The Melbourne Athenaeum Library will be closed on Monday 9 March for the Labour Day public holiday.

NOTICE OF MEETING

The 2026 Annual General Meeting for the Melbourne Athenaeum Inc. will be held in the library at 1 pm on Monday 13 April.

For more information please speak to library staff.

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Thursday 5 March 2026

Talk: Gary Morgan Oration - Two Great Showmen

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Members are warmly invited to attend the 2025 Gary Morgan oration, which will be delivered by Simon Plant, a Melbourne writer and researcher with a special interest in Australian performing...read more

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Saturday 7 March 2026

An afternoon with David Astle.

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CRYPTIC CLUES UNLOCKED – a 75-minute interactive session where the 8 basic formulas of cryptic clues are explained, then solved by participants via a sample puzzle. Q&A throughout, this session...read more

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Friday 13 March 2026

Music: The Connie Chamber Collective

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Splendid: Art Songs through the AgesFrom Medieval Scottish kingdoms and the court of Queen Elizabeth I, to Australian beachscapes and stories, join us for over five hundred years of song,...read more

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Friday 13 March 2026

Book launch: IDES by Margaret Malloch & Joe Pascoe

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About In ancient Rome the ides of each month were when accounts were commonly settled. Merchants met with their creditors and debtors. Most famously, Julius Caesar was stabbed by Brutus...read more

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