Old Treasury Building

YouTube video by OldTreasuryBuilding The Great Australian Dream- A Home of our Own

Did you miss our talk last week 'The Great Australian Dream'? It's now available to view on our YouTube channel!

The Great Australian Dream- A Home of our Own Reflect on the highs and lows of home building in Victoria, from boarded-up streets in the Great Depression, through the acute shortages of the post-war years,

Join us online this Thursday for 'The Great Australian Dream'.
Discover the highs and lows of home building in Victoria and how the rooms in our homes have changed over time.

🗓️ Don't miss our upcoming MPH webinar this Thursday 25 September!

We are bringing together three of the authors of 'Fathering: An Australian History' (@MUPublishing) to delve into the history of Australian fathering and family life.

✍️Register now: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx

Material Histories is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with @deakinuniversity.bsky.social and Australian Catholic University.

Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s Join us for the next in our Material Histories seminar series.

We're excited to announce our next Material Histories is being presented as part of Melbourne Fashion Week!
Join us online on 22 October at 1pm for 'Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s'! Tickets are free, but bookings are essential.

Our next Making Public Histories webinar will take place on September 25, featuring panelists Al Thompson, Kate Murphy & Jill Banard!

Co-presented by @oldtreasurymelb.bsky.social and @monashuniversity.bsky.social, the webinars are free & open to all!

➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx

There's just 5 days left to see our exhibition 'Belongings: Objects and Family Life'! Join us FREE 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday & Sunday.

'Behind the Lines' is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.

Exhibition of tightly packed artworks.

'Behind the Lines' must close tomorrow at 4pm! Don't miss your opportunity to see this exhibition in its only Melbourne venue!
It's still available to view at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra, and will be opening soon at The Hawke Centre in Adelaide!

Two icons of Melbourne! Amazing image from the archives!

'Material Histories' is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with @deakinuniversity.bsky.social and Australian Catholic University.

YouTube video by OldTreasuryBuilding Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall

Did you miss our talk last week? Good news! 'Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall' is now available on our YouTube channel!
Discover the world of collecting through a new lens.

'Behind the Lines' is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.

The countdown is on! 'Behind the Lines' must close next Thursday! That's one week left to see last years best Australian political cartoons in Melbourne!
It's not all local issues as this cartoon from Greg 'Smithy' Smith illustrates.

A book about a boy and a wallaby

A book about a bunny in a tuxedo

Happy 80th anniversary to Children's Book Week! What was your favourite book as a child?

📚️ This is a small selection of books from our Ministerial Library Textbook Collection. Find more here: www.flickr.com/photos/publi...

Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall Join us for the next in our Material Histories seminar series.

There's still time to book for our online talk Friday! Can't watch at 1pm? Book a ticket to be notified when the recording is live!

Material Histories is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with @deakinuniversity.bsky.social and Australian Catholic University.

'Behind the Lines' is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.

A person walks their dog along the street. Two bearded people wearing sandwish board plaques say "we've both been so much more relaxed since embracing news avoidance.." one board reads "no longer obsessing that the end is nigh", while the other reads "eshewing any evidence that we're all doomed!"

Bad news, there's only two weeks left to see 'Behind the Lines' in Melbourne...
Good news, you have two more weeks to see 'Behind the Lines' in Melbourne!
Thanks to @fionakatauskas.bsky.social for this fabulous cartoon!

'Material Histories' is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with @deakinuniversity.bsky.social and Australian Catholic University.

Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall Join us for the next in our Material Histories seminar series.

Historic Martindale Hall takes a front seat in our next 'Material Histories' program. Discover souveniors collected by Jack Mortlock in his travels, including a Javanese lampshade and 'urban boomerang’ made by Wallangang man Joe Timbery. Bookings essential for this free online talk!

a family sitting down for dinner

Happy Family History Month! There are many Victorian government records in our collection that contain information about people and places relevant to your family or local history research: prov.vic.gov.au/explore-coll...

📸 VPRS 14517/P0001/15, G375

'Behind the Lines' is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.

Australians in Winter: Left image shows a person wearing a long sleeve t shirt and jeans- it is captioned 'dressing for the ourdoors'. The right image shows someone bundled up in beany, scarf, thick cardigan and pants with knee high boots- it's captioned 'dressing for inside the house'.

It may be cold outside (or inside), but it's warm at the Old Treasury! 'Behind the Lines' from the Museum of Australian Democracy is on free display until 28 August!
Cartoon by @jessharwoodart.bsky.social

This exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.

We love sharing our favourite cartoons from the 'Behind the Lines' exhibition, and this one from @nordacious.bsky.social is one of the most popular!
'Behind the Lines' on loan from the Museum of Australian Democracy is on display at OTB until 28 August!

YouTube video by OldTreasuryBuilding In Conversation with Megan Herbert, Political Cartoonist of the Year

Did you miss our conversation between @meganjherbert.bsky.social and Matt Jones from the Museum of Australian Democracy yesterday? It's now available on our YouTube channel!
'Behind the Lines' is on display at the OTB until August 28.

Television – Old Treasury Building After work and sleep, the average Victorian spends more time watching television than any other activity. In fact, Australian adults spend an average of 13 hours each week watching TV. Television […]

On this day in 1969 people crowded around television sets to watch man walk on the moon for the first time. The footage they watched was broadcast from Australia.

This exhibition on tour from the Museum of Australian Democracy is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.

Man stands in front of a wall with framed images and corrects the alignment of one image.

It's nearly here! "Behind the Lines' opens MONDAY!

Don't miss out on our special talk about all things cartooning with @meganjherbert.bsky.social coming up on Wednesday: events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...

'Behind the Lines' is in Melbourne for a limited time: 21-7-2025 to 28-8-2025!

Una McIlvenna

🙌 Meet Dr Una McIlvenna!

Una is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow 2023-2027 & Senior Lecturer in English at ANU, and will be speaking at our next Making Public Histories webinar 'Hearing the news' on 24 July, 5-6:30pm.

Read more about Una: researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/u...