Sunday 27 August 2023

5:00pm - 6:00pm
St Kilda Army and Navy Club
88 Acland Street, St Kilda (upstairs)

This is how Melbourne would have looked when Edmund Finn arrived in 1841, from Ireland, as a young man. He worked at the Port Phillip Herald for 6 years, and then became the clerk of the Legislative Council of Victoria. However, he is best known for his unique and entertaining account of early Melbourne, which he published under the pseudonym ‘Garryowen’ in 1888: Chronicles of Early Melbourne 1835-1852.

Sunday 13 August 2023

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
William Mora Galleries
60 Tanner Street
Richmond

A splendid opportunity to view Mirka Mora's studio and the new exhibition (opening 10 August).

Sunday 30 July 2023

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Meet at Jackson Street car park (behind Pride Centre)  

For those who missed out in April, a second opportunity to join Carmel McKenzie for a 90-minute walk around the former mansions and grand homes on St Kilda Hill.

Sunday 18 June  2023

4:30pm 
Linden New Art
26 Acland Street 
St Kilda 

We are delighted to announce that Carmel McKenzie’s much-anticipated book, St Kilda 1841-1900: Movers and Shakers and Money-makers, will be launched by the Mayor of Port Phillip, Heather Cunsolo, at a gala event at Linden, 4.30pm, Sunday, 18 June.

Sunday 30 April  2023

2:00pm - 3:30 pm
Meet at Jackson Street car park (behind Pride Centre)  

Join Carmel McKenzie for a 90-minute walk around the former mansions and grand homes on St Kilda Hill.

Sunday 5 March 2023

4:00pm to 5:30pm 
St Kilda Army and Navy Club
88 Acland Street (upstairs)
St Kilda 

At this live stream presentation – a joint event with the Glen Eira Historical Society – Professor Ian Clark will share his research into the Aboriginal history of the area. 

Saturday 18 February 2023

2:30pm to 4:00pm 
Presbyterian Church
Cnr Alma Road and Barkly Street
St Kilda 

The beautiful organ at St Kilda’s Presbyterian Church, made by George Fincham in the late 1800s, is the sister of the St Kilda Town Hall organ destroyed by the tragic fire of 1991.