Kelvin Thomson will talk about the history of the Moonee Ponds Creek and the Friends of MP Creek - of which he was the founder.

John Kavanagh, former Mayor of Moreland, will talk about his family history in Brunswick. His grandparents Bill and Mary Barry were active in the ALP and later DLP and the union movement over many years.

An Italian Family in Brunswick
Local solicitor Peter Russo will talk about his family's long connection to Brunswick at the next meeting of Brunswick Community History Group on Saturday 1 August at 1.30pm at Balam Balam Place.

Peter's great grandfather migrated from the Aeolian Islands in 1895. In the 1920s his grandfather established a fruit shop in Sydney Road. Peter's father became a successful real estate agent in Brunswick and encouraged his lawyer son to set up a practice in Sydney Road where he has been ever since.
This is a story of migration, local history and social mobility.

Photo from State Library of Victoria shows an Italian family in Melbourne in 1928. Photograph by Mendelssohn Studios.