PAST PROGRAMS

Featuring energetic highly key coloured explorations made in response to Sidney Nolan’s 1966 Eureka Stockade mural.

This session will show you how to select and order records through the new Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) online catalogue.
 

A public lecture by Graeme Cartledge about the advent of municipal government and its place as the earliest form of democracy in colonial Victoria.

If you have Irish ancestors, this will provide an overview of how to search Irish records.

2024 marks 170 years since the attack by government forces on protesting miners barricaded at the Eureka Stockade.

At commemorative events across our community, we will honour those involved in the Eureka Rebellion.

In this workshop, you will learn about the convict records held by Public Record Office Victoria and how to search for your ancestor online.

Professor Anne Maxwell compares the Victorian gold rush photography of Richard Daintree and Antoine Fauchery with photography from Californian and New Zealand gold rushes.

Introducing the many resources the State Library of Victoria’s has available to support family history research.

Join us for a discussion about the cultural and historical significance of the Yarrowee River, known to the Wadawurrung people as Yaramlok, with Federation University Australia's Dr David Waldron, and Wadawurrung traditional owners, Kelly Ann Blake and Shannen Mennen.