November 2021 News

Issue 26 of our newsletter has just been published and can be found here. Featuring articles on Glenhuntly Athletic Club celebrates 100 years 1921-2021, Letters to Caulfield Council 1890-1925, Downard Property and Graceburn Avenue, Monash interns at GEHS, Heritage...
Speaker Series : 7.30pm Wednesday 24 November 2021

Speaker Series : 7.30pm Wednesday 24 November 2021

The story of the Yarra River in images from the 1850s to the 2000s During the COVID 19 period, Dr Judith Buckrich has been researching the history of the Yarra River toward the creation of a book and exhibition in late 2023. Paintings, drawings and photographs of the...

October 2021 News

If you missed our conversation with Alicia Cerreto, here’s the youtube recording  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvS2viiytHI Glen Huntly Rd – street numbers We’ve devised a list which shows the street numbering changes in Glen Huntly Rd from...
Speaker Series : 7.30pm Wednesday 22 September 2021

Speaker Series : 7.30pm Wednesday 22 September 2021

Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp  Through the years of the Great Depression and beyond, the wetlands, rubbish tips and shanties of Dudley Flats, a neglected zone hidden in plain sight just a stone’s throw away from central...
Speaker Series and AGM 7.30pm Wednesday 28 July 2021

Speaker Series and AGM 7.30pm Wednesday 28 July 2021

A New Look at the History of the Caulfield Racecourse Presented by Historian Andrew Lemon Register here for Zoom meeting In this talk, racing historian Andrew Lemon – author of the three volume The History of Australian Thoroughbred Racing – will look at...
Speaker Series Wednesday 26 May 7.30pm

Speaker Series Wednesday 26 May 7.30pm

From sanatoria to urban bushland: An environmental history of Melbourne’s former sites of tuberculosis treatment. A talk by Environmental Historian, Rebecca Le Get. Location: This event will now be presented on Zoom. Please email gehs@optusnet.com.au and we will send...