see the elegant yet simple prefabricated house from Melbourne’s early days, surrounded by plants from the era. […]
Joint La Trobe Society/ RHSV AGL Shaw Lecture
Tuesday – 20 April 2021, 6.30 – 8pm. ‘Law, Lawyers and La Trobe’. Speaker Professor Simon Smith AM FRHSV, leading legal history scholar, an Adjunct Professor with the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre at Victoria University, and member of the La Trobe Society. Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Cnr A’Beckett and William Streets, Melbourne. (La […]
Australian Heritage Festival at La Trobe’s Cottage
Sunday – 18 April 2021, 11am – 4pm. Visitors discovered how Charles Joseph La Trobe, Victoria’s first Governor and a keen botanist, lived with his family in his prefabricated house in early Melbourne. They were able to gain a fascinating glimpse into family life at his ‘Jolimont’ estate, with his wife Sophie and their children.
La Trobe Celebration
Saturday – 20 March 2021, 6.30-8.30 pm. A gala evening to celebrate two major milestones: the 20th anniversary of the founding of the C J La Trobe Society and the 220th birthday of Charles Joseph La Trobe. Guest speaker: Kate Torney OAM, CEO State Library Victoria. Venue: Cowan Gallery, State Library Victoria. The Callisto String Quartet […]