The Ladies Harbour Lights Guild
What would have happened without the gracious and generous time and help given by the women from the Guild?
The Early Origins exhibition pays homage to the Mission’s valued volunteer organisations, in particular the Melbourne chapter of the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild, and will be the largest and most complete collection of Ladies Harbour Lights Guild material in Australia. The Guild played a very significant role in the establishment and operation of the current site, having funded most of the construction of the original building in 1916 and continued to service the Mission for over 50 years.
Formed in Australia from the activities of the Mission to Seamen in 1906, this women’s volunteer group soon gained the support of thousands of members around the country, many of who came from prominent society backgrounds. Eventually, in 1963, the Guild merged with the worldwide Flying Angel League, resulting in a joint male and female volunteer base that continues today.
The exhibition covers key periods in Australia’s maritime history, including the Second World War, when social activity at the Mission was in full swing, and the 1960s, when the arrival of containerisation dramatically changed business processes of the shipping industry across the world.
Seafood, Stars & Stories at Seafarers – a Filipino Barrio Fiesta
/in Community, Culture, Events, Food, Heritage, Music, Stories, World Music /by Aaron ChewJoin The Entree.Pinays and get amongst the colourful Filipino street food, dessert, and good vibes aplenty from local culinary talent, at this barrio fiesta by the sea on the closing weekend of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Packed weekend includes: – Seafood Kamayan Plate of sustainable local produce, paired with a moreish selection of […]
The Susurrus of Seascapes | Music from the Ocean’s Edge
/in Community, Culture, Events, Heritage, Music, Stories, Visual Art, World Music /by Aaron ChewA performance exhibition by Domenyk Clifford Eades and William Vyvyan Murray inspired by the Gibigiana of the sea – the famous Milanese word for the play of light reflecting from the water, William and Domenyk combine the visual and the musical in a performance and exhibition that pulls from the tidal states of the Southern Coast. […]
Skylight | Center for Projection Art
/in Community, Culture, Events, Heritage, Music /by Aaron Chew‘Skylight’ is a collection of site-responsive artworks presented by the artists-in residence from the Centre for Projection Art. Using projection as material in their ideas and working across installation, film, photography and digital collage, the works interact with and respond to the architecture and history of the Mission to Seafarers building across eight different spaces […]