Our AGM will be held on Monday 21 August at the Yorkshire Stingo Hotel. The guest speaker will be Judy Maddigan, the first woman Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Her topic is Victoria: the last State to allow women to vote and stand for State Parliament. Judy has been a member of the History […]

Our next 'working meeting' will be held on Monday 16 October at 7:30 pm. We will report on activities and discuss plans. The meeting will be held online utilising Zoom. Members will be sent the Zoom link and the meeting papers over the weekend 14-15 October. Non-members are very welcome to attend - just email […]

Our annual history walk will be held on Saturday 11 November starting at 2 pm. More details will be added soon, but in the meantime make sure it is in your diary.

This year's History Walk - 'A Collingwood Corner' - will look at the area bounded by Victoria Parade, Smith Street, Cambridge Street and Peel Street. This area was settled and subdivided early in the history of Melbourne's colonisation, has seen many changes over the years, and in the last decade has seen a dramatic transformation […]

Our first meeting for 2024 will be held on Monday 19 February at 7:30 pm at Collingwood Library, 11 Stanton Street Abbotsford. Our main topic for discussion will be planning our activities and projects for this year. Non-members are welcome to attend.

This is a replacement for the meeting which would normally be held on the third Monday of April. Due to the unavailability of a number of committee members, the April meeting has been deferred to the third Monday in May. The meeting will be held online using Zoom. Members will be sent the link a […]

Venue to be advised.

Our AGM will be held at the Yorkshire Stingo Hotel in Abbotsford on Tuesday 3 September, preceded by dinner. The guest speaker will be Emeritus Redmond Barry Professor Janet McCalman AC, talking about the history of slum clearances and public housing and the lessons that can be learned from history in relation to recent housing […]

Our next meeting will be held via Zoom. Members will be sent the agenda and the Zoom link a day or two before the meeting. If you are not a member but would like to attend, please email us from the Contact Us page and we will send you the information.

Our annual History Walk is held on the second Saturday in November and looks at a different area each year. This year it will be covering part of west Clifton Hill. The starting point is the bandstand in the Darling Gardens, Clifton Hill. While the Walk proper takes about two hours, we will retire to […]