Local History
Exhibition: Standing in the Corner
Supreme Court Library 485 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaStanding on the Corner illustrated how Melbourne's corners have been used across 110 years. These are corners of Melbourne as they were – so many of them now lost to us. To provide context for the images, the exhibition included a variety of maps of Melbourne for the period 1850-1960.
Workshop: Writing & Publishing Local History
Supreme Court Library 485 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAn all-day workshop which includes lunch and morning tea. Gain new perspectives on local history, learn how to use new types of tools and such
Workshop: Writing & Publishing Local History
Supreme Court Library 485 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAn all-day workshop which includes lunch and morning tea. Gain new perspectives on local history, learn how to use new types of...
The Biennial RHSV conference : War, Peace, Protest: Fifty Year Reflections on 1968
Drill Hall, Royal Historical Society Victoria 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe biennial RHSV conference has events over two days. On the evening of Friday 14 Sep we launch our exhibition on 70s Melbourne followed by the RHSV Augustus Wolskel lecture delivered by Peter Edwards. Then on Sunday 16 Sep (9:30am – 3:45pm) the keynote will be delivered by Seamus O’Hanlon. A full program of speakers
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History Week 2018
http://historyweek.org.au/ Each year the RHSV History Week grows in stature and number of events. It is a great hook to encourage community involvement in your history society or to focus some local media on what you do. The History Teachers Association of Victoria has been promoting History Week to their members across Victoria. For suggestions
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Curator’s Talk
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for a lunch-time curator talk and conversation with the team from Way Back When consulting historians and the MFB Director of Culture and Transformation, Dr Corinne Manning, about the making of this exhibition, Celebrating 35 Years of Operational Women in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Curator’s Talk, Wednesday 13 February at 12:30pm. RHSV Gallery
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ONE DAY BUS TRIP – WALKING THE WONDERS OF THE WEST
Australian Garden History SocietyJoin us for a trip to walk around three different historic landscapes in the west of Melbourne. HV McKay Memorial Gardens, Sunshine – Robin McKay Hunt, great grandson of HV McKay and AGHS member, together with the Friends of McKay Gardens will inform us and lead a walk to unfold the Sunshine Harvester story and
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Open Day at La Trobe’s Cottge
La Trobe's Cottage cnr Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSpend your afternoon in the beautiful Domain, with a guided tour of the home of our first governor Charles Joseph La Trobe and his family. You will be able to see their elegant yet simple prefabricated house from Melbourne’s early days, surrounded by garden plants from the era. Last guided tour 3.30pm
Pre-European Aboriginal Culture in the Camberwell Area
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldPre-European Aboriginal culture in the Camberwell area a presentation via zoom by Dr Gary Presland Dr Gary Presland studied history at LaTrobe University and archaeology at the University of London. For the past forty years his major research interests have been in the Aboriginal history and natural history of the Melbourne area. At the time
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