HISTORY WRITERS GROUP

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Dr Cheryl Griffin leads this group which has been meeting since 2020. Most of our events are open to the public but, because of the limited number of people that can participate in this group, we have limited it to RHSV members only. This group is for people who are tackling writing a history project
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MARKETING FORUMS

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Christina Browning, the RHSV Marketing Officer, leads these forums which each month tackle a different aspect of basic marketing for historical societies - they tend to concentrate on social media as it is very available and is free to use, however, Christina will tackle any aspect of marketing which you want to raise. Christina will
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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2023

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Join Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month is this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cataloguing collections for historical societies. Jillian has a different topic each month and is happy to be guided by those who attend as to what they would like covered in upcoming clinics. This is an
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From the Baltic to the Pacific: The first Displaced Persons to arrive in Australia after WW2

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In early December 1947, the first post WW2 ‘Displaced Persons’ arrived in Melbourne. They were part of a group of over 800 refugees from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania selected for resettlement in Australia. This seminar looks at this historic journey, set against the backdrop of Australia’s attitudes and policies to migrants at the time. It also showcases the range of records available via the National Archives of Australia.

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RECONVENED AGM 2021

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112th RHSV RECONVENED  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING   AGENDA Friday 23 December 2022 at 10:00am To be held as an online live meeting with attendance by Zoom   1. Welcome and acknowledgement of country 2. Attendance and apologies 3. To receive and consider the Financial Statements for the year ended 31  December 2021 (as attached) 4. Meeting closed
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MARKETING 101

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Christina Browning, our new RHSV Marketing Manager, brings a wealth of experience to the RHSV - and not just in social media. Christina started her working life as a journalist before seguing into marketing. The forums are low-key and they not recorded. You can bring your questions and problems and you can also ask Christina
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Port Characters – decade by decade 

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Join Janet Bolitho and Margaret Bride on this virtual journey to experience Port’s milestones through the lives of extraordinary people, decade by decade, between 1830 and 2022. Image: Councillor Liana Thompson, last Mayor of Port Melbourne, 1994 and first Mayor of the City of Port Phillip. Port Phillip City Collection pm2490. **Please note this walk
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2022 Duldig Lecture on Sculpture

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Dr Shawn Sobers Material culture and the echoes and legacies of transatlantic enslavement - before and after the Colston statue Dr Shawn Sobers is Professor of Cultural Interdisciplinary Practice and convenor of the Critical Race and Culture Research Group at University of the West of England (UWE). Shawn is also a filmmaker, photographer and writer
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Refugee Lives, Memories and Communities. History Council, Making Public Histories lecture.

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The History Council of Victoria invite you to join them for the final Making Public Histories of 2022 as Associate Professor Ruth Balint, Ms Chi Vu and Associate Professor Shameran Slewa-Younan share personal stories as well as their research and work in different refugee contexts and cultures.   Ruth Balint ‘Borders and the Family’ When my
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Cataloguing Clinic – last one for 2022

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Free monthly cataloguing clinics via Zoom. The clinics run for an hour from 11am – 12noon on the 4th Thursday of each month. It is a relaxed gathering of people who are finding their way through the intricacies of cataloguing material in historical collections which, as we all know, fall between a library and a museum with sometimes a bit of art gallery thrown in.

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