Jul 21, 2025 | Lunch Hour Talks
Thursday 21 August 2025 Speaker: Sarah Gilbert Topic: Unconventional Women: The story of the last Blessed Sacrament Sisters in Australia Sarah Gilbert is the author of Unconventional Women: the story of the last Blessed Sacrament Sisters in...
Jun 12, 2025 | Lunch Hour Talks
Thursday 19 June 2025 Speaker: Sita Sargeant Topic: She Shapes History: Walking into Australia’s Hidden Women’s History Join Sita Sargeant on a journey through Australia as she uncovers the stories of over 250 extraordinary women and places that...
Apr 9, 2025 | Lunch Hour Talks
Thursday 17 April 2025 Speaker: Margaret Ann Spence Topic: The Price Women Paid For Political Choices Made by Men While writing Cold War in a Hot Kitchen: a memoir of mid-century Melbourne, Margaret Spence delved into history to understand the political and...
Feb 13, 2025 | Lunch Hour Talks
Thursday 20 February 2025 Speaker: Rose Cutts Topic: Researching Women of Colonial Australia Our first speaker in 2025 is Rose Cutts who comes to us following a generous donation of three volumes of Women of Colonial Australia series. The stories were produced...
Oct 8, 2024 | Lunch Hour Talks
17 October Lunch Hour Talk Speaker: Kate Ramsay Topic: Smashing the glass for women at work The focus of Kate’s talk will be her recently published book A hell of a lot of glass – achieving gender equality in the workplaces of Australia. Kate will...
Aug 7, 2024 | Lunch Hour Talks
22 August Lunch Hour Talk Speaker: Helen Topor Topic: Neither King nor Saint Award-winning author Helen Topor brings to light the obstacles delaying her postwar migrant family’s assimilation into the wider Australian community. Stories such as hers are seldom...
