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A Conversation: Dr Sue Silberberg with Dr Andrew Lemon
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldA History Month event. Join author, Dr Sue Silberberg in conversation with Dr Andrew Lemon about Sue's book, A Networked Community (Melbourne University Publishing). Melbourne’s first colonising expedition was funded by a group of investors including the Jewish emancipist Joseph Solomon. Thus, in Melbourne, as in the settlement of the continent itself, Jews were at
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Mallee Country: Land People History. A discussion
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldThis is a free online Zoom event presented by Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies for History Month. The speakers are: Richard Broome, Katie Holmes and Charles Fahey ‘We often hear the phrase, "the Mallee breeds em tough." This book not only supports that but also gives a silent tip of the hat to the
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The Shelf Life of Zora Cross a presentation by Cathy Perkins
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldThe Shelf Life of Zora Cross - a presentation by Cathy Perkins Tuesday, 22 September 2020 4.45 pm for 5 pm via Zoom (link will be sent on booking) Please book numbers are limited Event ran by the Camberwell Historical Society George Fernand- enquiries@chs.org.au Australian poet and journalist Zora Cross caused a sensation in 1917
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CATALOGUING CLINIC
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldCalling all historical societies across Victoria. We are launching a new initiative - a Cataloguing Clinic conducted through Zoom. Jillian Hiscock, our RHSV Collections Manager and a very experienced librarian, will be available through Zoom to answer any queries you might have about cataloguing - or, indeed any other aspect of your collection. If you
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ZOOM CATALOGUING CLINIC
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldCalling all historical societies across Victoria. Our inaugural clinic was very well attended with people zooming in from across Victoria and Darwin. The clinics will be held monthly and they are a relaxed forum in which to raise your queries about any aspect of cataloguing. They are managed and led by Jillian Hiscock, our RHSV Collections Manager.
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Book Club with Robyn Annear. Nothing New.
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldUpholders, shoddy, Petticoat Lane, fripperers - Nothing New opens up a wonderful world that, despite our love-affair with op-shops, is all but hidden from us in today's world of consumerism and obsolescence. Join the wonderful Robyn Annear when she talks about Nothing New, her latest book, which chronicles the history of second-hand trade across the world and down the ages (Jesus' clothes would have been divided up among the soldiers guarding the crosses as their perquisite or perk as we'd say today). We are asking those that join bookclub to bring their own favourite story of an op-shop find or hand-me-down.
Public Monuments – Contested Histories
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldSocieties have always used statues and other monuments as ways of both recognising and contesting power and eminence. In Australia, as everywhere else, there is public debate over whether and which statues should be removed, who should make the decision, and what should be the fate of the statues themselves. Should new monuments be commissioned
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A Legal Zoom into St Kilda Cemetery
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldLearn about some famous legal entities, including Sir Archibald and Alfred Deakin, former PM, and James Liddell Purves, an ardent Australian federalist, who are buried in St Kilda cemetery and have an opportunity to quiz the barrister presenters about the legal luminaries interred there.
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