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Australian Heritage Week 2011

Events: Victoria

 

Melbourne

14 April 2011

Deakin University's Australian Heritage Week breakfast

Location: Deakin University's Melbourne Campus, Burwood, VIC.

18 March - 19 June 2011

Como Historic House and Garden Mannequin Exhibition

Location: Como Historic House and Garden, South Yarra, VIC.

20 March - 31 May 2011

The Melbourne Athenaeum in pictures

Location: Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC.

All non-match days in April 2011

Heritage Tours of the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Location: Melbourne Cricket Ground, East Melbourne, VIC.

2 April - 11 September 2011

Deep Water Exhibition

Location: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

3, 10, 17, 24 April 2011

La Trobe's Cottage

Location: Domain, Melbourne, VIC.

8 April - 8 May 2011

Lanes and Arcades Tour

Location: Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC.

10 & 17 April 2011

Yan Yean Reservoir and Wallaby Creek Catchment

Location: Greater Melbourne, VIC.

12 April 2011

Engineering in the world of disasters and emergencies

Location: Engineering House, North Melbourne, VIC.

13 April 2011

Deep Water Exhibition floor talk

Location: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

13 April 2011

Heritage Council of Victoria 2011 Heritage Address

Location: Treasury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC.

13 April 2011

Melbourne Town Hall Tours

Location: Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC.

13 April 2011

Racecourse of Dreams

Location: Flemington Heritage Centre, Flemington, VIC.

14 April 2011

Moments That Made Us: The MCG, Sport and War

Location: National Sports Museum, East Melbourne, VIC.

14 April 2011

Remembering the local lads who served in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

Location: Hoopers Reserve, Brunswick, VIC.

14 April 2011

Researching your house in Fitzroy

Location: Fitzroy Library, Fitzroy, VIC.

14 April 2011

Using Ancestry

Location: Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

14 - 15 April 2011

Dancing the Skies

Location: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

14 - 16 April 2011

Flemington Racecourse - Home of the Melbourne Cup launch, open day and community raceday

Location: Flemington Racecourse, Flemington, VIC.

14 - 20 April 2011

Back to Yarra Glen 1959

Location: Post Office, Yarra Glen, VIC.

14 - 20 April 2011

Melbourne Golden Mile Guided Walk

Location: Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC.

14 - 20 April 2011

The Chinese Museum's 'Remembering Chinatown' Audio Heritage Tour

Location: Chinese Museum, Melbourne, VIC.

15 - 17 April 2011

Seaworks Heritage Site

Location: Seaworks, Williamstown, VIC.

16 April 2011

Backstage tours of the Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Location: Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC.

16 April 2011

Open Day at Historic Harrick's Cottage, Keilor Park

Location: Harrick's Cottage, Keilor Park, VIC.

16 April 2011

Walking Prospect Hill

Location: Prospect Hill, Camberwell, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

The Third Australasian–Scottish Genealogy Conference

Location: Hemisphere Conference Centre, Moorabbin, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Williamstown Historical Society Inc. Open Days

Location: Mechanics Institute, Williamstown, VIC.

17 April 2011

140th Anniversary of the Arrival of HMVS Cerberus

Location: Half Moon Bay, Black Rock, VIC.

17 April 2011

Adam Lindsay Gordon: His Life and Beyond

Location: Brighton (Vic) General Cemetery, Caulfield South, VIC.

17 April 2011

Full moon walking tours - Melbourne Cemetery

Location:Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, VIC.

17 April 2011

Labassa Open Day

Location: Labassa, North Caulfield, VIC.

17 April 2011

Photographs, Memories and Devonshire Tea

Location: Altona Homestead Museum, Altona, VIC.

17 April 2011

PMI Victorian History Library: Membership Drive

Location: PMI Victorian History Library, Prahran, VIC.

18 April 2011

Sharing War Memories

Location: Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre/Brighton Town Hall, Brighton, VIC.

19 April 2011

Archives on the Internet – Australia

Location: Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

20 April 2011

Royal Exhibition Building: The story behind reinstating the "marvellous" garden surrounds

Location: Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, VIC.

Central

3 April 2011

Girton Bendigo Home Tours

Location: Girton Grammar, Bendigo, VIC.

8, 9, 16, 17 April 2011

Visit historic Worsley Cottage

Location: Worsley Cottage,Maryborough, VIC.

8 - 10 April 2011

Taste of Gold

Location: Central Goldfields Shire, VIC.

8, 15 April 2011

Guided Carisbrook Heritage Walk

Location: Old Log Gaol, Carisbrook, VIC.

8 - 17 April 2011

Carisbrook Log Gaol

Location: Old Log Gaol, Carisbrook, VIC.

8 - 17 April 2011

'Not just a name' display

Location: Old Town Hall, Carisbrook, VIC.

9 April 2011

Andersons Tramway Walk

Location: Mollongghip Community Hall, Mollongghip, VIC.

9 - 10 April 2011

Hazelman's former Talbot Police Station, lock-up and stables

Location: Talbot, VIC.

9 - 10 April 2011

Norwood Homestead

Location: Norwood Homestead, Wareek, VIC.

9 - 10 April 2011

Woodhatch's Cottage

Location: Woodhatch's Cottage, Maryborough, VIC.

9, 10, 16, 17 April 2011

Goldfields Image Makers photographic display

Location: Visitor Information Centre, Maryborough, VIC.

9, 10, 16, 17 April 2011

Historic Talbot Guided Walk

Location: Talbot, VIC.

9, 10, 16, 17 April 2011

'Shops In Historic Buildings' self guided tour

Location: Scandinavian Crescent, Talbot, VIC.

9, 10, 16, 17 April 2011

Talbot Museum

Location: Talbot Museum, Talbot, VIC.

9, 17 April 2011

Historic Site Tour with Rob Brouwers

Location: Maryborough Post Office, Maryborough, Talbot, VIC.

13 - 20 April 2011

Windows of History - Our Heritage, Preserve It!

Location: Kyneton, VIC.

14 - 20 April 2011

Belleville House

Location: Belleville House, Dunolly, VIC.

14 - 20 April 2011

Chesterfield House

Location: Chesterfield House, Talbot, VIC.

14 - 20 April 2011

Drawing inspiration from the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park

Location: Chewton Town Hall, Chewton, VIC.

14 - 30 April 2011

Dove Cottage Exhibits

Location: Alexandra, VIC.

15 - 17 April 2011

Malmsbury Historical Society Open Weekend

Location: Malmsbury Mechanics Institute, Malmsbury, VIC.

16 April 2011

Rock 'n Roll Dance in Maryborough Town Hall

Location: Maryborough Town Hall, Maryborough, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Smash that Showcase at the National Alpine Museum of Australia

Location: Mt Buller Community Centre, Mt Buller, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Talbot Engine Restorers Display

Location: Old Shire Sheds, Talbot, VIC.

17 April 2011

Market Affair

Location: Maryborough Gymnasium, Maryborough, VIC.

17 April 2011

Talbot Farmers' Market

Location: Scandinavian Crescent, Talbot, VIC.

20 - 28 April 2011

Celebration of the Lindsays

Location: Creswick Woollen Mills, Creswick, VIC.

Gippsland

9 April - 1 May 2011

Dahlsen Maritime History

Location: Dahlsen Outdoor Centre, Bairnsdale, VIC.

9 April - 8 May 2011

Bairnsdale Rowing Club Photographic Exhibition

Location: Bairnsdale Museum and Resorce Centre, Bairnsdale, VIC.

17 April 2011

Walhalla's Family Heritage Tree Dedication service

Location: Stringers Park, Walhalla, VIC.

Murray

7, 14 April 2011

Caring for Bonegilla Migrant Experience Heritage Park

Location: Bonegilla Migrant Experience Heritage Park, Bonegilla, VIC.

9 - 26 April 2011

Echuca Historical Society Shows Local Art

Location: Echuca Moama Uniting Church Hall, VIC.

15 - 17 April 2011

Tours by Torchlight

Location: Eldorado Museum, Eldorado, VIC.

17 April 2011

Psyche Bend Irrigation Pumps

Location: Psyche Pumps Road, Mildura, VIC.

17 April 2011

Wangaratta Swap Meet and Collectables Market

Location: Wangaratta Showgrounds, Wangaratta, VIC.

Port Phillip

19 February - 1 May 2011

Sidney Nolan - Gallipoli Series

Location: Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC.

4 April - 13 June 2011

'Femme Fatale' exhibition

Location: National Wool Museum, Geelong, VIC.

15 - 16 April 2011

Moving through the Ages at Sages Cottage Farm

Location: Sage Cottage, Baxter, VIC.

16 April 2011

Balcombe Estuary Walk

Location: Information Centre on The Briars, Mt Martha, VIC.

16 April 2011

Barwon and the Bay: Water Heritage Bus tour

Location: Departing from the Osborne House Precinct, Geelong, VIC.

16 April 2011

Heritage Waterworks walk - Anakie Gorge

Location:Anakie Stony Creek picnic ground, VIC.

16 April 2011

Queenscliff Heritage Walk

Location: Queenscliffe Visitor Information Centre, Queenscliff, VIC.

16 April 2011

The Best of the Mornington Peninsula

Location: Briarswood Cottage and Heronswood Estate, Mornington Peninsula, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Barwon Grange

Location: Barwon Grange, Newtown, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

British Farm Equipment Ferguson Restoration Association Inc.

Location: Osborne House Precinct, North Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Corio Bay Camera Club

Location: Osborne House Precinct, North Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Ford Discovery Centre

Location: Ford Discovery Centre, Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Geelong & District Sub-branch, National Servicemen's Association of Australia

Location: Osborne House Precinct, North Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Geelong Gallery

Location: Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Geelong Society of Model and Experimental Engineers

Location: Osborne House Precinct, North Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Guided walks through the Geelong Botanic Gardens

Location: Geelong Botnic Gardens, Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Interpretive Play "In Sickness and in Health"

Location: Point Nepean Quarantine Station, Portsea, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

National Wool Museum

Location: National Wool Museum, Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Old Geelong Gaol

Location: Old Geelong Gaol, Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Osborne Park Association Inc.

Location: Osborne House Precinct, North Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Portarlington Mill

Location: Portarlington Mill, Portarlington, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Queenscliffe Maritime Museum

Location: Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, Queenscliff, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Royal Geelong Yacht Club

Location: Royal Geelong Yacht Club, Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Sail on the Schooner Enterprize

Location: Stony Pier, Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Steamrail Victoria

Location: Geelong Railway Station, Geelong, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Surf World Museum

Location: Surf World Museum, Torquay, VIC.

17 April 2011

All Saints' Anglican Church

Location: All Saints' Anglican Church, Newtown, VIC.

17 April 2011

Barwon Park

Location: Barwon Park, Winchelsea, VIC.

17 April 2011

Bellarine Historical Society

Location: Old Court House Museum, Drysdale, VIC.

17 April 2011

Circuit Bus

Location: Geelong, VIC.

17 April 2011

Geelong Cement Retirees Museum

Location: Geelong Cement Retirees Museum, Herne Hill, VIC.

17 April 2011

Geelong Heritage Centre Open Day

Location: Geelong Heritage Centre & Morrow Theatrette, Geelong, VIC.

17 April 2011

Geelong Naval and Maritime Museum

Location: Osborne House, North Geelong, VIC.

17 April 2011

Geelong Peace Memorial

Location: Johnstone Park, Geelong, VIC.

17 April 2011

Genealogy Seminar - "Time is like water - don't let it slip through your hands"

Location: Geelong Heritage Centre, Geelong, VIC.

17 April 2011

Heritage Festival Expo

Location: State Government Office Foyer, Geelong, VIC.

17 April 2011

Historic Bottle Display

Location: Geelong Heritage Centre, Geelong, VIC.

17 April 2011

Music In The Park

Location: Johnstone Park Band Rotunda, Geelong, VIC.

17 April 2011

The Boatman - Historical Re-enactment

Location: Barwon River, Geelong, VIC.

17 April 2011

The Heights Heritage House and Garden - Exhibition of 1930s Fashion

Location: The Heights Heritage House and Garden, Newtown, VIC.

18 - 30 April 2011

Display on beginnings of our defence force

Location: Hastings Library, Hastings, VIC.

20 April 2011

The 'Peninsula Boys' and their buildings: Chancellor and Patrick

Location: Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC.

Western

7 April - 1 May 2011

Shipwrecked! – Sound and Light Show

Location: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, Warrnambool, VIC.

11 April - 1 May 2011

Warnnambool Now and Then Exhibition

Location: Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC.

14 April 2011

Flagstaff Hill Historic Precinct Tour

Location: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, Warrnambool, VIC.

11 - 22 April 2011

Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum

Location: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, Warrnambool, VIC.

14 - 16, 18 - 20 April 2011

Stories from the Warrnambool Pioneer Photo Board

Location: Warrnambool Library, Warrnambool, VIC.

14 - 20 April 2011

Celebrating our Dairy Farming heritage

Location: Cheese World Museum, Allansford, VIC.

15 April 2011

Coffee with the Cannon

Location: Rotunda - Warrnambool Botanic Gardens, Warrnambool, VIC.

16 April 2011

Walking tour of the Railway and Civic Precincts

Location: Warrnambool, VIC.

16 - 17 April 2011

Birregurra Railway Station

Location: Birregurra Railway Station, Birregurra, VIC.

17 April 2011

Mortlake Cemetery Tour

Location: Mortlake Cemetery, Mortlake, VIC.

17 April 2011

Warrnambool Churches Precinct Walk

Location: Warrnambool, VIC.

19 April 2011

Warrnambool Breakwater: pictorial history

Location: Harbour Pavilion Meeting room, Warrnambool, VIC.

20 April 2011

'As Time Goes By' Luncheon and Photographic 'Remember when'

Location: Archie Graham Centre, Warrnambool, VIC.

Wimmera

14 - 20 April 2011

Murtoa and District Historical Society and Community Museum Inc

Location: Concordia College, Murtoa, VIC.

14 - 20 April 2011

Stawell Gift Hall Of Fame

Location: 8 Main Street, Stawell, VIC.

16 April 2011

Visit to the Murtoa Stick Shed

Location: Murtoa Stick Shed, Yarriambiack Shire, VIC.

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