Documentary: Flee 21 Jun 2023 Amin recounts the extraordinary journey he undertook as a child refugee from Afghanistan to Denmark. Glen Waverley Library, 112 Kingsway, Glen Waverley 3150 Tagged as: , Learn, Author Talks, Adults
Educating Girls in Colonial Melbourne 03 Jul 2023 Dr Elizabeth Rushen AM is an historian, lecturer, researcher and author who is committed to community engagement in both history and heritage. Join her as she presents on the topic of education for girls in the time of colonial Melbourne. Wheelers Hill library, 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill 3150 Tagged as: , Learn, History, Author Talks
Female Bushranger Mary Ann Bugg 04 Jul 2023 Mary Ann Bugg (1834-1905) was a proud Worimi woman and one of Australia’s first female bushrangers. Tagged as: , Learn, History, Author Talks
Fatal Contact 05 Jul 2023 Join author Professor Dowling to learn about the devastating infectious disease epidemics that were introduced into the Indigenous populations of Australia after the arrival of the British colonists in 1788. Tagged as: , Learn, History, Author Talks
Living Under Aboriginal Exemption 06 Jul 2023 Aunty Judi Wickes is a Kalkadoon/Wakka Wakka woman born in Brisbane with Irish and English heritage. She co-leads a team researching the history of exemption policies and will present on the impact of exemption on her family. Tagged as: , Learn, History, Author Talks
WordFest 2023: Sir John Monash Lecture Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert 13 Jul 2023 Dr Kylie is an Australian scholar of Islam and the Middle East. Kylie will discuss her memoir The Uncaged Sky, outlining her experience being detained and imprisoned in Iran under bogus espionage charges. Museum of Australia Photography (MAPh), 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill 3150 Tagged as: , Learn, Author Talks, Adults
AUTHOR TALK: Kate Solly 25 Jul 2023 Join author Kate Solly as she talks about her debut book Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance. Mount Waverley Library, 41 Miller Crescent, Mount Waverley 3149 Tagged as: , Learn, Author Talks, Adults