DR JUDITH BUCKRICH AT THE MALVERN LIBRARY

History Matters: Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River

Event details:

When: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM, Wednesday 19 February, 2025. 

Location: Malvern Library, 1255 High Street, Malvern VIC 3144.

About the event:

Join Dr Judith Buckrich, for a talk about her book, Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River. Through the lens of artists and writers, the book explores how life has flourished on the river, including recreation, industry and land use, as well as infrastructure, natural history and social history.

Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River is the first comprehensive illustrated history of the Yarra Birrarung from before European settlement to the present day, a 200 year story, examined through the lives of its creatives.

About the author:

Dr Judith Buckrich is best known for her histories of Melbourne people, places and institutions. Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River reflects our deep cultural and spiritual associations with the Birrarung River and its role as a place of nurture and recreation in our city. The book is dedicated to The Yarra Riverkeepers.

Judith's other books include: The Village of Ripponlea; Acland Street: the Grand Lady of St Kilda; The Long and Perilous Journey: A History of Port Melbourne in 2002; and Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River. She is currently working on an illustrated history of Fitzroy North.

Judith has written her own one-woman shows, short stories, feature articles and essays and worked as a curator, editor and translator. She was Chair of the PEN International Women Writers’ Committee from 2003 to 2009 and President of the Melbourne PEN Centre from 1993 to 2005. She is a past President of the Prahran Mechanics Institute Victorian History Library.

Tickets for the event are free, please RSVP via the booking site here.

Image credit: City of Stonnington

Text credit: City of Stonnington