RHSV President Emeritus Professor Richard Broome is delivering the 2019 History Council of Victoria's Annual Lecture. Mallee country being semi-arid scrub country has made living upon it difficult for humans but not other living things. This lecture will explore how mallee country was used by Aboriginal people from Deep Time to the pastoral era and
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It is 180 years since the La Trobe family arrived in Melbourne. Join us in a tour of the charming recreated garden and see the heritage plants that La Trobe favoured. Guided tours of the garden at 1.15pm, 2.15pm and 3.15pm and also of the cottage throughout the afternoon. No bookings required.

Please join us as Hazel Edwards OAM launches No Regard for the Truth by Darren Arnott. A rogue army captain. An Italian prisoner of war. A blossoming romance. March 1946. A young Italian prisoner of war, Rodolfo Bartoli, is shot and killed. An alleged escape attempt, but those who saw it say otherwise. A place
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Exhibition: MAPPING GLENELG 1800 -1900 A collection of maps showing charts from the navigators along the coast, 1800-1802; explorers through the district from 1836; squatters on the Glenelg River 1837-1847; surveys for selection after 1860; and Closer Settlement at Wando Vale in 1900. The exhibition also includes hand-drawn maps. One of these is a sketch
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Annual General Meeting of The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Incorporated

The Wandong History Group in collaboration with the Wandong CFA invite you to attend R U Ready? 10 Years On event at the Wandong Memorial Park. The WHG will stage a Post Bushfire Recovery Photographic Exhibition to showcase the community’s resilience & screening our 2019 Commemorative DVD and unveiling a whole of Wandong Primary School artwork. 

Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network invites all those interested to their inaugural AGM. This event, we believe, marks a turning-point in relation to the due recognition of our marvelous maritime sector.The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network was formed to focus attention on our neglected maritime heritage and to ensure that Melbourne’s marvelous maritime legacy may be rightly celebrated and sustained. 

Have you ever wondered where our street names come from? Many are named after local settlers and dignitaries who are buried at the Cheltenham Pioneer historic cemetery. Some of the streets we will look at - Crawford, Barrett, Charles, Edward and Booker Streets Cheltenham; Comport, Beaumaris; Cullinane, Black Rock; Kingston Road, Moorabbin; Tootal Road Dingley;
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