Melbourne: Kulturalis

Margaret Anderson is director of the Old Treasury Building in Melbourne. Her scholarly publications include articles on women’s history, the history and demography of the family, aspects of the history of Victoria and the practice of public history. She has also co-written three popular histories with Ann Wilcox – Melbourne: Foundations of a City (2021), Yarra: Stories of Melbourne’s River (2021) and Lost Jobs: The Changing World of Work (2022).

Ann Wilcox is curator at the Old Treasury Building Museum in Melbourne. She has curated over 20 social history exhibitions (some award-winning) and has written extensively on Victoria’s past. Ann has specialized in Australian social history. Her research interests include the history of early Melbourne, the Victorian Gold Rush and Australian urban history.

Introduction Chapter 1: First Peoples Chapter 2: Claiming Port Phillip Chapter 3: City of Gold Chapter 4: Marvellous Melbourne Chapter 5: A New Century Chapter 6: Making Modern Melbourne Chapter 7: Millennial Melbourne