2025 Events
Paulie Stewart: All the Rage
Monday 16 June 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm
St Kilda Army and Navy Club
88 Acland Street, St Kilda
(upstairs, lift access)
In his compelling memoir, All the Rage, Paulie Stewart takes readers on a wild, deeply human journey through a life lived loud — and lived well. Best known as the driving force behind legendary punk band Painters and Dockers, Paulie’s story is as much about music as it is about resilience.
History Walk: Would you like fries with that?
Sunday 1 June 2025
2:00pm - 3:30 pm
Meet outside McDonald's
Acland and Esplanade corner, St Kilda
See how much history can be squeezed into a stroll with Society committee member, Liz Kelly, along Acland Street from Maccas to the Prince of Wales Hotel.
History Walk: 'Ellwood' - Lost in the Lagoon
Sunday 4 May 2025
2:30pm - 4:00 pm
Meet at the Barkly Street Bus 246 Stop, near Glen Huntly Road,
Opposite Bluff Mansions
Our journey with historian Isaac Hermann will take us down the 'Slaughterhouse Road' between the 'Abattoirs', over the bridge by the 'Dung Heap', dodge the bullets by the 'Riffle Butt', pass the 'Coal Mine', go onto the 'Quarantine Ground' through the Tea-Tree and up to the 'Glen Huntley Graves' at Little Red Bluff…
Artist Joy Hester - a preview
Monday 31 March 2025
6:00pm - 8:00 pm
St Kilda Army and Navy Club
88 Acland Street (upstairs, lift available)
St Kilda
For our second major event of 2025, the Society combines art history and theatre to present a compelling homage to artist Joy Hester.
Pre-European Indigenous Culture in St Kilda area
Monday 10 February 2025
6:00pm - 7:00 pm
St Kilda Army and Navy Club
88 Acland Street (upstairs, lift available)
St Kilda
The St Kilda area is part of the traditional lands of the Yalukit willam clan. As part of the Kulin nation, the Yalukit willam were connected to clans as far away as the Murray River. Dr Gary Presland will detail the nature of these connections and elaborate on how the Yalukit willam made a living, at the same time honouring and caring for their country.