National Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Awareness Week

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Every three days, an Australian is diagnosed with a Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome. The aim of National Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Awareness Week is to raise awareness of Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes and their impact on patients and families, increase an understanding of the work of Maddie's Visit and the services offered, and to seek […]

The White Goods Revolution: How Machines Found a Place in our Homes

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Few of us can truly say that we enjoy housework, despite the plethora of ‘labour-saving devices’ now found in most homes. Imagine then, a time when almost all domestic tasks relied on muscle power and elbow grease alone. The lucky few employed domestic servants to do this work. (Of course, the servants weren’t so lucky!) […]

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Apraxia Awareness Day 2025

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Today we are lighting up BLUE for Apraxia Awareness Day (May 14th). Apraxia can affect children from birth (childhood apraxia of speech) or can be acquired in childhood/adulthood due to a brain injury/stroke/degenerative condition. Childhood Apraxia of Speech is a lifelong motor speech disorder that affects 1-2 in 1000 children. Communication is a basic human […]

Objects of Connection: The Overland Telegraph

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The next installment in the seminar series from Deakin University, Australian Catholic University and Old Treasury! ‘Material Histories’ presents new scholarship from a wide range of speakers, all united by their passion for objects! In 2022, a virtual exhibition was launched to mark 150 years of the Overland Telegraph Line. A collaboration between Australian Catholic […]

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World Pancreatic Awareness Month 2025

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Today we stand alongside the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Alliance and the World Pancreatic Alliance by turning purple for for beginning of World Pancreatic Awareness Month. They aim to raise awareness and pay tribute to those living with the disease and to honour those who have lost their lives to pancreatic cancer. Patients diagnosed early and […]

World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2025

Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Today we stand alongside the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Alliance and the World Pancreatic Alliance by turning purple for World Pancreatic Cancer Day along with 126 other landmarks in the country to raise awareness and pay tribute to those living with the disease and to honour those who have lost their lives to pancreatic cancer. Patients […]