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Having a voice: guided historical walks booklet

City of Melbourne Libraries (2019- )27 April to 25 May 2017

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City of Melbourne Libraries (2019- )

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27 April to 25 May 2017

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LIB-EVE 000046

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Part from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

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Title: Having a voice: guided historical walks bookletBlurbs:SOUTHBANK BIRRARUNG FALLS WALKBeginning at the Koorie Heritage Trust, this fascinating walk takes in the Birrarung Wilam (Common Ground) Aboriginal art installations, which offer a unique Kulin perspective. Meandering along the Birrarung Marr, your friendly Koorie guide will take you through significant sites like the Elizabeth Street Creek and the original location of the Birrarung Falls, where you’ll be able to look down to the first wharves constructed during settlementMEET AT KOORIE HERITAGE TRUST Thursday 27 April, 2pm to 3.30pm.WORKERS’ RIGHTS WALKHoliday pay, sick leave, maternity leave, paid overtime and safer workplaces are among the many wins by workers throughout the 20th century. Join Edwina Byrne and learn more about the history of workers’ rights in Melbourne, with a fascinating tour of Trades Hall and nearby sites including the Eight Hour Day Monument.MEET AT TRADES HALL STEPSSaturday 29 April, 10am to 12pm.A WALK THROUGH MELBOURNE’S QUEER HISTORYExplore Melbourne’s queer heritage as part of a walk led by the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives. Discussion will centre on some of Melbourne’s major queer influences and contributions to queer communities. Find out what’s so queer about the State Library, how our laneways became so hip and where and when the first queer marriages took place. You may be surprised.MEET AT STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA FORECOURTMonday 1 May, 11am to 12.30pm.VOICES OF NORTH MELBOURNENorth Melbourne has a long history of habitation. Hear the voices of the street as we travel from the library to the slum areas of Hardwick Street, and to the ‘upthe hill’ dwellers of the cleaner air of Molesworth Street.MEET AT NORTH MELBOURNE LIBRARYSaturday 6 May, 2pm to 4pm.EAST MELBOURNE GROUP: THE FIRST OF ITS KINDEver wondered how East Melbourne has retained so much of its heritage character? Join us for a walk around the streets of this beautifully preserved enclave and hear how a small group of residents fighting to save the elm trees from removal in 1953, established what is believed to be the first residents’ association in Melbourne, the East Melbourne Group. Historian Jenny Brown will host this walk.MEET AT EAST MELBOURNE LIBRARYFriday 19 May, 11am to 12.30pm

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City of MelbourneKoorie Heritage Trust (Melbourne, Vic.)Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC)Australian Queer Archives, 1978-East Melbourne Group, 1953-Brown, Jenny

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