The Friends Events

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Visit and Tour of the Williamstown Botanic Gardens
Thursday 19 Mar 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Afternoon Tea & Panel Discussion | City, Coast and Country: Adelaide Bragg and Robyn Lea in Conversation
Saturday 28 Mar 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | The Butterfly Thief by Walter Marsh
Friday 10 Apr 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Dining at the Palace: Collecting British Royal Tableware with Scott Coleman
Friday 1 May 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Friends Exclusive Double Tour
Thursday 28 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | Perspectives by Laurent Binet
Friday 5 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Double Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Food and Ceramics: Alchemy of Fire with Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil
Friday 19 Jun 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Double Lecture and Afternoon Tea | The House of Dior: Eighteenth-century References with Dr Paola di Trocchio
Saturday 11 Jul 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Opulent Intimacy: Royal Presentation Jewellery with Scott Coleman
Saturday 25 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the Painting that changed a Nation by Tom McIlroy
Friday 7 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Spectacle and Splendour: Art and the Court of George IV with Scott Coleman
Saturday 19 Sep 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes
Friday 2 Oct 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose
Friday 4 Dec 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM