Professor Joan Beaumont will repeat her popular walk visiting places of significance in Brunswick during this turbulent period. The walk starts outside 61 Lydia Street - site of the Proletarian Hall - and ends near Jewell Station. The cost includes an explanatory booklet.
Book here: www.eventbrite.com.au%2Fe%2Fbrunswick-in-the-great-depression-history-walk-tickets-
Sydney Road History walks - Famous People and Places are being repeated.
Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1483170
The first walk on 1 November will cover the northern section and the second walk on 15 November the southern section. Full details on Sydney Road Brunswick Association Website
From Flappers and Larrikins to Bodgies and Widgies. Sociologist Professor Pam Nilan will discuss the lives of young people in Brunswick during this turbulent period. Come and share your stories and family anecdotes about growing up in Brunswick.
Sydney Road History walks - Famous People and Places are being repeated.
Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1483170
The first walk on 1 November will cover the northern section and the second walk on 15 November the southern section. Full details on Sydney Road Brunswick Association Website
Book launch - New edition of It Happened in Brunswick by Les Barnes with revisions and additions by members of Brunswick Community History Group. This timeline history now covers up to 2020!
The book will be for sale at the launch and afterwards at Brunswick Bound bookshop. $40.
How does graffiti contribute to urban character and visual diversity in our cities? Can we reconcile issues of vandalism and private property with rights to participate in public spaces? Dr Sabina Andron will address some of the difficulties regarding community and municipal management of graffiti, and discuss ways forward through enhanced engagement.
The speaker is Dr Sabina Andron, research fellow in cities and urbanism at the University of Melbourne.
Sabina’s first monograph, Urban surfaces, graffiti, and the right to the city (Routledge 2024) was shortlisted for the Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Award. This year, Sabina received an Australian Research Council grant for the project “Visual governance in the city: rethinking graffiti and public images”.
James Nicolas has published a book on the Irish National Foresters Friendly Society. It was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provided services to people of Irish descent. There was a branch in Brunswick so James will also talk about the Irish in Brunswick in general.
A walk along the Upfield railway line in Brunswick looking at some of its heritage features. The walk starts at Park Street level crossing and ends at Victoria Street. Cost of $15 includes an explanatory booklet.
Book here : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heritage-walk-along-the-upfield-line-tickets-1986779908188?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
Writer Kevin Brophy and photographer Nicholas Walton- Healey have been assembling a collection of photographs and stories about the Upfield Railway Line. These will be displayed in an exhibition at Brunswick Neighbourhood House in DeCarle Street. There will be a talk about the exhibition at 1.30pm on 2 May. Exhibition hours as follows:
Opening: 6pm Friday April 17
Exhibition talk: 1:30pm Saturday May 2
View at 10am–12noon Tuesdays only
April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19
You see here an image of 300 newly enlisted World War 1 soldiers and family members being farewelled at Brunswick Town Hall prior to going into camp at Broadmeadows. Within a month they were on their way to Egypt as part of the first convoy of Australian and New Zealand servicemen. They left Melbourne on 19 October 1914, arrived in Egypt in early December and on 25 April 1915 were part of the Anzac Landing.
At our meeting of 4 July, BCHG members John Fletcher and Cheryl Griffin will share some of the stories they have discovered as they research the life stories of the Brunswick men of the 7th Battalion who left with that first convoy.
Photo from Merri-bek Libraries