“Which Australia city was briefly named Batmania”? If your answer was Melbourne, you would have got your two points in… Read more Melbourne Day
Mrs Bruford’s School for Ladies
The Age reported today on results of an archaeological dig on a site at the corner of King and Little… Read more Mrs Bruford’s School for Ladies
My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 11
Episode 11 of the ‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ podcast tells the tragic story of Carlton firefighter Christopher Gee. Listen to episode… Read more My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 11
My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 10
In Episode 10 of the ‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ podcast, Marie Kantharidis goes looking for ex-convict James Patrick Main. Listen to episode… Read more My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 10
My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 9
In Episode 9 of the ‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ podcast, Henry Reese listens out for Amy Williams, the ‘Lady of the Gramophone’.… Read more My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 9
My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 8
In Episode 8 of the ‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ podcast, Ross Karavis explores the city’s old sixpenny restaurants, Nicole Davis talks to… Read more My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 8
Emotional attachments and historic urban places
Rebecca Madgin, Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow, is visiting us at the moment and will be… Read more Emotional attachments and historic urban places
My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 7
In Episode 7 of our ‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ podcast, Mary Sheehan talks with Helen Morgan about Spanish Flu in Melbourne in… Read more My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 7
Framing the Melbourne scene
Vale Bishop James Grant (1931-2019), best known to Melbourne urban historians as co-author with Geoffrey Serle of The Melbourne… Read more Framing the Melbourne scene
The Value of History
The Melbourne History Workshop is pleased to endorse The Value of History Statement adopted by the History Councils of Victoria, NSW,… Read more The Value of History