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Hidden women of history: Catherine Hay Thomson, the Australian undercover journalist who went inside asylums and hospitals

Catherine Hay Thomson went undercover as an assistant nurse for her series on conditions at Melbourne Hospital.  A. J. Campbell Collection/National Library of Australia In 1886,...

Cream of The Crate: CD Review #42 – Spirit: Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus

    This review was originally posted on the first Toorak Times web site where publications ceased on that site in March 2017. The old site...

How an Aussie invention could soon cut 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions

Australian-designed technology will soon be responsible for 50% of all solar energy produced globally. Picture: Glenn Hunt/AAP In the 1980s, a global race was underway:...

Might the bushfire crisis be the turning point on climate politics Australian needs?

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BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine. Its decision to dump coal signals what’s next

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UniSA expert calls for ‘fire-line’ to future-proof against bushfire disaster

As fires continue to burn across Australia, damage estimates are now in the billions. More than 8.4 million hectares have been burnt, almost 2000...

Cream of The Crate: CD Review #41: New Riders of the Purple Sage – The Best Of

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Artists help communities during a crisis, not hinder. Why are we still told they don’t matter?

Images in support and thanks of firefighters were projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House on January 11.  Picture: Paul Braven/AAP Artists are again...

If you can read this headline, you can read a novel. Here’s how to ignore your phone and just do it

Fewer people are reading novels for pleasure than in the past.  from shutterstock.com Public anxiety about the capacity of digital-age children and young adults to read...

10 Subtle Signs Of Kidney Disease You Should Never Ignore

Kidneys are the vital organs that play a key role in removing harmful toxins from your body. Toxin removal is essential to keep the...
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2019 Tedeschi Capitel Nicalo Valpolicella Superiore Veneto $45.00

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Good Food & Wine Show 2024

Good Food & Wine Show 2024
Enjoy a fun day out with friends discovering new foods, new wines and latest products. With hundreds of local and international exhibitors, your new favourite food and drinks are only a sample away.



Shows (Silver & Bronze Membership)
31/05/2024 10.00am until 31/05/2024 5.00pm | Admin Fee $16.50 | ALL TICKETS GONE!
02/06/2024 10.00am until 02/06/2024 5.00pm | Admin Fee $16.50 | ALL TICKETS GONE!

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
2 Clarendon St
Southbank, Victoria
3006
Australia

Shows (Silver & Bronze Membership)
21/06/2024 10.00am until 21/06/2024 5.00pm | Admin Fee $16.50 | Book Tickets
23/06/2024 10.00am until 23/06/2024 5.00pm | Admin Fee $16.50 | Book Tickets

ICC Sydney Theatre at Darling Harbour
Darling Drive
Sydney, New South Wales
2000
Australia

Stella – The Miles Franklin Story

Stella - The Miles Franklin Story
STELLA: The Miles Franklin Story – feat. Monique diMattina, Alma Zygier & Fem Belling

Songs, skits and gossip from a musical in development.

Acclaimed Australian composer/lyricist Monique diMattina presents a concert work-in-progress version of her newest project – STELLA: The Miles Franklin Story.

Sharing songs, stories, gossip and skits from this musical in development, Monique and her all-star chamber orchestra tell the extraordinary life story of Australian author Stella Miles Franklin.

Starring ALMA ZYGIER and FEM BELLING and featuring

The Brindabella String Quartet:

Fem Belling, Xani Kolac, Esther Henderson, Kalina Krusteva

The Talbingo Band:

Monique diMattina, Cat Canteri, Adrian Perger, Sam Lemann, Ben Robertson

Although the Miles Franklin Award is Australia’s most prestigious literary prize, most Australians are unaware that Miles was a woman, let alone the details of her extraordinary life.

Weaving together songs, gossip and Stella Miles Franklin’s own words, the show brings audiences on an epic journey from Franklin’s Snowy Mountains childhood to fame as the young author of My Brilliant Career, years battling for women’s suffrage and labour rights in the USA and UK, WWI field work, creative struggles and legacy as a trailblazing champion of Australian art, conservation and culture.

STELLA: The Miles Franklin Story will make you laugh, cry and love what Stella called ““our unique, inebriating, laughing, haunting, wistful, brooding, ancient, ageless, siren land”




Shows (Silver & Bronze Membership)
26/05/2024 2.00pm | Admin Fee $26.90 | Book Tickets

Brunswick Ballroom
314 Sydney Road
BRUNSWICK
Melbourne, Victoria
3056
Australia

Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.