Speaker Series – Author talk Boris Frankel

Speaker Series – Author talk Boris Frankel

We invite members and friends of Glen Eira Historical Society to join us at a presentation from Professor Boris Frankel. Boris will tell us the dramatic story of how his family became ‘subversives’ in Australia and the USSR during the Cold War. Boris’ book No...

October is History Month

Here are some events of interest including our own Caulfield’s Racecourse exhibition: Caulfield’s Racecourse exhibition, Glen Eira Council Gallery, Gallery Two 3-27 October 2024...
Speaker Series & AGM – 31 July 2024

Speaker Series & AGM – 31 July 2024

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...

Author talk – The Red Witch with Nathan Hobby

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...

March 2024 News

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....