A family story about Jenny Davies' grandparents first meeting at a ballroom at Flinders Street Station compelled the author to discover more about Flinders Street Station and write Beyond the Facade: Flinders Street, more than just a railway station. Her research uncovered that along with housing a train station, the building has also been home to a lending library, several dance and theatre schools, a lecture/concert hall and classrooms, a gym and sauna and many more surprising organisations and facilities.
The talk coincides with the 100th anniversary of the station and an exhibition at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
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