Cheryl Griffin has written another fascinating and evocative story on just one of the photos in our collection for the latest edition of CBD News.
If you are in the city, grab a copy, if not, check it out on-line. CBD News has a great archive of our stories – on the bottom of their home page.
https://cbdnews.com.au/dining-in-style-at-spencer-street-station/
read more...In Sunday’s Herald Sun (1 March 2020) there was a great article, Future Lies in the Past, where News Editor John Masanauskas interviewed Richard Broome.
It is not often that historians make the gossip columns (“Gossip Queen: Invitation Only – Inside the A-List events in Melbourne” no less) but there was our past-President, Andrew Lemon, snapped at the opening of the revamped horse racing gallery at the MCG’s Australian Sports Museum.
Both articles attached here and here.
read more...For all our researchers, members & friends the RHSV will be closed on Monday 27 January for the Australia Day public holiday.
read more...While you were still snoozing at 6:20am Richard Broome, our President, was busy chatting to Andrew Hansen (of Chaser fame) on local ABC radio about Melbourne’s Twenty Decades, our latest publication, and the website is close to meltdown with book orders. ABC listeners are quick on the draw!
If you’d like to listen to the interview:
https://www.abc.net.au/…/progr…/breakfast/breakfast/11848484 (the interview is about 4 mins 20 seconds into the podcast).
If you still haven’t bought your copy (and don’t be the only person in Melbourne without one) click on the link:
https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/…/melbournes-twenty-dec…/
We are searching for a new Administrator to join our small team.
At the end of 2019 Amy who was on one year’s maternity leave resigned to continue to look after her three children at home and Pankaj, who had been filling in for Amy, returned home to India. So we are searching for a new permanent Administrator. Great book-keeping and admin skills are a must and this job is never dull. The full position description and details on how to apply can be found here.
read more...The RHSV (and History Victoria Bookshop) will be closed for 2 weeks over Christmas /New Year. Our last day is Friday 20 December and we return to work on Monday 6 January 2020.
Best wishes for Christmas and a splendid 2020 to all our members and friends.
read more...In the latest edition of CBD News Cheryl Griffin uses a 1930 image from the RHSV collection of Little Bourke Street and Myer to launch into a Christmas reverie.
read more...The RHSV Heritage Committee supports Heritage Victoria in its permit application, P31886, re Queen Victoria Market.
To read about the RHSV submissions and work done prior to this submission on QVM click here.
read more...The RHSV has been awarded a $14,894 federal Community Heritage Grant to fund museum-standard shelving for our all-important manuscript collection. This is the third and final grant in a three-part process.
The grant was announced at the National Library of Australia in Canberra on October 30.
Grants worth almost $383,000 have been distributed this year to 61 community groups and organisations from around Australia to assist in the identification and preservation of community owned but nationally significant heritage collections.
read more...Cheryl Griffin has delivered another corker of a story to CBD News for their November edition. Cheryl looks closely at an RHSV image of Melbourne swells ‘doing the block’ in Collins Street.
read more...The feisty RHSV Heritage Committee has been active on many fronts recently with support for Buninyong & District Historical Society’s fight to save 400 trees including old-growth Manna gums and updates on the ongoing Queen Victoria Market campaign. You can read the submissions and more about the Heritage Committee’s work here.
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Dr Cheryl Griffin writes a monthly article on some historical aspect of our CBD, prompted by a photo from our Collection. The articles are delightful and worth seeking out. This month’s is all about the Yarra.
Too thick to drink and too thin to plough
read more...Thu 18 Jul: We are currently having Telstra problems and our land-line is giving a recorded message that the number is invalid. Until this is fixed, please use Rosemary’s mobile number 0400387877 or email executive.officer@historyvictoria.org.au
Many apologies for the inconvenience
read more...The Holsworth Local Heritage Grants are to assist rural organisations publish books on history. Grants of up to $2,000 are awarded to assist with printing costs.
For more information and entry details.
read more...2pm Friday 19 July is your deadline to enter your history production into the Victorian Community History Awards. These awards encompass all history productions – not just publications. On-line entry is easy.
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