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From Brazil to Mordialloc, and finally, at Melbourne General Cemetery
In 2001 author Caroline Petit toured the house and grounds of Mayfield, a 12-room mansion in Mordialloc, built by François Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, the Count of Castelnau. He was appointed Consul-General to France in Melbourne in 1864.
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Warrior Woman Lane benefits from council budget
As part of the City of Melbourne’s recently announced draft budget 2022-23, $150,000 was allocated to commission a public artwork in Warrior Woman Lane in honour of its namesake. The project also includes a paid curatorial mentorship program for emerging Aboriginal women curators.
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Affirmation art exhibition showing at Church of All Nations
Reservoir-based artist Robert Dickins has been drawing and painting since he was a little tacker.
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Getting up close to veterans
Jack Blankley was with the Australian troops in Korea and in 2004 he was marching in a parade at the Shrine of Remembrance.
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Play captures weight of the world
The staging of the one-act dystopian play #No Exemptions presented some technical problems for the La Mama design crew.
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Melbourne Knowledge Week has something for everyone
Melburnians and visitors alike will have the opportunity to experience the innovations and inventions shaping the city’s future during Melbourne Knowledge Week from Monday, May 9 to Sunday, May 15.
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Mirka Mora mural features at local watering hole
East Melbourne’s The Tippler & Co bar and eatery sits quietly in what was once Café Balzac space, owned and operated by Georges and Mirka Mora from 1958 to the late ‘70s.
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Local playwright makes a stand
Over 50-year-olds are on the hit list in a dystopian play #No Exemptions that opens at La Mama theatre in April.
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Cinema Nova showcasing old movies this month
Cinema Nova in Lygon Court Carlton is screening a selection of retrospectives and double features to celebrate cinema favourites on the big screen throughout April.
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Kate Kelly’s story at La Mama Courthouse
Gestation of Awgie Award-nominated playwright Rosemary Johns’ Fire in the Head began in 2005.
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Advocate for female researchers honoured
Helping inner-city locals get Functional For Life
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