Speaking
Gary Presland is a highly experienced public speaker and lecturer of more than 35 years’ standing, and a regular participant in community/Council-based workshops and forums. He is available to speak on a range of subjects, including Victorian Aboriginal history, natural history in the Melbourne area, and the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.
Gary’s forthcoming public engagements include:
22 October 2024: Essendon Historical Society, AGM, 6.30 p.m. ‘In Kulin country’
29 October 2024: U3A Yarra City AGM: ”Indigenous history in the greater Melbourne area’, Collingwood Library Community Room, 11 Stanton Street, Collingwood, 10.30 a.m..
12 November 2024: Australian Plants Society, Cardinia Region: ‘The natural history of Cardinia region, and Indigenous use of natural resources’, 7.30 pm, Auditorium, Deep Creek Reserve, 62 Cameron Way, Pakenham.
26 November 2024: Day Group, FNCV: ‘The place of A J Campbell in the history of FNCV’, FNCV Hall, 1 Gardenia Street, Blackburn, 11.00 a.m.
10 February 2025: St Kilda Historical Society: ‘Pre-European Indigenous culture in the St Kilda area.’ St Kilda Army and Navy Club, 88 Acland Street, St Kilda, 6.00 p.m.
Recent presentations
17 October 2024: Mount Waverley Australian Plant Society ‘The lost wetlands of Melbourne’.
8 October 2024: Australian Plants Society, Heathcote Region (ZOOM): ‘Indigenous use of trees and other floral resources’, 7.30 pm.5 September 2024: Surrey Hills Neighborhood AGM, ‘Pre-contact life in the Kulin Nation’, 157 Union Rd, Surrey Hills, 2 pm.28 August 2024: Friends of Damper Creek: ‘A brief history of Gardiners Creek’ Alvie Hall, High Street Rd & Alvie Rd, 6.30 pm.
9 July 2024: Australian Plants Society, Cardinia Region: ‘Indigenous history in the greater Melbourne area’, 7.30 pm, Auditorium, Deep Creek Reserve, 62 Cameron Way, Pakenham.
8 July 2024, 10.30, Wheelers Hill Library (ZOOM)’ Early contacts with Indigenous populations in Port Phillip region’
19 June Boroondara Bushwalkers, Balwyn Library: ‘Indigenous history and culture in pre-contact Melbourne area”
12 March 2024: Coronella Retirement Village, Nunawading: ‘Pre-European Indigenous culture of the Melbourne area’. 2.00 pm ─
22 January 2024: Nunawading U3A Summer School: ‘Pre-European Indigenous culture’. 10.00-12.00 am, Whitehorse Community Hub, 96-106 Springvale Rd, Nunawading, VIC, 3131.