News & Events

In about a month’s time Australia’s building ministers will meet to consider the inclusion of minimum accessibility standards in the National Construction Code (NCC).

This page includes updates about Liscombe House and COVID-19, main contacts and visitor guidelines.

In April this year, Jennifer Barden dreamed up the idea of an Honesty Basket, filled with treats baked by Rushall Park residents.

Over 200 terracotta pots of hope now sit pride of place in residents’ gardens across all four of OCAV villages thanks to a wonderful sponsorship program from the AMES community group and Northcote Pottery.

Liscombe House nurses Josephine Katite and Katrina Garnsey are taking part in national research into managing end of life better.

John Thomas Edgar may not be a familiar name to many Victorian cricket fans today but his place in the sport’s history was secured when he, together with several early settlers, helped to establish the first Aboriginal cricket team to tour England in 1866.

When Lyn and Keith Geer read that Liscombe House was hoping to create a retro pop-up café for Liscombe House, they knew they could help.

The past year has been one of two halves for Old Colonists’ Association of Victoria: celebrating our 150 year celebrations before turning to deal with the abrupt arrival of COVID-19 this year.

The thud of an envelope dropping in the letter box always brings a smile to Harriet Auld’s face.

The moment archaeologist Jan Bailey stepped over the threshold of the new Leith Park apartment she was inspecting, she knew she had arrived home.