The Shrine Reserve - Illustrated Talk

The Shrine Reserve - Illustrated Talk

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Posted 2018-02-17 by Jenfollow

Thu 08 Mar 2018


The Shrine stands out as one of Melbourne's most prominent feature and memorial landscape. One can hardly imagine Melbourne without it. It was not without controversy that it came to be. On Thursday 8 March 2018 at 6pm, you can enjoy an illustrated talk with Mary Ward, President of the RBG Melbourne Friends and a guide for the Shrine and discover how the architects' vision of this area as a place of pilgrimage has developed over the past 90 years.

The venue is at Mueller Hall, National Herbarium, RBGV Melbourne Gardens, Birdwood Ave, Melbourne, and tickets are Friends members $20; Non-members $25; Students $10. Refreshments will be served before the talk Book online and for enquiries - (03) 9650 6398. For this and many other interesting events, check out the event page . Become a member and take part in an exciting range of activities and events the Friends run for their members.

A place to honour the dead and provide solace to the grieving relatives, the memorial trees serve as absent graves. By the 1920s the Domain had stands of oak, elm and pine and mirrored the sweeping lawns and carriageways of the Royal Botanic Gardens next door. Planted by Guilfoyle and Mueller, the Botanic Gardens Committee knew their existence kept alive the link to Melbourne's past and enhanced the 'people's garden'.

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