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Stories of Late Victorian Melbourne

Name: Stories of Late Victorian Melbourne
Start: 2025-07-25T10:00:00+10:00
End: 2025-07-25T14:00:00+10:00
Location: Mannix Library

About

Stories of Late Victorian Melbourne:
Markers of time, markers of culture
Speakers: Huw Sandaver and Dr Amy Isham

Presented by: Mannix Library

Discover late Victorian Melbourne during an intimate tour of Mannix Library’s special collections. See rare pastoral run and railroad maps contained in gazettes and bindings, bound landscapes, theatre and opera playbills as well as a collection of pamphlets relating to the career of flamboyant Australian politician and judge, James Joseph Casey, whose work spanned issues of public health, agriculture, gold and gem mining, horse – drawn tramways, land settlement, and
even a patent for a new type of gunpowder. The presenters will guide two sessions of this tour of rare items and explain their provenance and conservation.