vic “The Trust is custodian of a nationally significant collection of fashion and dress. It offers opportunities for research and is a useful educative tool – providing insight into consumption, emigration, social change and the aesthetic and technical value of clothing production distribution and design.” – Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna, Senior Curator andmore
vic Discover a unique experience at the McCrae Homestead by exploring the parallel experiences of the McCrae family and the Bunurong community in the 1840s. Accessed through Georgiana McCrae’s personal diaries, her son George McCrae’s diary accounts, family letters, sketches and paintings, the program shares what is anecdotally considered a mutuallymore
vic “The kitchen is finished. It is made of posts stuck upright in the ground; it is plastered with mud.” Letter from Alexander McCrae to Georgiana, his mother, May 1845more
vic Over 70 per cent of teenagers have received ‘sexts’ or sexual images on their phones of friends, associates or unknown people. Young women are mostly the targeted victims and sexting has a long term and harmful impact. Schools and parents struggle with how to educate young people about the issue and to keep up withmore
vic Students will take part in a 50 minute program in their own classroom that explores what school was like for Melbourne students during the 1880s.more
vic This program examines the past through family history, childrenís life, schooling and domestic work. It includes toys, games, sports, period clothes and exploration activities.more
vic Students actively explore this confronting place and its people from a number of different perspectives through role-play, multi-media interpretation and self-exploration.more
vic Follow the trail around Victoria's original rain forest with a guided tour of the ecosystems and environments within the Gully by botanic experts.
To learn about the walking trail complete with QR guided markers visit http://www.endeavourferngully.org.au/more
vic Como House is an important Melbourne icon and a wonderful introduction to the past lives of a Melbourne family in the 1890s.moreGet our School Program Guide
