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NAIDOC Week 7-14 July 2024
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SEEKING AN ARCHIVIST
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CHERYL GRIFFIN’S LATEST ARTICLE NOW AVAILABLE IN CBD NEWS
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DON GIBB RHSV AUSTRALIAN HISTORY PRIZE 2024
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Spotlight
HSSC SEMINAR AUG 2024
Great events for everyone involved in an historical societyOn 17 + 18 August we are gathering in Leongatha / Korumburra for a terrific seminar - don't miss it.
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What's on at the RHSV
EPHEMERA SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA: IT’S COLD AND OLD AND RARER THAN GOLD
July 23 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pmBookings: https://ephemerasociety.org.au/category/whats-on/ Tony Shields has been a stamp and coin dealer since 1970. Every day he...
In Search of the Last Continent: Melbourne and early Antarctic exploration
July 23 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pmIn 1886 gentlemen from Victoria's Royal Society and Geographical Society formed a joint Australian Antarctic Exploration Committee...
CATALOGUING CLINICS 2024
July 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pmJoin Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cat...
Historical Society Network Leaders: Victoria-wide Conference and Networking Day, 2024
July 26 @ 9:00 am - 3:15 pmThe RHSV wants to bring together the leaders of the many networks of historical societies which exist across Victoria. This event ...
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MELBOURNE'S STORIED LANEWAYS
Curated by David Thompson FRHSV. Designed by Daisy Searls. From 11 April 2024 - end of October 2024 -
We all have our favourite Melbourne laneway and curator David Thompson has chosen a handful of lanes which reveal intriguing Melbourne stories. When we think of today’s gussied-up, tourist-friendly laneways like Guilford Lane and Hosier Lane, it is hard to imagine that a mere 50 years ago the laneways were workaday places full still of small factories and light industry.
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Upcoming Victorian History Events
Gotcha! Concrete Prints from the McEwans Celebrity Pavement
April 17 @ 9:00 am - August 16 @ 5:00 pmWho remembers the McEwans celebrity pavement? Between 1972 and 1994, scores of celebrities had their hand- and footprints immortal...
Rare Book Week: ‘Good price, reliable recipes, great photos’
July 19 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pmAustralian Women’s Weekly cookbooks and their influence on Australian food culture Speaker: Dr Lauren Samuelsson The Australi...
Incinerator History Tours
July 20 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm|Recurring Event (See all)One event on June 20, 2024 at 11:00 am
One event on July 20, 2024 at 11:00 am
Discover the captivating history of the Essendon incinerator on our monthly volunteer-led history tour. Strategically located near...
Featured Books
The Chronicles of Early Melbourne in three volumes by Garryowen (Second Hand)
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Remembering Melbourne + Melbourne Twenty Decades Bundle
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Granville Stapylton: Australia Felix 1836, second in command to Major Mitchell. By Gregory C. Eccleston
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