Wednesday 26 February • 6.30pm to 7.30pm • Richmond Library, Church Street, Richmond 3121. Free. RSVP here Join author Tristan Clark as he shares the untold stories of the Australian punk … [Read more...]
Australian Food Icons – a talk
AUSTRALIAN FOOD ICONS from the MATERIAL HISTORIES SERIES RUN BY THE OLD TREASURY BUILDING IN MELBOURNE You can view it in the Old Treasury Building website. Happy little Vegemite soldiers: … [Read more...]
Using ephemera in history making
THIS TUESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER, 6-7.30PM, ‘Ephemera as historical sources’ is part of the ‘Making Public Histories series’ run by the History Council of Victoria. Speakers: Dr Annette … [Read more...]
Melbourne Conversations: addendum (archiving the ephemeral)
What records do Australians keep, and what do we burn? As local artist Leisa Shelton opens her exhibition 'Addendum: Archiving the Ephemeral', where she will be burning her 40-year archive, … [Read more...]
Collecting maps: an uncharted journey 30 October 2019
'Collecting maps: an uncharted journey' presented by Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM. Robert has been an avid map collector for over 40 years, from $20 tourist maps to rare charts of … [Read more...]
Vintage cookery booklets
FREE TALK AT 11 AM ON 19 MAY 2019, CAMBERWELL LIBRARY MEETING ROOMS, hear and see part of a wonderful collection about food donated to the State Library of Victoria. Our speaker is Richard Overell … [Read more...]
Rare? Digital?
MONDAY 3 JULY, 10AM What will the rare book of the future look like? Digitally published books Presented by Ephemera Society of Australia by ESA member Mimmo Cozzolino. In 2012 Mimmo … [Read more...]
Collecting comics
Thursday, 6 July 6.30 pm - SEE HIGHLIGHTS FROM A WORLD CLASS COMIC BOOK COLLECTION. Part of Rare Books Week in Melbourne: Presented by the Book Collectors` Society of Australia (Victoria) ESA … [Read more...]
19th century immersion journalism
15 September 11 am; journalist and author Thornton McCamish will lead Michael Cannon and Bob Flippen in a conversation about the new edition of a selection of the best works by the 19th-century … [Read more...]