Events in October 2019
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September 30, 2019 | October 1, 2019 | October 2, 2019 | October 3, 2019 | October 4, 2019 | October 5, 2019(1 event) 10:00 am: History books and collectables' fair (Melbourne)10:00 am: History books and collectables' fair (Melbourne) – The Royal Historical Society of Victoria has an annual book fair. This one is bigger and better than ever with lots of great donations from historians and the like. Members of the Society get first go on 3 October, all others can come on Saturday 5 October 2019. Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia 9326 9288 | October 6, 2019 |
October 7, 2019 | October 8, 2019 | October 9, 2019 | October 10, 2019 | October 11, 2019 | October 12, 2019 | October 13, 2019(1 event) 9:30 am: Postcard fair9:30 am: Postcard fair – Australian Cartophilic Society offers postcards and other ephemera at its regular fairs. Where: Waverley Masonic Centre, 318 Stephenson’s Rd, Mount Waverley. |
October 14, 2019 | October 15, 2019 | October 16, 2019(1 event) 6:00 pm: Anarchy in the archive6:00 pm: Anarchy in the archive –  The Protest Collection at Museums Victoria Museum curators have been out and about documenting a number of significant political, Indigenous, environmental and feminist protest movements in recent years including Marriage Equality, Women’s March on Melbourne and School Climate Strike. The material collected sits alongside material from seminal movements such as the fight for the 8 hour day, women’s right to vote and the 1967 referendum. What does this new material tell us about current protest culture? Curators will share what they have been adding to your State Heritage Collection and then Kristy Dickinson from Haus of Dizzy, will lead a Q and A with the voices these collection are raising. You need to buy a ticket via the link below. Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson Street Carlton, VIC 3053 Australia 0394288023 | October 17, 2019 | October 18, 2019 | October 19, 2019 | October 20, 2019 |
October 21, 2019 | October 22, 2019 | October 23, 2019 | October 24, 2019 | October 25, 2019(1 event) 6:00 pm: ESA Show & Tell & AGM6:00 pm: ESA Show & Tell & AGM – ESA Show & Tell - AGMWe will start with a review of the last year by way of the AGM- an opportunity to influence future events and directions. This will be swiftly followed by by an informal evening going around the table showing recent collected ephemera and chatting with fellow enthusiasts. Where: Library meeting rooms, 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria Cost:$5 for not yet members Please RSVP for numbers text 0402 575 405 or email mmbede810 AT gmail.com. | October 26, 2019(1 event) All day: Stamp, coin and postcards' fair (Vic)All day: Stamp, coin and postcards' fair (Vic) All day No more details available at this time. Noted via the Victorian numismatic journal. Burwood Heights Uniting Church Cnr Burwood Hwy and Blackburn Rd Burwood east, Vic 3151 | October 27, 2019(1 event) 9:30 am: Box Hill (Vic) Record, Comic and Card Fair9:30 am: Box Hill (Vic) Record, Comic and Card Fair –
The Box Hill Fair is Australia’s longest running fair. The Box Hill Fair advises it: specialises in dealers selling Records, Comics, CD’s, Cards and other associated collectables. Dealers come to the fair from all over Australia. We’ve got sellers bringing their stock from Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Tasmania and also as far as the Northern Territory! The Box Hill Record Fair has 1000’s of collectible Records, rare cards, hard to find comics and lots, lots more. Melbourne’s biggest Record fair. You’ll find Rare Records, collectible 45’s, Beatles Records, Kiss Records, hard to find CD’s, music posters, music memorabilia, football cards, swap cards, rare comics, Batman comics, Superman comics and heaps more. Where: Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Vic. Open 9.30am - 4pm |
October 28, 2019 | October 29, 2019 | October 30, 2019(1 event) 6:00 pm: Collecting maps (Sydney)6:00 pm: Collecting maps (Sydney) – 'Collecting maps: an uncharted journey' presented by Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM at the State Library of New South Wales Clancy has been an avid map collector for over 40 years, from $20 tourist maps to rare charts of exploration. Each map in his collection has a story attached - whether it be the first selection he bought in London or the Matthew Flinders atlas he bought in 1978. Hear Clancy discuss his collecting journal! | October 31, 2019(1 event) 11:00 am: A peek inside the Caroline Simpson Library (tour Sydney)11:00 am: A peek inside the Caroline Simpson Library (tour Sydney) – Special, in-depth, curator-led tour of the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection (CSL&RC), the library of Sydney Living Museums. Tour numbers are limited to 30. Book tickets by going to this link. Where: The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney
| November 1, 2019(1 event) 1:00 pm: Sydney Rare Book Fair1:00 pm: Sydney Rare Book Fair –  Booksellers from New South Wales and other states offering rare antiquarian books and printed material. Where: MacLaurin Hall, The Quadrangle, University of Sydney When: Friday 1 November 1-7pm and Saturday 2 November 10am-4pm Free entry. McLaurin Hall The Quadrangle University of Sydney NSW | November 2, 2019(1 event) 1:00 pm: Sydney Rare Book Fair1:00 pm: Sydney Rare Book Fair – Booksellers from New South Wales and other states offering rare antiquarian books and printed material. Where: MacLaurin Hall, The Quadrangle, University of Sydney When: Friday 1 November 1-7pm and Saturday 2 November 10am-4pm Free entry. McLaurin Hall The Quadrangle University of Sydney NSW | November 3, 2019 |
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