Tag: History

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Colonial-era engraving of Chinese men standing under a tree overlooking a mining encampment.
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Time's Slow Passing: Voices Between Past and Present

Explore a 19th-century Chinese miner story through contemporary works and archival documents.

A smiling woman in an Australian military uniform, adorned with medals, holding a large cardboard box.
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HERstory: Remembering Australia’s Military Women

This exhibition highlights women in Victoria and their stories of service 1942 to the present day.

Alison Page, an Australian designer and curator, with dark hair and blue eyes, smiling at the camera, wearing a white shirt and a denim jacket.
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Alison Page: Creative Shape Shifter

An exhibition that dives into the ancient and contemporary stories that drive Page's design process.

A person in a black suit holds a large, green ape head sculpture behind them, on a city sidewalk with graffiti-covered walls in the background.
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Rehearsing the City Exhibition

See archival photos from Victoria’s collections, plus work by contemporary street photographers.

Blue etching of classical Italian ruins with statues, pillars and pediments.
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The Grand Tour

An exhibition exploring the history and impact of the 18th-century cultural right-of-passage.

Steps in a landscaped garden leading to a memorial cross, at the Yokohama Commonwealth War Cemetery in Japan.
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Eucalypts of Hodogaya

An exhibition that reflects on a remarkable story of post-war reconciliation and remembrance.

The grand arched entrance and central dome of the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, viewed through a frame of green tree branches with a fountain in the centre foreground.
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Royal Exhibition Building Open Day

Enjoy a weekend of activities, history, performances, exhibitions, food trucks and more.

Graphic print of ice-covered hill with orange sky.
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Creative Antarctica

Featuring Australian artists and writers influenced by their experiences of the Far South.

North Melbourne streetscape in the 1980s with terrace house, station wagon and flower shop.
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On the Street Where I Live: Viva Gibb Exhibition

An exhibition of photographs capturing North and West Melbourne from the 1970s to 1990s.

An exhibition installation featuring desks with display cases and informational boards in the background.
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Poetry Goes No Further Than Language

Explore a moment in mid-1980s China when a group of artists began to question values about art.

A black and white illustration depicting a group of men in 19th-century attire, including several top hats, gathered outdoors near a tent in front of a man standing on a log addressing the crowd.
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Hoddle Grid: The Great Land Grab

Meet the schemers, dreamers, and empire builders who were the first to purchase land in Melbourne.

A person looking at an exhibition at the State Library Victoria, specifically designed to display the original 1835 treaty documents.
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Treaty

Acknowledge the past, present and future of Treaty with Victoria’s First Peoples.

A gallery hung with artwork with a polished wooden floor and green and orange feature walls
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Melbourne in Retrospect Exhibition

An exhibition that captures Melbourne in a way that deeply binds us to the city’s story.

Large crowds gathered outside Queen Victoria Market stalls in celebration of the Taste of Portugal festival.

Taste of Portugal

A day celebrating Portuguese-speaking culture with free entertainment, food and merch for sale.