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RHSV seeking Operations / Office Manager (new position)

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 5.00 pm Tuesday 28 January, 2025 This is a new position. The Operations / Office Manager’s main role...

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The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is looking for a part-time marketing officer to work two days per week from...

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...

REMEMBER A LOCAL – ‘NAME A PLACE’ NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 31 JANUARY 2025. Do you know an unsung hero who has left a lasting legacy...

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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

NAA webinar: How to preserve your own records
January 29 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for this free webinar, our first co-presentation with the National Archives of Australia for 2025. This preservation and r...
Think Tank: orientation/training programme for young people joining historical societies
February 4 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Murchison & District Historical Society wants to develop an orientation/training programme for young people - i.e. 14 - 18yo's - t...
2025 Billibellary Indigenous History Lecture: Professor Barry Judd
February 20 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
We are delighted to invite our members and friends to join us for the 4th annual Billibellary Indigenous History Lecture. Professo...
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...

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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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93rd Albert Jacka Commemoration: St Kilda Cemetery
January 19 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The City of Port Phillip welcomes you to the 93rd Captain Albert Jacka V.C., M.C. and bar (1893-1932) Commemoration on Sunday 19 J...
Book Launch: Our Journeys in Australia 1947 -1977
February 1 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
The Polish Museum and Archives in Australia Inc. (PMAA) warmly invites you to the book launch of "Our Journeys in Australia 1947 -...
Transgender Australia: A History Since 1910
February 4 @ 6:30 pm
Join authors Noah Riseman and Sam Elkin as they enter a conversation about trans history. They will weave together personal experi...