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  • Watercolour painting dating from mid-1850s of activities on a river, with a large bridge over the river and people and cattle dotted in the landscape.
  • A sketch of an old Gold Rush era post office with people gathered outside.
Until 31 Mar

Garryowen's Melbourne

  • Free
  • Exhibition

See Melbourne through Garryowen’s eyes – the people and places of early Melbourne.

This exhibition incorporates lively descriptions taken from Garryowen’s (Edmund Finn’s) Chronicles of Early Melbourne: historical, anecdotal and personal 1835 to 1852 published in 1888, and set alongside images from the collection of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.

The exhibition is curated by Dr Liz Rushen and designed by Marianna Berek-Lewis.

Hours

Date Times
Mon 2 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 3 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 4 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 5 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 6 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 9 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 10 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 11 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 12 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 13 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 16 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 17 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 18 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 19 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 20 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 23 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 24 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 25 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 26 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 27 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 30 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 31 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 1 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 2 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 3 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 6 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 7 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 8 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 9 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 10 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 13 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 14 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 15 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 16 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 17 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 20 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 21 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 22 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 23 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 24 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 27 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 28 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 29 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 30 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 1 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 4 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 5 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 6 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 7 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 8 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 11 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 12 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 13 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 14 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 15 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 18 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 19 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 20 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 21 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 22 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 25 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 26 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 27 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 28 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 29 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 1 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 2 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 3 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 4 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 5 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 8 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 9 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 10 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 11 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 12 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 15 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 16 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 17 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 18 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 19 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 22 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 23 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 24 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 25 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 26 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 29 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 30 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 31 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 1 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 2 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 5 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 6 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 7 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 8 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 9 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 12 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 13 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 14 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 15 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 16 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 19 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 20 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 21 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 22 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 23 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 26 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 27 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 28 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 29 Feb
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 1 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 4 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 5 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 6 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 7 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 8 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 11 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 12 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 13 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 14 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 15 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 18 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 19 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 20 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 21 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 22 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 25 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tue 26 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 27 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 28 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 29 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location

Royal Historical Society of Victoria
239 A'Beckett St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9326 9288
  • email address: marketing@historyvictoria.org.au
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