by gehs | Jun 13, 2024 | News & Events
We invite members and friends of Glen Eira Historical Society to join us at our AGM followed by a presentation from Margaret Anderson FFAHS, Director Old Treasury Building, on our city’s history of protest. Melbourne’s history of protest reaches back to the very first...
by gehs | Mar 28, 2024 | News & Events
If you missed Nathan’s talk on his bio of Katharine Susannah Prichard you can watch it here – https://vimeo.com/950931704?share=copy Join Nathan live via Zoom (from Perth) at Bentleigh Library or online as he talks about his book on the writer and activist...
by gehs | Mar 27, 2024 | History, News & Events
50 Glass Slides digitised In 1910 The Jesters played at Arcadia on the Esplanade, St Kilda A collection of 50 gelatin coated plate glass negatives were donated to us over 30 years ago, by Brian Gales who at the time was caretaker and trustee of the Brighton Cemetery....
by gehs | Mar 6, 2024 | News & Events
We invite members and friends of Glen Eira Historical Society to join us and view close up some of the items from our Collection and hear their stories. Our volunteers have chosen particular objects they are interested in and will each give a short talk describing the...
by gehs | Oct 29, 2023 | News & Events
We invite members and friends to our November Speaker Series to learn more about the architecture and past residents of one of Caulfield’s earliest surviving houses, Heatherbrae, which dates from the 1860s. Who the original six room villa was built for remains a...