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Melbourne History Talk: Ghost signs of Melbourne

Name: Melbourne History Talk: Ghost signs of Melbourne
Start: 2026-03-05T18:00:00+11:00
End: 2026-03-05T18:00:00+11:00
Location: narrm ngarrgu Library

About

What can a fading ad on a brick wall reveal about a city? Quite a lot.

In this talk, author and historian Sean Reynolds takes audiences on a journey through the ghost signs of Melbourne’s Hoddle Grid—those old, weathered commercial advertisements that still cling to the sides of buildings. These signs are more than nostalgic curiosities: they are fragments of social memory.

Sean Reynolds is a Melbourne-based author, historian, and creator of Melbourne Ghost Signs. His work blends archival research with storytelling to uncover the hidden lives behind the city’s fading painted advertisements.