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An early watercolour painting of Melbourne's Yarra River.
Until 31 Dec

Yarra: Stories of Melbourne's River

  • Free
  • Exhibition

Melbourne’s Yarra River looks placid most of the time, but it is a river with a turbulent past. This exhibition at Melbourne’s Old Treasury Building explores the chequered history of the stream we call the ‘city’s river’.

The river banks are tranquil now, but 186 years ago they were the site of the first struggles between First Nations people the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung, and invading Europeans. It was all over within five years, with the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung effectively banished from the village of Melbourne by Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe in September 1840. This was to be a story repeated over and over again throughout the catchment areas of the Yarra.

This free exhibition at the Old Treasury Building is rich in stories and illustrations of our river past and present. It was developed in consultation with the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and in partnership with Public Record Office Victoria.

Hours

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

Location

Old Treasury Building
20 Spring St
East Melbourne 3002

Open in maps location for Old Treasury Building

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9651 2233
  • email address: info@otb.org.au
  • Visit website for Yarra: Stories of Melbourne's River
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

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