Events calendar for 2025
End-of-year message
Our program for 2025 has now concluded. We wish you well for the holiday season and look forward to seeing you in 2026!
Please note: the ESU office will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. It will also be closed from Thursday 8 January to Friday 30 January 2026.
Communication and bookings
Our members and supporters receive notification of events via our occasional E-News and via supplementary emails if we have your email address. To join as a Social Member, please complete the form HERE.
Unless otherwise advised, all events are held at our premises in Ascot Vale.
If you wish to attend a scheduled ESU activity, please book by using the online booking form for the event.
Further information is available via telephone on 0477 005 932 or via email at admin@esuvic.org.au.
Our schedule of events in 2025 is limited because we are preparing to redecorate parts of the interior of our building, now that the roof repairs have been largely completed.
New events, when scheduled, will be announced via this webpage and also in future editions of our E-News bulletin.
For the record - our past events in 2025
MAY
A time traveller’s guide to forbidden places of awe and wonder in Australia - Friday 2 May, from 7:30 pm.
In this illustrated presentation, geologist and author Marc Hendrickx brought an historical perspective to recent closures of bushwalking and climbing sites in Australia, including the Grampians, Mount Arapiles, Ayers Rock and Mount Warning.
The Politics of Police Diplomacy: The Australian Experience - The Victorian launch of a book by Dr Martin Hess - Saturday 24 May from 2:30 to 4:30 pm.
OCTOBER
Friday Night Forum: Meet Tom Rowsell - Friday 17 October
Conference: Cultural Renewal: from Ideas to Action - Saturday 18 October
This "invitation only" event was for creative producers whose work aligned with the ESU's strategic directions.
NOVEMBER
Annual General Meeting - Sunday 23 November at 4:30 pm.
Ryan Daffurn speaks about Hill End Entangled - Sunday 23 November at 5:30 pm.
Artist Ryan Daffurn spoke to ESU members and supporters about the work he achieved with assistance from the ESU’s 2023 Major Project Grant. In his talk, Hill End: Tradition, Place and Practice, Ryan discussed the importance of the Hill End, NSW, site in Australia’s fine art tradition and his work’s relationship to that ongoing tradition, his artistic practice, including technique, and the production of the book Hill End Entangled.
DECEMBER
End-of-year celebration at The Last Jar - Saturday 13 December.
This page was updated on 17 December 2025.