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WELCOME JOANNA AND OLIVER!

Our two newest staff members will be joining us next week. Oliver Sperlich, who will be filling a brand new...

SEEKING A COLLECTIONS OFFICER (IMAGES)

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 5.00 pm Tuesday 18 March, 2025 THE OPPORTUNITY Under direction of the Collections Manager, the Collections Officer (Images) would...

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU’D LIKE TO WORK IN A BOOKSHOP?

The RHSV bookshop is getting more successful every year - in 2024 our sales increased by 50% on 2023 which...

31 MARCH 2025 NEW DEADLINE FOR LODGING FIRST NOT-FOR-PROFIT ANNUAL SELF-REVIEW

31 March 2025 is the extended deadline for lodging the annual not-for-profit self-review return. Nearly all historical societies, if they...

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HERITAGE CALL TO ACTION

Save our heritage from intense development: write to the minister now

Yes, let’s support more housing in places where people want to live. But places will become far less sought after if we forget what makes them desirable in the first place. If we destroy heritage to build housing, Melbourne will become ‘Hong Kong without the view’, a collection of soulless high-rise buildings. Heritage makes Melbourne marvellous and makes our regional towns and cities attractive as tourist beacons and signposts to our history. Heritage enhances a neighbourhood’s soul and character, and provides focal points and historical perspectives. We need housing and heritage, housing that preserves, respects and is integrated with heritage.

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What's on at the RHSV

AUTOMOTIVE HISTORIANS AUSTRALIA INC HONORS REG HUNT
February 22 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Reg Hunt, motor dealer, racing driver, collector and property investor was one of Melbourne’s best known and successful automobi...
Curator’s talk: Yarra Birrarung Artists, Writers and the River exhibition
February 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join the curator, Dr Judith Buckrich, of our current exhibition Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River in a behind-the-sc...
CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025
February 27 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cat...
Feminists to felons: exhibiting women’s history
March 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Each year, to celebrate Women’s History Month, the RHSV offers our Women’s History lecture, part of our Distinguished ...

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YARRA BIRRARUNG: ARTISTS, WRITERS AND THE RIVER

Curated by Dr Judith Buckrich. Designed by Daisy Searls. From 28 November 2024 to July 2025 - 28 November 2024 - July 2025

This exhibition is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the book explores how life has flourished on the river, including recreation, industry and land use, as well as infrastructure, natural history and social history.

Upcoming Victorian History Events

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Geelong Numismatic Society is celebrating their 60th Anniversary
February 22 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Come and see 60 years of history on display at the Western Money Fair Geelong Wonderful displays and trade in Australian & Int...
Lithographers, Artists and Painters: a guided walking tour of St Kilda Cemetery
February 23 @ 1:45 pm - 3:30 pm
The next Friends of St Kilda Cemetery guided walking tour will be held on Sunday 23 February 2025 at 1.45pm for a 2.00pm start. Pl...
Reel History: A Journey Through Victoria’s Cinematic Past
February 25 @ 6:30 pm
Step into the golden age of cinema at the PMI Victorian History Library’s immersive film evening, presented by the Cinema an...